Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Thanks to my patient, secretly creative husband, I made real headway on 'The Plot Arc That Will Not Die' over the weekend. Sure, it still needs fleshing out and that dreaded Sagging Middle isn't so much 'sagging' as 'nonexistent', but it's actually a pretty slender middle as the outline is creeping inwards from both ends. Just gotta make 'em meet! Hopefully that will happen tonight. But now I'm wondering, how important is a 'happily ever after' ending? Hmmmm.........

Warm-up Work

Going out of town this weekend to plant a surprise garden for my mom's 70th birthday while she's gambling her little heart out in Atlantic City. Will take this chance to work on my fledgling novella in the car. Hopefully this will make me less gun-shy to commit to 'The Snowglobe Prophecy'! Tentative working title of the warm-up work: 'Violet's Hour'. See you Monday!

Hmmm...new project, perhaps...

Okay, so apparently I'm not ready to write my Novel yet (big 'n'). I stare at it in horror every time I think of stringing its words together, poor thing. Maybe a minty fresh novella is in order. A new e-publisher is soliciting less wordy stuff, and this might be the ideal opportunity to loosen up, do something sans pressure, find my voice. I suspect my self-imposed expectations are getting in the way of The Snowglobe Prophecy. I'm terrified of failing it. I might be too emotionally invested. Distance. I think I need distance. Or beer.