But I have an excuse ...

I missed just about everybody's blogs yesterday. A busy day at work - where I will usually fill in time between tasks with a little blog reading (and commenting), and a busy evening. But it was a good busy evening. I sat down with Luscious in my lap and I started typing in the 'Sarah' story and it just came pouring out. I finished the first draft of the first scene (at 3300 words or so) and then got into the next scene to the tune of 1500 words, or so. I'm still in the first stages of this story.

I'll explain ... when I wrote The Kid, I wrote the first three episodes without a clear vision of where the story was going to go. But after I got him to the tarmac in Kansas City, I could 'see' the rest of the story. It was like I had to get him there before the rest of the story revealed itself to me. And that's the way I think it is with Sarah. I know where the story is going to end - just as I did with 'The Kid', but the path is not clear, yet. So I'm just 'following my nose'. Going where the story wants to take me. And Luscious is my inspiration. Well .. not really. But she makes it nicer. I type better on this very soft, very easy keyboard. It flows smoother .. better ... because the touch of this keyboard is just so luxurious.

Anyway, not to go orgasmic over Luscious, Sarah is starting to move on me. I have a new character now, a desert woman named Ma Gleason, who owns the motel where Sarah finds refuge and a certain comfort in knowing she's safe. It's starting to come alive for me.

I have had some feedback from some of you regarding what it's like to read 'The Kid' straight through and all at once. Plus, I printed a copy (10 pages on both sides) and put it in a binder and gave it to a friend of mine who was flying to California over the weekend. She is not a blogger and never read any of it before. She was VERY enthusiastic about it. And I was pleased. There have been some bloggers who've read it for the first time, as well, and they have been equally as enthusiastic. And I have been equally as pleased and more than a little amazed at the reactions. I find it hard to read, myself, but I think it's because I wrote it. Everyone who does the straight-through thing tells me they get 'sucked in'. Cool.

I am also, and I can't believe I'm doing this, starting a project to recast 'The Kid' as a movie treatment and screen play. In my mind, I see this as a 1950's type film noir, very sparse and dark.

I have to go to bed now. Otherwise, in 20 minutes I'm going to be late with this post. And I really don't like that. 'Nite.

Peace.