Last night I worked on editing Murder Next Door. It is a murder mystery, romance set in 2178. After talking to one of my daughters until after 8 pm, I started editing. I really just wanted to go to sleep when I started but it was too early for me if I wanted to sleep all night.
I put on classical music, turned off all but one light and set to work on editing. Somewhere around 11 or so I realized how late it was. I looked at the number of pages and decided to stop by midnight. At 12:30 I looked up and realized how late it was but was in the middle of a chapter. I said at the end of this chapter, I’ll quit and finish it tomorrow.
That didn’t happen. I finished editing it last night – or more correctly this morning around 1 am. It felt good to work on writing, to think about plot lines and characters, to look at verbage and decide the tone this word or that one gave to the story.
Tonight I’ll be working on Wayfarer Trials. This is the sixth book in the series and I think full of action and craziness. I know there is one major rearrangement I want to make in this book but there are a lot of loose ends to tie up for plot lines so I have to make sure those get done.
If I can get this one done tonight, I will only have one left to do the edits on, which is Wayfarer 7. I don’t have a name for it yet though one or two options are floating in my head.
My restlessness of last week evaporated with me editing. I lost time as I worked and the tiredness I felt dissipated as I sunk into Murder Next Door. The book drew me in, kept me occupied. The act of editing soothed me in ways I find difficult to explain.
In the back of my head, I’m working on writing the last Defenders story. I think it’s time to finish it. I just need to sit and write it. I have the next two scenes (part of a bigger scene) in my head, the major parts of it starting to coalesce and take form. Soon I’ll have to write it or I’ll be dreaming about it again.
A week off was good, I guess. But I’m glad to be back to writing, editing, and getting stuff done. Interestingly, I didn’t miss the tv stuff at all last night. I was more entertained by my work. Now I just need to look at my to do list and decide what’s next.