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peony envy
I write better in the long days, for whatever reason. Sun up at 5:00, sun down at 9:15, my muse is happy and she treats me well. Circadian rhythm? Who knows. I just love this time of year, milky warm and the garden in bloom, light light light. I fixate on the garden. More roses, I think, and look how the hummingbirds like my clematis. I have an annual run in with peony envy. I sit here looking out my office window at the roses I've been nursing along after that deer came through like an old lady at a casino buffet and plucked them all nekkid. They are recovering. I am happy to see that. But I still need more peonies, and I also need to go spray more of that vile, awful, stinky stuff that keeps the deer from nibbling.
But of more importance: all this means I am writing well. My characters (who are not having a good time of it, just now) seem willing to slog through a few more scenes every day. Maybe just to get to the other side of all the mayhem they've got in store. Maybe they trust me to get them out of the fixes I get them into, but are also a little impatient. I do know what they mean: I always read the end of a book first. No outraged reactions, please. Moral indignation will not change this habit of mine. I read the first chapter, the last chapter, and then I go back and read from the second chapter forward. I just have to know where the journey is headed before I can settle down and enjoy the ride. My characters feel the same way, but thus far I haven't written the last chapter first, of any book, at any time. Don't think I could, because I'm not sure exactly where things will land.
On the ARC giveaway: 15 days left until the contest closes; 114 people have entered thus far.
Information about how to get hold of an Advance Reading Copy of Fire Along the Sky is here, and the actual contest is to be found in the right hand column under PICK A DOOR, ANY DOOR. Hint: it's the middle door. Please note if you're getting an error message about empty fields, you actually have to put something in the 'comments' section. Also, if you've tried repeatedly and without success, email me the answers to all the questions and I'll do the paperwork for you. So to speak.
June 5, 2004 07:11 AM
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At least I am not the only one who does this. My ex-husband thought I was strange for reading the end before the whole book. But I "just gotta"...
Posted by: Catherine at June 7, 2004 01:49 PM