April Showers Bring New Ideas

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault. ~ John Henry Newman

I am doing a little dance of joy because, though the worst of the storm seems to be overhead (and from a glance out the window, it appears that the one birdfeeder I left out has blown down - there will be some happy critters when they find piles of seed on the ground), and there are lots of gusty winds but NOT snow (yay!) -- it's rain, rain, rain! I imagine there are flooding problems, but I'm thrilled that we don't have two feet of snow and that the power, at least currently, is still on. Phew.

I didn't get much writing done over the weekend, but eked out a few hundred words. I did get the first round of edits on my story, "Miles From You". The editor thinks it's remarkably clean, which makes me oddly nervous. I have a few things she'd like me to look at, but every other time I've gotten a story back for edits, there have been many places marked up in track changes.

Not that I don't try to write well, mind you. I do. I just know that I'm far from perfect. So, I'm going to go through the story myself and apply several of the suggestions I've gotten from my other two editors and see what I can find. I certainly don't want to offer a substandard story to any of you!

You know what the best part of writing is? Even when you can't get to the computer (or Alphasmart, or notepad), your brain doesn't stop. No one can take that away from you. Though I didn't get many words down this weekend (my DD was unusually needy and seldom left my side for more than five minutes -- I imagine I'll miss that when she's grown, but it was exhausting the past couple of days), I couldn't stop thinking about my WIP... about the parts I think are weak, and what I want to happen. It helped me consider some changes and additions that I may not have thought of otherwise.

I wonder, is it possible that we need time away from actually writing, now and then?

Edited to add:

Don't forget to ENTER MY CONTEST.

Edited to add more:

I'm so thrilled to discover that PAX TV (which is apparently now "ION" TV -- who knew?) is showing the original (and best, IMHO) "Battlestar Galactica" on Sunday nights!! Woo! Starbuck as a hot, sexy, arrogant MAN. Yes, I know, but I just can't get over it...

I'm telling you, finding this out absolutely made my week.