August 2007 Archives
Wait…it's the end of AUGUST already? The end of the summer? Eli's last day of camp was today, and his first day of first grade is on Monday. What the heck happened to this last month? Why is my life still so wildly on overwhelm? Well let's see…working full time at a demanding new job, parenting two young boys, starting our own business, trying to write a novel, and a full social life (including regular gaming dates, book group, yoga class, birthday parties and family events)…yeah, that would do it. I think once school (and Sunday School) starts again I may just possibly explode. At least it's not t-ball season. Oy.
On the plus side, I have finally had some breakthroughs on my novel--I've finally gotten through the fallow time (due in no small part to the pressure of Viable Paradise looming on the horizon, I'm sure) and am able to write pretty solidly again. I'm once again in love with the characters and the world and the story, and when I carve out the writing time it goes by quickly. It's not that I've produced a whole bunch of new chapters (yet), but I've been able to figure out a bunch of worldbuilding and plot logistics, and am in the process of elaborating on several POV characters that have been getting short shrift up to this point. Most excitingly, I've actually figured out how the book will end! Yes, go ahead and mock me, but after 3 years and over 90K words I was still having trouble figuring out the ending--and what I finally came to was that the whole story I want to tell just won't be told in one book. Two books or maybe three books will be needed. So once I wrapped my brain around that concept, "all" I had to do was figure out an appropriate stopping point for this one. And I did. Go me!
There are, of course, so many other things to be grateful for right now. Even though my days are full-to-bursting, they're interesting and engaging. I just had my yearly cancer checkup and the nurse practicioner who saw me literally pronounced me "perfect". The kids are flourishing, the weather has been lovely, and there are new opportunities waiting to be grabbed and swung into motion like surprised wallflowers at a school dance. Do-si-do and away we go!
