TheDarkKnight: Blog

The last chapter was posted a little while ago. Whew!

If I'm still alive in four years, I will NOT attempt to write a story during the World Cup. It's been very stressful.

I've done my due diligence and watched each team at least once, so I'm being more selective about which games I'll watch from now on. That is already giving me more time to write.

I got a lot done on the next chapter of "... Stepsisters..." last night. It felt good to get back in my writing chair.

As I suspected, I'm growing bored with some of the meaningless Cup games, but I am maintaining my goal of watching at least part of every first-round game. All that is to say, I'm going to be more selective about which games I watch from now on, which should give my naughty muse more time to poke her head up and get me rolling.

I'm having a problem with where to go with the next chapter of "... Stepsisters". I've tried several ideas, but none seem to keep me interested, and if I'm not interested, I know you fine folks wouldn't be either.

I've never done this before, but I'm going to invite any readers of that story who have an idea what they would like to see happen with Ray and the girls in his life to send me a note. No guarantee that I will use any of them, but it might spark my imagination.

W.C. started today. Too many teams this time, and too many games, but I'll still try to watch at least part of all of them. That doesn't leave much time for writing. I need some 36-hour days.

I started working on a new story this weekend that is different from what I usually write. My MC is a teenage girl living in a small town in Georgia who works, or worked for, the richest man in town. 'Rich' is a relative term because the story takes place during the depression.

I'm writing it from a third-person omni pov, again, not my usual style. I often find that when I do something outside my normal naughty-teenager lane, the story meets a resounding thud, but I like the challenge of doing something different.

At least my MC is a teenage girl, so I guess it's not that different.