After struggling so hard over a few chapters since September, it’s amazing to finally feel like I’m hitting my stride again with the current draft of novel six. Is it the music? Mercury out of retrograde? That the weather has been more temperate? There have been many dramas NOT on the page and many activities through these months, and I’m sure there’ll be more. But for now, my characters and words are connecting.
I needed this.
ETA: More music than writing today because I was doing a lot of rereading and editing. Nonetheless, there was progress, and I need to rest my brain and body now. Hoping for a kickass writing day tomorrow.
Started off with Ray Charles’s Duets, an excellent offering that includes his duets with Norah Jones, James Taylor, Diana Krall, Elton John, Natalie Cole, Bonnie Raitt (pictured here), Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Johnny Mathis, and Van Morrison; Cher, If I Could Turn Back Time: Greatest Hits; The Chieftains, The Long Black Veil, another great CD that includes guests Sting, Mick Jagger, Sinéad O’Connor, Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Ry Cooder, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Jones, and The Rolling Stones; Chloë (Agnew), Walking in the Air; Chris Bucheit Trio, Hard Disk Letters; Ry Cooder, Bop Till You Drop, one of my all-time favorite albums; and Eric Clapton, From the Cradle.
I’m glad you are back in the saddle again. I am in bed in the rehab center typing away
the holidays are over so you’re free from all that extra.
WRITE. WRITE. WRITE!!!
Even if some days are more productive than others, my characters are willing. However, after three years of frustrations with technology, some days I’m just too drained to be creative. =(