Hey, Miss J!

… Should I even call it this? Now?

At 11:31AM in the morning?

Last night was LOUD. It was pretty upsetting for me. I sort of laid in bed half on my side and contemplating the many decisions I’ve made in life.

I wasn’t laying there idly though… I had my laptop in bed with me – which was something that I used to do often. I was working on some editing. I haven’t yet changed up my printed schedule, but I really need to.

The noises early this morning were ongoing. I’m not necessarily a fan of either gunshots or fireworks at 1AM in the morning. Then, there was an even bigger BOOM, the kind that makes my heart flutter.

I clambered down to my front door and peered out the window. The severity of the wind and rain was unparalleled.

Especially this time of year.

I always feel so good watching thunderstorms and the resulting deluge of rain. They’re so powerful… and it made everything quiet for a good while.

I found myself rolling around in my NtC folder. The notebook is right next to me. I plowed through editing again the first three chapters. I don’t need any pats on the back, but let’s be more realistic about this. I edited 85 pages of material… over the course of only three chapters.

Those three chapters have more weight than my novel, which is about 96 or 98 pages… with ten chapters. The differences are shocking.

I think I tapped out around page 2 of chapter 4.

I have … what? 18 chapters to revise??

And about 2 or more to insert between these chapters? To be able to do that, I have to go chapter by chapter to see where the gaps are, compose like 50 characters or so of what the chapter synopsis is… then start writing.

I also need to write a chapter after the latest one… It’s going to be strange because all of these chapters are going to be shifted forwards… which means chapter 18 will possibly become chapter 22 or 23.

… Oh man, the readers are going to be absolutely furious with me. But I have far too many storylines going to ignore it.

There are way too many gaps. So much space where I can add-in before the final chapters.

Once that’s settled a least a little… I need to start revising OA again.

AND… AND…

I need some balance in my life. I’m about to head down and start a very late lunch, then start up my chore list and work on my lesson for tonight. My hope is to have a least a segment of that done before 4PM.

That would be nice.

I’ll also nibble on my lunch/breakfast while penning up my new schedule.

~J. Lyst

I might post another blog post tonight… I’m uncertain.

I do think though… that maybe it’s time for me to begin working on something that’s not under fiction.

I’ve kicked around the idea of writing poetry for well over a decade. I’m terrible at making things rhyme though…

Maybe I should just start writing little things and put them in a bound volume?

I don’t know what to call what I want to write. It’s not quite poetry and not exactly nonfiction.

Yeah… I should probably go eat, so I can take my happy pills.