I’m Only Happy When It’s Complicated
It’s not that I’m only happy when it rains. It just feels like it sometimes. I love the rain here in the Pacific Northwest. I love it so much that it’s why I live here.
When people who live here complain about the rain, the gracious part of me says out loud, “Hm. Well, I like the rain.” The ungracious part of me screams in my head, “Why do you LIVE here then? Quit bitching and move to f!cking California! Go on, go!”
You get the idea. Needless to say, this morning it is raining, a quite respectable drizzle that has managed to water my lawn and garden thoroughly. Huzzah! And I don’t feel so dry and snappish, thank goodness. I even looked younger in the mirror this morning, though that might have been the fact that the barometric pressure finally stopped messing around and I got some sleep.
So I’ve put everything else on hold and am revising Smoke, otherwise known as “that hideous vampire novel that got me published but will never get published itself.” (Long story.) I am finding, much to my surprise, that it’s not as bad as it could be. Oh sure, you can definitely tell it’s my second novel, the first one where I really let go and was working through Some Issues, but it’s not an active howler like I thought it might be. And right now it’s making me happy, a good way to say goodbye to Danny Valentine. I am unsure why the grieving process has latched onto this book, but hey, I’ll go with it.
Yes, I am also revising it for a Nefarious Purpose. Don’t worry, you’ll know all about it when I get there.
I’m giving myself today to go through and revise, to get my fill of the story and do some architectural changes. (I must also shout out here to the Martian Mooncrab, who is a RESEARCH GODDESS!) Tomorrow is a day for other work, like contests etc. and a trip to the post office to mail all sorts of goodies out.
I’ve spent the morning emailing with peeps and am now settling down with coffee and some Massive Attack, ready to dive back into the book. I don’t want to come up for air anytime soon, so…have a good day, dear Reader, and here’s hoping you find something that makes you happy too.
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