Day 6...back in the saddle

Whew! Sunday turned out to be a sleeper. But a much needed rest. Today I got off to a slooooow start, but then had an espresso. My keyboard has been smokin' ever since. I'm going at a bit of a slower pace because I'm in the beginning of the story where I have to carefully introduce all my characters and set up various themes.

(warning...crochet analogy approaching)

It is a little like starting a complicated crochet project...like a multi-colored English rose patterned bedspread. You've got to sort out the foundation rows and any new stitch combinations before you can go ahead and crochet like crazy. If the foundation isn't right, you'll have to do a lot of pulling out later.

Um, that's the end of the crochet explanation. I'll try and use some other analogy in the future for non-knitting types. Maybe a pressure-cooker analogy. Or one of those train-your-budgie-now-to-prevent-heartbreak-later analogies.

Things I learned today:
-espresso made from a machine that uses concentrated coffee syrup instead of fresh ground beans is not real coffee and does not count towards my daily limit of 2 cups of the real stuff
-it is not lawful to drop a microwave oven from the balcony onto the guy drilling the concrete below my apartment, even if it interrupts my writing concentration (the drilling, not the dropping of the microwave)
-you might love chocolate, but (sadly) chocolate will never return the sentiment

Onwards and upwards!