Meredith Mansfield, Author

. . . And one back. Sometimes it’s like that.

Monday and Tuesday of this week were not good writing days. Sometimes that happens and I’ve learned to just go with that. If my instincts say I’m not going to get anything worthwhile because I’m too tired or too stressed about something else, sometimes the best thing I can do is just . . . not. And that’s okay.

In this particular case, taking that brief step back allowed me to realize something about the last scene I wrote on Sunday. It’s in the wrong place. The main problem with it is that it leaves one of the characters out of position for the–very much eventual–climax. And no really logical way to bring her to the right place at the right time.

But . . . but if I just change a couple of things, she can be in place for when she’s needed. And that scene–or, well, most of it–can be used a couple of chapters later. So, that’s what I’ll be doing later today.

Also, just because I haven’t been doing any writing the last couple of days doesn’t mean that no progress has been made. I’ve started work on the cover for BECOME: TO RIDE THE STORM. It’ll be based on this image:

Though, obviously cropped. And with the background color changed to better match the other two books in the series. I’m working on that right now and I’ll share when it’s done.