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| Expect Bumps in the Road. |
Yesterday’s work on my short, to-the-point, brief, tiny Prologue turned
out just as you might have expected… it grew.
But not to absurdity, thank goodness. It’s still under 500 words, which
for me is a win. I’m really happy with it as it adds a touch of The Da Vinci
Code (without the God issues) to the story. An intriguing jumping off point
for a gay romance, I think. Yep, I like the Prologue. *pumps fist in the air*
I got the first 1500 words of Chapter One scrubbed and brilliantly
clean. I like it, too, but since I wrote most of it nearly five months ago, a
lot of the fist-pumping “Hell, yeah!” mania has dampened back down to “Good
job, Chloe. Let’s move on.”
Unfortunately, that moving on directive sent me right into the same
road block I’ve been facing for weeks. As you all know, I’ve been struggling
with connecting scenes in Chapter One for a while. I hit another one yesterday
at the 1500 mark.
Nothing major, hardly catastrophic, just a bump on the road to that
finish line. But since it was late in the day when I stumbled over said-bump, I
saved that challenge for this morning. I jumped ahead several chapters to clear
out those last 1k words from the queue. It’s a flashback scene which exists in
its own little world, so it’s a fine place to go whenever I need a break from
the rigor of Route Get-It-Done-in-Order-Dammit…
Yes, well, this is how it works in my head during the scurry to the
deadline. It’s amusing, to say the least.
On a final note, I’d like to brag that Taken, my second novel
for Ravenous Romance, has once again entered their Top Ten Sellers the last few
days. This just tickles me pink. Taken is probably my personal favorite
of my novels, so far. So its unexpected leap into the Top Ten nearly four years
after it was published is particularly rewarding. Yep, I’m ridiculously giddy
at this, folks, and I’m liking the feeling. Lol
Expect another Ticker FROM Madness this evening. (It’s “from” madness
this time since, like I’ve said, I’ve already crossed that crazy line with this
one.)
Remember: Title reveal for Book One of the “Lion & Steed” is
tomorrow! Somebody order the keg.
Until tonight…
Chloe
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