I've just read Jay Cantrell's most recent blog and realized I am not alone. He too has hit a brick wall of de-motivation. (Is there such a word? Probably not.) I've got a couple of stories in various stages of development and no clear idea of where I want to go with them. I've been spending my time reading other's stories to try and find some inspiration for my own. After 76 postings, finding a new angle isn't easy and that's where I'm at. I don't want to become a schlock romance writer, so somewhere along the line, I have to find a new path. All ideas, however off-the-wall will be considered. In the meantime, I'll keep plugging along. I have a sequel to The Contractor with the working title "Lies, Damn Lies, and DNA" about a third done, a similar amount for a sequel to "Life on Another Planet", a post Civil War western that takes place in Southern Alberta, A 1800 era British Navy story titled "Gascoigne", a murder mystery titled "Sunset at the Sunrise Motel", and a couple of others that have no working title as yet. Is not for a lack of opportunity, but here I sit, up to my knees in mud, stuck in place.
Cheers, Coaster2