September musing

I’ve just finished a novella and sent it off into the universe with much well wishes.  This story started as a short, written for Women’s World.  When they passed, I added 20000 words, give or take, and made it into the current version.  I really love these characters. a heroine who can’t see her own value,  the knight in delivery clothing, and a cocker spaniel puppy to mix it up.

What is it with ideas that won’t let you go?  I’ve been playing with this idea since I worked at a long term care facility (read nursing home) and the Fed Ex gal and the UPS guy were married to each other.  I knew there was a story there, just haven’t been able to massage it until now.

Same happened with my first essay I sold.  I’d been carrying around the nugget for The Sweet Smell of Summer for years before I finally wrote the story about how my family all got together to freeze corn once a year.

Now I’m working on a new cozy mystery with series potential. Being a pantser in the discovery draft sometimes is a hard place to live.  But I know the story is there, somewhere.  I just have to remember it.

So, readers, what are you working on?  What book has caught your fancy this month?  Or are you still adjusting to back to school?