Temptation

I know I should be using every free minute I have to write and edit, but today I picked up the book I put on hold at the library -- "The Forest of Hands and Teeth" by Carrie Ryan -- and I'm dying to read it.

The problem is, it's a series. So, when I'm done with the first book, if I love it I'm going to have to read the next two books, "The Dead-Tossed Waves" and "The Dark and Hollow Places." Aren't those great titles? I wish that titles and headline-writing were strengths of mine, but I digress.

I got in a few hours each on Saturday and Sunday to edit and write this weekend. Progress of any kind is always good. Especially, in the case of my finished book, since I cut several pages. I feel like I need to cut another 30 pages or so. I'm probably going to have to go back to the beginning to really make some more sizable cuts.

My second book is humming along nicely too. Still feels like it's pouring out of my fingertips. I keep writing little bits for later in the story in the journal I keep in my purse.

It seems like I go for months without putting anything in my writing journal and then all of a sudden I'm writing something in it every day. I need to go back and read some of the book ideas I've written down. I haven't done that in a while, but when I do I look at some of them and wonder what I was thinking. At least it's entertaining, I guess.