But after writing pretty much all day, I’m closer to catching up. At the end of the day, I’ve written 5K. Still need to write more and, frankly, a lot of what I’m writing now will be cut later. The book should ideally span a married couple’s lifetime together but I don’t think it can. It’s probably easier to do this in scenes, though, than any of my fantasy novels have ever been. I did do a little research and I’m filling out various family members (Kate has three brothers and two sisters; she’s the oldest girl. Ben is the oldest son from his father’s second wife; he has two older half-brothers and a younger full sister.) I’ve decided that Ben and Kate are infertile; they may adopt (though his younger sister may get in the family way from an absent fianc\u00e9 and they might work out something that way).<\/p>\n
I’m still wavering on the timeline, though the 1890s are nearly set in stone. It’s a matter of figuring out what a town in California’s most fertile areas would look like then, what kind of stores and how a bank would work in a small town.<\/p>\n
Back to writing tomorrow. Right now, it’s time to knit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
But after writing pretty much all day, I’m closer to catching up. At the end of the day, I’ve written 5K. Still need to write more and, frankly, a lot of what I’m writing now will be cut later. The book should ideally span a married couple’s lifetime together but I don’t think it can. It’s probably easier to do this in scenes, though, than any of my fantasy novels have ever been. I did do a little research and…<\/p>\n