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Is It Monday Already?

January 14th, 2008

I can’t believe the weekend is gone and it’s Monday already. I’m also finding it hard to believe that already after 1 pm and all I want to do is go lie down and take a nap. However, no time for naps today, as much as I may want one.

I wrote about 700 words for TMA on Friday. I think they’re good words, but I’m in an “everything I write sucks the big pickle” but I’m forcing myself to continue to write. I’m also feeling sorry for Alex, for all the crap I’m putting her through. Do you ever feel sorry for the characters you use and abuse in your stories?

When I stopped writing, I left Alex having just finished talking to the surgeon about Robert’s condition. She’s not happy about what happened; guilty about Robert getting shot, pissed off that Jarred gave her the necklace, and starting to wonder if he was in on what happened at the museum. Her dreams are getting worse, and she’s going to get harassed by reporters as she’s leaving the hospital. Of course, she doesn’t know that yet, otherwise she’d have tried to leave by some other exit. Still, as bad as I may feel (and that’s probably why I’ve been dragging my heels on finishing the scene), it’s a scene that needs to happen right now, and not later, when she’s had time to recover.