10,052

It’s 3:22 on a Sunday afternoon and my creative juices have run dry. I kind of cheated on the last 80 words trying to make my 10,000 goal. They’re not really complete sentences, but at least the scene is complete and I really have to think about what happens next.

It’s probably a good idea if I go back and read all fifteen chapters to see how many holes I left and how to fill them. Did I ever mention how hard it is to write a mystery, especially one with two different crimes going on at the same time.

I’ve been thinking about branding lately and wondering what my “brand” will be. Randy Ingermanson has several great posts over at his blog. But I’m still not sure where I fit into this branding. I just don’t know if I’m physically cut out for mysteries. Of course, there has to be an easier way to plot a mystery than how I’ve done it. But it’s all a learning process, a journey…