Chapters 6 & 7 done last night. That's a bit of cheat though, chapter 6 got so long my wife said I should split it up. My word count is now 48,000.

What made me think I could ever write a novel...I've got two horrible novels in my drawer that say I can't. Much less this whole mystery series that somebody talked me into envisioning... I just have to face it. I'm just a wannabe with a few clever tricks.

You sound like the voices in my head, erika. Tell them to shut the fuck up.

I have those voices too I think Burrell has the right plan.

Yeah, I should, but if I felt that I would listen to myself, maybe I'd feel confident enough to make the books happen. I know I am at least a little better than when I wrote those other things, though.

I managed to outline chapters 8,9,and 10 last night. Now I can get back to writing. Maybe 8,9,10 and 11. There's a lot going on in 8 and it may need to split.

I just remembered something that needs to scheduled in chapter 9 so it will show up again in chapter 15 without coming out of nowhere. Time to email myself and remind myself to schedule the drug overdose.

My wife finally read chapter 5 and she said she loved it. I've decided to take this as meaning that chapter 5 is good rather than a sign of blatant bias. It's got me all worked up to get started on 8. Only work, the evening schedule, and the school newsletter stands in the way. Sigh.

My wife thinks chapter 6 is pretty decent and chapter 7 might need to be tightened up a bit. She also gave me an idea that might be kinda cool and would add some more stuff to the world's backstory. OTOH it would require a pregnancy which I hadn't intended and don't especially want to put in there, and I'd have to kill off a character that wasn't going to get killed off. OTOOH, could be really cool.

I gotta decide what I want to do. Luckily, it is looking to be a really slow day at work so there is time for the occasional space out and think session.