storytelling

I'm trying to sort things out on a number of fronts. About weblog-moving, and I'm also at a crucial point in the writing of Queen of Swords. Queen of Swords is due to the publisher on October 1, which deadline I hope to meet but it will be a bit of a struggle. The book will be out sometime after that, six months or more.

So I am thinking about writing conflict but mostly these last few days I'm just thinking about writing in general, because right now it feels pretty draining and I wonder if I can keep it up. I think about Dorothy Dunnet who produced, what? -- ten or more big fat, well researched, beautifully written historical novels between age fifty something and her death at seventy something. Is there a second wind coming? There's certainly a birthday on the horizon. I'll be forty-nine on Friday.

Thirty-nine hit me harder than forty; forty-nine isn't coming easy, either.

How's that for all kinds of conflict?

So I will try to put down some organized thoughts about writing confrontation scenes, look for them right here, hopefully tomorrow.

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