Diverted, I think is the way to describe my evening last night. I went home focused on finishing Wayfarer 10. Ken and I had a late supper and chatted before he went to bed. I spoke to two of my daughters, warning the middle one I was going to write. Her response was “And?”
I was in the groove, writing a scene when I got a text from my niece. We had made arrangements to chat last night and I’d forgotten. She was letting me know she was running late. I said no problem, finished what I was writing (not the book but the section) and settled in for a conversation.
Three hours later, we finished our conversation. I’d like to say it annoyed me to not finish the book but the conversation was so good, so interesting and diverse, I didn’t notice the time slipping by until after 10 last night. If someone forced to me tell them what we talked about, I could probably come up with a list but it was convoluted.
After our conversation, I wrote for another hour and a half. I should have kept writing because I couldn’t sleep. It took me till almost two to get to sleep. When I woke up this morning, I had four short stories, a to do list, four scenes for Wayfarer 10 fleshed out, and two or three scenes for the third Defenders novel all screaming to get out of my head.
To calm the voices in my head, I emailed myself an outline of the short stories so I can refer to it when I have time to sit and write them. I opened up Google Keep on my phone and made the to do list. I got up (late by this time) showered, dressed and got off to work.
My evening was diverted from my plans but I have to be honest, it was a good diversion. One I enjoyed and hope she did as well. The scenes bouncing in my head are fuller, better developed ideas. I can’t wait to write them to see how they play out. I think my characters will enjoy the twists and humor of them. I know I’m going to.