Writing books.

Today was a challenging day in the book writing department.  I had to rebuild a major plot point because I didn't have my facts straight.  Sometimes, when events are insignificant, I don't mind fudging a date or two.  I ran into a real problem, though, and had to rewrite a lot of stuff.

You may be expecting me to say, that sucked.  To be honest, I was about to type that.  But then I considered that changing my plot point redefined how an important group of characters related to one another, and I realized that challenging doesn't need to mean bad. 

Sometimes you need to slog through and solve problems.  I got to do a lot of that today.  The point is, keep writing and don't give up... the characters will talk to you and tell you which way to go. 

The biggest problem right now, not that it's really a problem, is that the next book I'm going to write keeps interjecting itself into my writing time.  I can't ignore it, so I make as many detailed notes as I can before the idea slips away.  These characters are persistent.  They made me take notes on four books worth of story.

So it's time I stopped typing this and got back to the business at hand... writing books.