So I've neglected this.

I haven't posted here because I really haven't had much to post about...

The plain fact is I've basically decided to throw away everything I've written. Not so much a throwaway, as putting it on a shelf and allowing it to collect dust and pretend its not there.

Ok, thats not true either. I've decided to start my story from where I left off 40k words into it. I realized that the real story happens NOW.

I've been stuck for weeks trying to figure out where Mitch was supposed to go and what he was supposed to do. I basically decided to keep all my characters and the events as the past, but not include them in the story.

The new story begins with Mitch finding out his wife is dead.

Sigh. I'm only 4K words into it now.

Son of a bitch X 2

So its been a long week. Last week it was dinner with friends, then a poker party. Sunday is my day with my wife....

I haven't written hardly anything since friday which absolutely sucks.

I want to get back into it tonight, but dinner with the in-laws. Tomorrow, halloween 2 with wife's friends.

Crap!

Oh well, I'm gonna put up some pics here that describe the scenes I want to show:

Universal Studios outside:
Exteriior before bombs

Port of Entry:
Pic 1

and

Pic 2

Orlando destroyed:
city blown up

Orlando suburbs after looting and fighting
some houses

Vault underneath Orlando:
old ww2 vault looking

Tunnels underneath:
small utility tunnels

Tennessee Campsite:
The campsite when they get there

and

with the barn visible

River side at the tennessee camp:
the river washing area

Image of Gas Station on the way to tn:
middle american 70s gas station

View of the mountains from the camp
a nice view

the barn where the pot dealer lives
only with more cars.

Downtown of the City near the camp:
without the cars of course

Images of the market place:
This needs to be darker and more makeshift

remember the foods

note the overhead

Looters

(Remember to look up slavers later)

Thats it for now until I get around to Mitch's camp later.

Baaack in the saddle again!

Sometimes I just need to shut the hell up and get out of my own way.

I finally sat down to write my new chapter last night and it just flew out of my hands. It wasn't even all that similar to the tripe I tried to come up with in summary form.

I gotta realize I'm a writer, not a summarizer. Just sit down and start writing, my brain somehow makes the rest work!

1900 words in an hour!

Wordcount: 40,500.

The new book is hard

I spent over an hour just trying to figure out what Mitch was going to do in the first chapter of the new book.

And then?

I didn't even write that chapter. I had to edit the previous ch 14 of book three, and then write a short ch 15...

Only about a thousand words last night. Damnitsomuch!

Tuesday manages to save the day again.

Last night I ripped out 10 handwritten pages about the rest of the book. I have a heckuva good starting point.

Point 1: Rhodes orders Mitch executed but Ellie convinces them that mitch will go away if he thinks she's dead. Rhodes orders her death faked since he can't have his people finding out about his plans.

Point 2: When Mitch finds out Ellie is dead, it backfires, and he makes killing zealots his life.

Point 3: He finds Alex and Simon who are now part of the brotherhood.

Well I didn't do crap last night

I literally did nothing on my book whatsoever last night.

I think I needed a break. If you're getting burned out, you're not having fun.

Oh well, today is tuesday. I usually do a lot on tuesdays.

Ding fries are done.

I finally finished the last chapter of book 3. 37600 words down. Now I gotta figure out what to do with my character.

This is the fun part... Or is it?