Five things make a post

–I’m about one-third of the way through “Railsea” and I’m still loving it so much.

–Last night I rewrote the last scene I’d done for the short story (“The Piano-Time Rag” is the name, BTW.) It was so much easier once I let the story be what it wanted to be. Which is a mystery. Not erotica. And it’s giving me so many ideas for the mystery novel with this character (which is called “Touch.”)

–Only got 2000 words of the next chapter finished. My main character surprised me in a really good way today. I think I know what the last scene of this chapter needs to be, but I’m not sure. Plan is to whip that out tomorrow, then type up the whole thing. Then go back to the short story.

–I’ve never been able to go back and forth between projects before. I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to do it now. But it’s interesting. My brain feels like it’s in transition, between one writing phase and the next. Hard to explain. But I like it, I like the change and the strength I feel.

–I don’t know if this is related, but I’m also switching between things I’m reading right now. I’m trying to read a short story a night in addition to the novel. Maybe because my reading is doing that, my writing can too? For short stories, I’ve picked back up my complete collection of Flannery O’Connor. She’s always been one of my favorites.

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