Dispatches from Obscurity

Apparently the office is not a place for creativity. Since Liz will be on the later train, I decided to stay at the office to write. It just does not seem to be working.I'm going to put it aside and try again after getting home. Hopefully the results will be better.

Worked both yesterday the 5th and today the 6th finished problematic chapter 1 and problematic chapter 2. I think I've now resolved some major issues facing my protagonist. This is good.What's not as good is that I now face having to make adjustments all through the rest of the book (which from these chapters on… Continue reading Novel progress →

Worked on a very problematic chapter today. I'm very pleased with how it's going now. I doubt though that I'll be able to do much more until after the weekend.

It's been a long while since I've updated this, so I'm due.In the past two weeks I've been having a bit of a crisis regarding the plot of the story. It's making me question the whole thing. Slowly I'm getting past these doubts, but it's slow work.I'll say straight out that I think I may… Continue reading Updates after an absence →

I had lots of time at the library; a whole hour, but the place was full of noisy high school students. They must be studying for their exams. I am really looking forward to the end of the school year. I don't expect nearly so many kids will be here at that point.As it was,… Continue reading Bad day for writing →

Spent an hour today at the library while waiting for Lizabeth's train. Was able to finally push through a troublesome scene and get on with things.

Well, nothing last night. I'm hoping that I can get some time in today after work. This weekend isn't looking good with a course taking up all day Saturday and Sunday.

Managed to get in about 40 minutes of writing on Monday (May 31).Getting to the library from work was worse than usual. Traffic was heavy from the rain. Finally managed to push through a tough rewrite today.