Brick Walls and Other Annoyances
Thursday, August 24th, 2006
Argghhhh! After trucking along so nicely with my novel rewrite, suddenly I’ve hit a brick wall. Happened as soon as I got an opening that read fairly well (but nowhere near well enough to leave alone). Now I can’t seem to get anywhere on this book–not characters, not slicing and dicing (cutting and rewriting), not nothing. Double Argh.
It was so nice, those few heady months that I could actually say, “This book is done.” Now it’s just one more project I’m trying to juggle. Again.
I could go work on my other WIP for a while. Actually, I somewhat promised myself I’d finish it this year (I’ve got it stuck in my head that my fantasy is much more likely to snag an agent than my little historical romance.). But it’s such a totally different genre/mindset that I’m afraid I won’t get back to my poor Yankee for eons if I switch gears.
Then there’s my small home business, American Punkin (clothes and screenprinting), which is starting up again. Another pull on my attention.
And now there’s a new baby quilt to make, so the sewing machine is also whispering to me.
Anyone have a cloning machine I borrow for a few weeks? I’ve just too many projects for one little mind to handle.