Up to 4k words on Heart of the Wood now.  Just put inthe “catalyst” I’ve mentioned a couple of times, and it’s working for me.  Think it’s going to provide the right transition to pass some time and speed up the writing of the relationship.

( It actually happens over the course of around a month )

 Just need to hit one or two critical moments to get these two nice and hooked up.

Then, it’s just a matter of some revelations between the two of them, a touch of magic, and good to go.

Once I have this one wrapped up — or close to — I’ll probably jump on Lowborn, trying to get the penultimate chapter of that one done.  I’ll be sending off SOTM 15 to my editor either tonight or tomorrow as well.

I read back through Ch. 15 of SOTM, so all that’s left there is to do a final proof, send it off to my editor, and submit.  I think I may go ahead and put this one out on that two week bar, but I’ll probably hold back a little on the remaining, complete chapters.

I’m having the hardest time getting this new Wood story rolling.  I’ve restarted it numerous times, and now recoded the DNA of a primary protagonist from the ground up.  Time’s slipping away, and I have a tradition on the line.

Pressure sucks!

Okay, back to the word processor.

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.