Sisters of the Mists Ch. 14 is live at Lit.  Go read, vote, and comment!

I’ll be putting it in the queue at SOL shortly.

I’m about to start Heart of the Wood from the beginning again.  My female protagonist was working out fine, but I was having a hell of a time writing Glen, the member of the family who stars in this one.  I finally decided that part of his character, as I was writing him, was simply unappealing to me.

It was a good idea, providing ample opportunity for his character to grow, change, and become someone better during the story, but I just found the negative qualities too hard for me to wrap my imagination around.  He was just too cocky and “god’s gift to women” for me to stomach *laugh*

The new version is going to severely tone this down, and I hope that will let me proceed.  He’s still going to be experienced — very experienced — but the way he got to that point has changed completely.

We’ll see how it goes tomorrow when I try to knuckle down and really get this story rolling.  I’ll actually probably see when I start musing it as I’m drifting off to sleep tonight and tomorrow at work.

Wish me luck!  I need it all the time when I’m trying to write nowadays.  Concentrating and getting in the mood to write is a major struggle.