I’m currently about a third of the way through my first editorial revision of Mirable Chalice. I’ve just hit the first somewhat tangled bit. Tangled in that the same plot points need to occur, but some of the reasons for them are changing as I (hopefully!) sharpen the character arcs. Right now it’s at that stage where there’s this empty gap waiting to be filled. I can see all the borders; I know the shape of what it is that’s missing. I know that when I have it, it will snap right into place, and I will wonder why it took me so long to figure it out. But I don’t have it. Yet.

This is the stage where I wander around a lot and take a lot of baths and drink even more tea than normal. I cherish the illusion that hot water (applied internally or externally) loosens the cogs and gears of my brain. And, apparently, catch up on my blogging…