Carolyn

Sitting in the back room aka my bedroom, wrapped up in blankies, Maddox on my bed and Shelby curled up on her Cloud. Maddox is confused as I haven't sat back here in ages and ages, having favored the living room where I could connect my laptop to the tv. But my HDMI cable broke yesterday and I decided that that was a sign - time to stop watching so much television, freeing my computer from its tether and putting it back to proper use. :)

Am slowly getting over a really mean cold, but despite being mean, it sure as heck hasn't been as bad as last year where I was sick for months. If it would just warm up! But whine more, Cee... We're not nearly as cold as almost everywhere else (and then there is Orlando, where my daughter lives - she Instagrammed (is that a word?) a picture of herself outside in a cute little sleeveless coral dress... LOL. Brat).

Been working on the sci fi again! Was going great guns before Christmas then realized that there wasn't enough story to do anything with. At only 41k, it was pretty useless in length. And, the end of the first 41k was a perfect launching point for a second book...so decided okay let's just make it one happy story and go from there.

I also realized that with limited third, I was cheating myself and maybe-future-readers-I-hope out of a very interesting pov, that of my alien girl, Breille. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. LOL. Part III of this in-one-book trilogy would be best in her POV so I have decided to let her have some stage time.

I also ran across some fascinating, fascinating information regarding the horrors of military use of children, which is a driving force in the background of the first part but a huge part of the 2nd and 3rd. My MC's mission turns from saving her bestie and crew and passengers in the first part to tracking down a stolen child in the second, to helping my new-pov-mc's quest in the third. There is a LOT of new things to figure out but lately have been getting a lot of interesting support, or maybe... I don't know... affirmation?


I CAN DO THIS. And have been meeting some truly terrific women and men who are helping me believe in science fiction again (and the genre itself).

So, look at me rambling on but I am this. I've got work to do! And I am determined to stay focus (those who know me well know I am HORRIBLE about focus...

Focus focus focus focus focus focus focus FOCUS FOCUS FOOOOCCCUUUUSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOCUS CEE!!!!!!!

I need that plastered RIGHT in front of my face. LOL.

Have a couple other things brewing that I am keeping under my hat for now as one thing I am going to do with a very old story is a little bit on the crazy side so I want to see what happens before reporting anything. Or not. LOL.

Also been reading a fascinating trilogy set in Rome about Cleopatra's daughter. Once I'm done with the third installment I have another book set in Rome to read (*waves to Madwriter*) and am excited about that. Yes yes yes. Just love that rough time period so much! Maybe have to do something along that line eventually. Yes yes yes.

Cheese toast is ready! Later, peeps and hopefully next time will be able to report progress on the sci fi.