Writing Off 2009

I had fully intended to spend New Year’s Eve sitting in front of my computer, finishing up on the InDesign training module that I was watching. As it turned out, I had to work all day yesterday with little to do in a dead environment while my family enjoyed their day off. So I took advantage of the situation and finished that training module.

Then I drove home, mulling over whether or not I should go to the New Year’s Eve party that one of my husband’s friends was throwing. I normally don’t drink. If I do, I’ll nurse one glass all night. That’s not the case with my husband or our friends. The truth was, I just wasn’t up to partying last night or socializing, for that matter. So I dropped my family off and drove back home, wondering how I was going to spend the evening.

I was in a mood and needed to go to my happy place for a while. The house was very quiet, perfect for a good writing session. That’s what I did for the majority of the evening. I pounded out the rest of Chapter 13, where my MC is forced to face her childhood and her disastrous first marriage inside the cramped office of the local police station. A lot has led up to this scene, which will take too long to explain here. But it was one of those scenes where I needed absolute quiet so that I could think it through.

I was getting quite drowsy by the time I finished the last sentence. The phone rang at that point, which was a good thing because I didn’t know how much longer I was going to be able to stay awake. My husband told me that he was ready to go home. I had a good one-on-one visit with two of our friends, something I wouldn’t have been able to do had I stayed for the whole party. We caught each other up, promised to stay in touch and watched the fireworks in the distance.

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