I have a head cold. It's not so terrible but it is affecting my ability to write or do anything other than blow my nose and feel a bit miserable. Yesterday was worse than today. Washing dishes was too difficult and reading an entire newspaper article caused me to fall asleep at my desk.
My novel is floundering and still embarrassingly short. I had intended to write an entire chapter for my sci-fi heroine to explore the underbelly of her neighborhood. She would find out what evils lurk in the shadows. She might even discover that she has more in common with the so-called villains than the good guys. Or something.
Maybe I should give her a cold as well. She will find out that she is the last living human to contract a cold in the year 2068. Or maybe she is a carrier of the cold epidemic that brought down a dictatorship 20 years ago. It can serve as a warning to all of my fictional war-hungry Presidents. Maybe the back story is better than the actual story that I am trying to write. All that I could manage to write yesterday was "This cold sucks." This is going to be the best book ever!
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2 comments:
Feel better, Jess! Giving your character a cold, too, might be an interesting chapter.
Hey Jessica,
Good singing on Friday - and enjoying wry eyes! Hope you'll visit Katy at http://www.myspace.com/katythesurlycat . She has a blog too!
Dorian
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