Monday, May 4, 2009

Sixteen Minutes

So it's my birthday in sixteen minutes and I am giving myself a gift this year. What is it, you ask?

Time.

I have taken the day off from my Day Job and I'm staying up all night (or as late as these old tired bones will last) and I'm working on my WIP. For once, my family is asleep before me. No one needs to attention or for me to come look at something cool on the Internet... it's just me.

And I love it.

I'm starting to have fun with my WIP. And more than that, I have another story trying to dig its way out of my brain so I have to finish this one and move on.

Oh, to be writer. Well, a full-time, well-paid writer... one day. ;)

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Does anyone else get scared?

So I'm writing away. I have a decent idea of where the story is going. I'm about halfway through the story arc for my characters and I realized... I'm scared.

What if I can't pull this off? What if I leave my characters stuck with these huge ass problems? What if I let them down and can't get them to a resolution?

I'm at that point in the story where the ship is going to have to turn and... oh, crap. I'm at the helm. Who put me in charge???