Meredith Mansfield, Author

Admittedly, the last two days haven’t been very productive, writing wise. I had other things that also claimed my attention. ‘Tis rapidly becoming the season for that.

Well, that and the last scene I wrote was a fight scene–and not in the point-of-view of either of the men fighting. I don’t actually think I’ve written one exactly like that before. It required a bit of thought.

Nevertheless, I mean to at least try to maintain the pace I managed over November so I can finish up the first draft of this first book in what looks to be a two-book series. By rights, of course, that turning point ought to be the midpoint–or, in other words, the end of book 1 in a two-book series. But that would leave this book in a terrible cliff hanger. And, in any event, the plot gets more complicated from here, with more characters having their own subplots and character arcs. So it’ll all work out . . . I hope. (First drafts are like that for discovery writers. There’s a lot of hope involved.)

And I’m finally just about to write that pivotal scene where everything changes for my main character. Just a little bit of putting the right characters in position to get through first. One scene, most likely. And I’ve already got the dialog roughed in.

Forward!