The mighty power of POV!

Happy earth day, everyone. To celebrate at my house, we parked the truck and walked to school this morning- my son was not thrilled, I received many eye-rollings, and two blocks from school he ditched me, saying he was going to take a shortcut for students only. That was okay, I was on my way to the co-op and got some organic veggies for his supper. The co-op is in a state of flux and I found that the produce prices were wrong at the check-out- not for the first time. I felt a bit like a fool when arguing over the price of green onions, and finally told the cashier, "It's not the fifty cents I mind. I don't like to feel cheated!" I had to go outside and sit on the bench among the daffs and calm down. The silliest things...

I have an idea I've been working on for a new story- something different for me, a series with a private detective. It hasn't come into focus, though, until I figured out the POV. It seems like all these characters just rotate around in my mind, like they are circling that plate in the microwave, and nobody steps up and assumes command until I figure out the POV. For the last few years I've been keeping the POV on a single character, either third or first. I like the way this causes surprises, and the way I can explore the inherent mysteriousness of people, the way we can't really know people. Trying to put everyone's POV on the table tries to get around this conundrum, but I'm starting to like the way we can't predict how people are going to act. I think the new story is going to be called Anadarko Blues.

I changed the title of Marathon Cowboys to Death of a Grievous Angel, and the story's going to Dreamspinner. I like the story alot- very rich conflict. This next month Sockeye Love is coming out from Dreamspinner- it's a short novella, but just the right amount of story for that form- I really love this story. I haven't seen the cover yet, and have my fingers crossed. The cover is critical! What I asked for was the cover to show a pivotall scene in the story, so it has to be right- I'm sure the excellent Mr. Richmond will hit one out of the ballpark.