Writerly Nattering

While editing Queen's Choice, I'm feeling things start to come together in my head for Field of Stars. I'm to the point now where I'm probably needing to buy a spiral-bound notebook just so I can scribble it all out and find how the various puzzle pieces fit together and write myself a basic outline. Which is something I didn't do for most of Queen's Choice, and which I also don't do for my fanfic writing. But toward the end of writing QC, I did list out the remaining plot points I knew I needed to hit, which is kind of like an outline, right?

There is, of course, going to be drama going on in Estellia, but almost as important are the three countries surrounding Estellia. One of which, I have figured out, is in a state of civil war at the moment as the two sons of the dead king fight over who gets the throne. The two diplomatic delegations from Savoy trying to ally with the new ruler of Estellia is going to be fun... particularly since I know what the one who gets turned down does afterward. Ha, that's one little connective chunk put together right there!

Still, I'm only a third of the way through editing. And once I get done with this pass, I need to go back in and add cause and urgency and attitude to what's already there....

Le sigh.

But then I can start on FoS.

Me, Whining

F* F* F* F* F* F*!

Car dead. Mechanic uncle thinks it's the alternator. Parents' spare car not available for borrowing to go to work tomorrow. Truck is, but the idea of commuting in it terrifies me.

Need a new car somehow. Have no idea how we can afford one.

GDI

*Jaws theme music*

After a good crying jag about vehicle things, I came back and looked at car reviews and prices, and then the CarMax search engine broke.

So I edited, finishing the page set from Tuesday. Concluding for the night at page 208/617, and word count 124,668. I didn't lose many words because I had to rewrite the shark attack. It's better now. Still not fabulous, but it'll do for tonight, because my thoughts are not getting any more coherent at this point.