For the past few weeks my life has been all about music - primarily the Texas Music Awards coming up next month. But I've also made connections in Nashville and getting requests for album reviews. I love my job but I am missing working on fiction.
In the snatches of time I've taken to work on Heart on the Line, I've been working on the historical time line of the hero's family. Some incidents have a marked effect on the story so it is important to know what happened when and who was (or was not) responsible.
I'm getting there. I can trace Bo's family back to his grandfather - which is as far as I needed to go. And I found out Kassie's mom deserted her at the age of 16. While Kassie was at school, and later at Granny Pearl's (Bo's grandmother), Kassie came home to find her mother had up and left. She never heard from her again.
Now I'm down to how some of the scenes need to work in correlation to the time of year. The story takes place from late August through to Valentine's Day the following year. There are tour schedules to work out, funeral arrangements to be made and a wedding to plan... if all is to work out as it should.
I'm getting closer. I'm trying to grab a couple hours every day - not even the same time each day - but every day to work on my story. Writing every day is important. I will get back into the habit.
Happy Writing - and Reading!
Angela
Sounds like my kind of story! Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteAnd to pack it all into a novella of less than 40k LOL Yeah... easy peasy.
DeleteI can relate to your experiences. It's so hard to find the time to write if you're an adult with other responsibilities.
ReplyDeleteHi Chuck! Doesn't help that music is my true passion. I have to make myself not work anymore after about 12 hours.
DeleteSometimes it's tough to make daily progress. Kudos for trying!
ReplyDeleteHangin' in, Sharon. Thanks for coming by. I'll try to be better. Hugs!
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