So I am officially 29,031 words in 42 pages...over half-way...now I have to finish. Otherwise I will just have this 42 pages of...something that is not a novel and is not a short story so I have to finish it! It is the longest thing I have ever written having surpassed my thesis paper by ten pages now. So there! Ok, now that I am finished with my mental pep talk I can get on with this entry.

I am really enjoying writing this thing to the point of being a little scared. I have no idea where it is going beyond my simple outline that says "they find Dr. Fromme." or "they hear Lady Greystill's story" [Do I know what her story is--not yet!] and I think that is what has been missing from my writing, even my playwriting: that sense of adventure and going along for the ride. I have gotten too tied up in the beginning and outlining of it all which has stagnated it. Perhaps there is still time to save Children of Destiny...or perhaps it will just be a casualty of self-teaching oneself to write....

I think a big part of it is that I have finally come to understand what it means to re-write and that it doesn't have to be perfect the first time, and with that weight off my shoulders I can...just write. Which is very freeing...and has almost led me to think I might like being a writer as a career [She who hasn't finished a novel let alone publish one] but for some reason I think I can do it! I enjoy storytelling too much not to find some way to make it successful.

So now with Carter in lap and cup of coffee in hand I am going to dive back in and see where the characters take me today!

Wish me luck!