Published by Deborah on 22 Oct 2005 at 02:12 pm
This Week’s Progress
Writing the old-fashioned way has worked for me this week. Last night, I counted twenty handwritten pages, which completes the first scene for Chapter 10 of Prosperity. I’ve been wondering if I’ve taken too long to get Amanda into that house but have decided to ponder that issue later.
Right now, I have Bud sweating bullets over a ghost who promises to hurt him. He doesn’t remember who the who is, but the realization will dawn on him in later chapters. At same time Bud is dealing with the ghost, Travis’s house catches on fire.
Did the ghost do it, or was it one of those accidents? I haven’t quite decided which it will be.
Karen Lee Field on 22 Oct 2005 at 5:22 pm #
Sounds intriguing but you’re such a tease. ’spose I’ll have to wait and buy the book to find out.
Deborah on 22 Oct 2005 at 8:54 pm #
Blogs are good buzz/tease mediums. Yes, you’ll have to read the book to find out.
michaelm on 23 Oct 2005 at 12:19 pm #
Writing the old-fashioned way works for me too.
I love my pads of paper and fountain pens!
Nice blog.
~michaelm
Lee Pletzers on 23 Oct 2005 at 4:41 pm #
Sounds like things are heating up in Prosperity!
Deborah on 23 Oct 2005 at 4:55 pm #
Me, too, Michael.
I have a whole drawer full of pads. Hope to see you again.
Yes, they are, Lee! At the moment, I’m writing the scene where Travis and Amanda come home to the carnage.
Pat Kirby on 24 Oct 2005 at 7:58 am #
Longhand, huh? That’s cool.
Although, I’ve been writing (fiction and nonfiction) for so long on the computer, I find that I think faster than my handwriting.
And, my writing is illegible.
Deborah on 24 Oct 2005 at 8:33 am #
I was talking to my husband about this last night. So far, I haven’t gotten used to my new office. In the old house, the office was the first room down the hall, buffered by two walls and a kitchen. The family room (where the main activity was) was just beyond that.
My new office sits in the middle of the house, has two flimsy doors that open wide, and almost no hallway wall to buffer the sounds coming from the family room, which is on the other side.
Plus, I’ve gotten so used to smoking at my computer that typing and smoking have become a hand-in-hand thing. The pen is now taking the place of the cigarette, which is a good thing.