Yeah.  I managed to write a little bit on that story in my third name right after I got off work, but the child has been acting like an animal ever since I picked him up, so I haven’t accomplished anything since then.

Can’t even summon up enough concentration to muse for more than a minute or two at a time.

Planning to see if I can’t get up ahead of him by a little while tomorrow ( without getting up so early that I’m too tired to do anything ) and see if I can’t get some writing done.  He’s often a little slower first thing in the morning, though that only reduces the noise level a little — which seems to be my biggest problem.

Have been mulling over how to start Ch. 18, and what general chapter area I want some things to pop up ( including a crossover with another story of mine that I posted long, long ago )  Also have a nice hook for the beginning of the new version of Ch. 6 of Lowborn.

Really tempted to write the first few paragraphs of the sequel to Blackhawk as well.  I’ve had a lot of that in my head for a long time, but just haven’t written it because I was still trying to figure out the plot after that opening.

Several ideas in my third name, which I’ll probably jump on after the contest entries, whenever I just can’t concentrate on something else.  The nice thing about those stories is that they’re short, and don’t require much long term thinking or intense character development.  I can often whip them out quickly, and get some feedback that makes me smile and gets me back to writing other things.

I’ve been mulling over this idea lately of ancient extraterrestrials and lost civilizations like the Maya.  An archaeology/Sci-Fi crossover as Les Lumens.  The more I think about it, the more I like it.  I like the idea of trying to do what the last Indiana Jones film tried to do, without sucking horribly *laugh*

I may try to write a few more lines before I go to bed, just because I want to keep in the habit of writing every day, and what I finished earlier doesn’t feel as if it’s enough.  I need to get over the frustration of earlier, though.  There are some days when he’s wound up and I’m already a little on edge where it’s difficult to handle.

I’m going to hold off on adding any new chapters of SOTM until after the Earth Day contest is over.  It starts on the 28th and submissions end on the 13th.  Reason being, I had a couple of stories that I put out during a contest once, and they weren’t posted until after noon, as opposed to midnight ( or a little after )

I lost half a day on the New list, and the views on both stories suffered horribly.  So, until the submission period is over for the contest, I won’t be posting anything ( in any pen name ) that isn’t part of the contest.

Couldn’t get anything done on Heart last night, as the young one was being uncooperative.  I’m hoping to get off work early today so I can steal some quiet time before I pick him up from daycare.

Really itching to get at both Lowborn and SOTM, and that’s certainly a good thing.  When I start having a lot of ideas and scenes flowing through my head, text tends to get on screen.  Still making sure that my Earth Day stories are going to get finished first, though.

The new chapter of SOTM should be up at SOL shortly.  It was put in last night.

Didn’t have time to get the story ready for posting this morning, so I’m going to put it in the queue at SOL in a bit, after I’m sure that Lazeez is done adding anything new for the night.  My experience with recent postings is that the overnight hours at SOL have become a graveyard, and the morning stories quickly move the overnight postings down far enough that the views suffer horribly.

It should come up with the first morning posting tomorrow, which is what I had originally planned before Lit caught me off guard with a two day turnaround.

Going to try to relax for a bit, see if the young one is ready for bed, and then get back to Heart of the Wood.  I wrote a bit earlier, but I’d like to finish the next scene tonight.

I have Monday off, and I have a vacation coming up in the second week of April, so I hope to get some writing done in coming days.  Of course, I’ve tried that before without much luck, but hope springs eternal 🙂

Thanks to everyone who’s voted and commented on the new chapter so far.  That has really helped me keep my energy up, so dropping a coin in my tin cup with your comments pays dividends of more words going on paper.

Up to 6k words on Heart.  I had a bit of a rough spot, but I managed to find the right way to write it when I got home from work today.  I’d probably have more done, but the young one has proved — shall we say — uncooperative =P

Hoping he’ll chill out and head for bed soon so I can finish that scene and get on to the next greater plot point.  Once I’m over that hump, it should be smooth sailing until the end.

If things go as expected, SOTM 15 should go live at midnight tomorrow.  If I happen to see it get pre-approved, I’ll post that up, but otherwise, I’ll post when it goes live — or post to grumble if it doesn’t go up tomorrow *laugh*