Eureka! and Top Five--Things to do while traveling

The lightbulb finally clicked!!!  I figured out the backstory behind a complex plot point in Book Two.   Let the mountains shout for joy! 

For those lonely folks on book tour, outside of your fabulous meet-n-greets, book signings, and pre-arranged meals, I'm listing my top five favorite things to do when traveling without my family.  Here they are, in no particular order:

-- Get extra sleep


-- Take a long bath without interruptions!

-- Hold the TV controller to surf channels (or not surf, your choice)

-- Phone friends or family without interruptions (on your side, at least)

-- Sleep in the middle of the bed.  Yes, the middle!
 
 

Chapter 3

Working on broadening my perspective a bit. Chapter 3 is where We meet several additional characters. I need to be able to present each with a distinctive personality and speaking pattern. This is taking much longer than I thought. I need to be more observant!

Over 1800 words!

Whoo hoo! Over 1800 words written and the first 3 chapters in draft form. My lead character is just about to find out why she's where she is. I'm soo excited to discover this with her. (Yes, I do know where this is going...or at least I think I do.)

The most challenging aspect of writing fiction, I'm finding, is allowing the characters to live. I feel like a director of improvisation, rather than the director of a scripted play.

I'm setting the scene and some of the main character attributes, posing the situation, and allowing the characters to create, speak, live.