End of Summer Madhouse 101
The kids have end of summer/back to school madness. The kind that makes them want to spend EVERY waking moment cramming as much into these last days as will possibly fit... and then some.
Being a person who despises fall and, especially, winter...I support this plan. However the result has been a week of intense insanity around here, LOL. Add to this the joy of having only ONE working car for a family of nine and the madness multiplies.
Good news? This evening we got back from the shop the now repaired car number TWO! Hooray! The logistic nightmare is now cut by 25%. Why not more? Because that still leaves me and the other college age driver carless. AND the other two drivers (hubby and Caitlin) do NOT pull their fair share of the mom-taxi duties. However, I am accustomed to this problem and can work around it. It is a definite improvement.
On the writing front? Not much to report. The summer madness has driven me to very late hours since the kids don't want to waste a moment of summer in something as pointless as sleep. (Again, I totally understand this since I don't want to miss it either...besides what else is there to DO in winter besides sleep? Stupid excuse for a season...grumble growl) I was 'stuck' for a time, not in the sense that one says they have writer's block, but more a matter of knowing where I was, where the story was going, but somehow it didn't feel 'right' as I attempted to continue on. Finally resolved that by changing the troublesome scene to Khyr's pov. It is now moving along much more smoothly. If I can find a few things for him to kill soon, he should be good to go clean into the next plot twist. Yay!
Currently finishing up chapter 49 even though I have half of 50 written. Not quite sure how to plug the small plot hole that will complete 49. Hopefully tomorrow.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Being a person who despises fall and, especially, winter...I support this plan. However the result has been a week of intense insanity around here, LOL. Add to this the joy of having only ONE working car for a family of nine and the madness multiplies.
Good news? This evening we got back from the shop the now repaired car number TWO! Hooray! The logistic nightmare is now cut by 25%. Why not more? Because that still leaves me and the other college age driver carless. AND the other two drivers (hubby and Caitlin) do NOT pull their fair share of the mom-taxi duties. However, I am accustomed to this problem and can work around it. It is a definite improvement.
On the writing front? Not much to report. The summer madness has driven me to very late hours since the kids don't want to waste a moment of summer in something as pointless as sleep. (Again, I totally understand this since I don't want to miss it either...besides what else is there to DO in winter besides sleep? Stupid excuse for a season...grumble growl) I was 'stuck' for a time, not in the sense that one says they have writer's block, but more a matter of knowing where I was, where the story was going, but somehow it didn't feel 'right' as I attempted to continue on. Finally resolved that by changing the troublesome scene to Khyr's pov. It is now moving along much more smoothly. If I can find a few things for him to kill soon, he should be good to go clean into the next plot twist. Yay!
Currently finishing up chapter 49 even though I have half of 50 written. Not quite sure how to plug the small plot hole that will complete 49. Hopefully tomorrow.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!