That new car smell

[pjthompson]

Yesterday, as a reward for finishing chapter 22 of Venus on Wednesday, I let myself write another section of chapter 1 for the new novel. What a treat! I wrote 1100 words as easy as falling off a log. It felt great. (The writing part, not the falling off a log part.) I know the new car smell will wear off this novel eventually, but for now it's saving my sanity.

And it proves to me that the Muse hasn't deserted me, he's just not liking the discipline of finishing Venus.

Back to the discipline mill today, rereading the last chapter of Venus and tweaking. Then back to wading through the outline.