Ups and Downs

I’ve had other media opportunities for Hurricane Baby come up in the past week–one on a statewide-syndicated radio talk show, another on a website I wrote some for while I was in grad school that focuses on women’s reinvention journeys. I’m still negotiating with the radio show so I’m not going to announce it yet. August seems like it’s going to be super-busy!

On the flip side, getting into the new point of view for my qork-in-progress is proving difficult. I pretty much know what I have to have happen to get the effect I want at the end of it. It’s the right voice I haven’t nailed. I have this character in the first section and the end section–in both places her interactions are mediated through another character’s consciousness. This section we’re hearing directly from her, and I have to decide how she’s going to react to events, going from one kind of person to another. I’m going to let things go downhill mostly, with three bounce-backs that later blow up in her face. I’ve been writing little microscenes when I think them up.

So I’m being a bit push-pulled with the writing–proud of how much attention Hurricane Baby is getting, but a nagging thought in the back of my mind that I want to finish this manuscript, Looking For Home, so there will be a future book being worked over and possibly sold while I’m promoting the other. We will see how it goes.

Off to write some more! Have a good week! Read a lot! Write a lot, too, if you’re so inclined!