Time!

What do you mean I haven't written a new blog post in over a week!?   That's ridiculous!

But it's true.

I've been traveling, and a lot of time was consumed on either side of that, packing up, the actual traveling, and then the adjusting with the time zones and the new (well, old) place, so different (better) lifestyle.   I hadn't found myself in the right state of mind to do much writing until today, in spite of the epicness of the scene I had left myself off at.

But let me say, the epic was in no short supply when I got going.   At first it was that dreaded leadup, when you've got to set up the crux of one of the most dramatic moments in your story, and you wonder if every word isn't going to betray you; that it might be the wrong one and put the reader off before they reach the big payoff.   But once the scene starts rolling, the action starts pouring in, all of that gets thrown out the window.   I got back into that writing zone after about a page, and it was great.

But on top of the action scenes, where you get to put in all the blood and violence, all the life-changing decisions that characters makes, there are the reveals.   Oh, the reveals, that you've been waiting so long to write down.   I've been waiting to do this particular chapter of Songlord (now chapter 28) since before chapter 15 at least.   I've rewritten it over a thousand times in my head, but for now I'm really happy with how it worked out.   Hopefully it's one of those scenes that for the reader, you see the words and realize all of your assumptions thus far have been wrong.   Everything every character thought they knew was entirely misled; it's awesome.

When you all get to this part of the story, if you enjoy it even a fraction as much as I did, it will have been worth it.   For those who are reading along with me as I'm writing on Google Docs, go check out the new chapters!   And keep an eye out for more to come. ;)