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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Into the Third Week

I was really shot yesterday. Mondays are my busy day and it was really busy yesterday, so I was worried that I might not have anything left for the new manuscript, tentatively called A Sudden Frost. But I was pleasantly surprised.

After I got my little guy to bed, I set up the laptop on the kitchen table (it's been working for me) and made some peppermint tea. I opened the document and placed my fingers on the keys, and Leah just started talking. She's been doing that this entire book. As long as I show up, doesn't matter how tired I am, she shows up, and she does the heavy lifting.

I love this story. LOVE. IT. It's dark and creepy, and I love Leah. Somehow, even when I'm doubting that I'll know where to go from a particular spot, something just happens and the scene plays out in front of me. It's like this story has been writing itself inside my subsconcious while I wasn't aware. I haven't written a Leah book since '05, but she has a lot to say.

Here's hoping she keeps talking.

4 comments:

John S said...

Wait till Leah starts contradicting you. :o)

Great title, by the way.

Your on a roll, Trace!

John S said...

I meant *You're* on a roll.

I can spell, I just can't type.

salamanderstales said...

Awesome that Leah is talking to you...and you're kicking butt on your word count! :-)

Trace said...

John, I knew you could spell. I have an English degree and I still do that sometimes :) And yes, she does contradict me! Fun, fun!

Thanks Laura! And you're catching up!