I haven't written in about three weeks, maybe longer. As soon as December 1st hit, my brain kind of exploded,  my schedule at work exploded, and with Christmas coming...I've been a mess.

But Christmas is over! And I think I'm over the worst of some of the other stuff (though I still anticipate next week to be brutal) so it's time to poke at Book 3 again. Just a little poking - I left off at a nice rounded spot, so it was hard to get back into the story. I know where I'm going, it's just a matter of picking up the threads again.

I always mentally picture writing a book as kite flying. And each plot-line itself is another kite I'm launching into the air. If I keep on top of it, and I pay attention, I can keep multiple kites up in the air at once, no problem. And it's great fun and I look like a kite-flying badass. But when I stop paying attention, one kite crashes to the ground, then another, and another. And when I open my document after sitting on it for a few weeks...I have no clue what I was working with. Heh. So I'm slowly launching my kites back into the air again, but it's going to take a few days and a few writing sessions to get them all flying again. Baby steps.