Nope, not whining, not me

[pjthompson]

I've got nothing to complain about. I live a privileged life, all told, and so far my health is holding up. I have a roof over my head, more than sufficient to eat, a job to pay the bills, a second job that I mostly love except when novels refuse to finish themselves without my assistance.

I even managed to write 1000 words this morning. It fought me every step of the way (or I fought it, hard to say which). It was, in fact, a fight scene and I'm bloody sick of writing fight scenes—but it's written now. From this point on it's just writing the heart of the book, the thing that I've been aiming at for 484 pages. The thing that makes the entire enterprise stand or fall. (Mommy!)

I don't know why I should be nervous about that, especially not after the disaster of Night Warrior/The Making Blood. No, I'm sure that failure to stick a clean landing isn't playing any part in this refusal to take that final jump and finish the course. Nope, nope, couldn't be that.

I'm going to go to the post office and do some other errands, then maybe I'll come back home and try to write some more.

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Comments

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm trying to see where the end of Night Warrior failed, and... uhm, no.

[pjthompson]

You're very kind, but more than one person complained about its lack of resolution, or that it didn't quite hit the mark. I probably wouldn't have listened so hard if I hadn't thought the same myself. Maybe I'll feel different if I ever do the rewrites.

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Fair enough... but don't let that fluster you on this one.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

"Privileged" is a word used a lot. Just out of curiosity, how would you define it?

[inkbabies.livejournal.com]

::hugs::
at least you've finished....

[pjthompson]

Um, not really. Not yet. Soon, I hope.