Trouble in demonland

Okay, this is absolutely the last time I'm using the word "Trouble" in the title of one of my books. It's like to use it is to ask for it. Though don't get in a panic, the book's fine. I'm just having the same problem I had with the first two books -- the final four chapters are. . .shall we say. . .a BITTY!

When I started this blog, I promised you the writing process -- warts and all. Well, welcome to the warts. To kind of give you an idea of what the problem is without giving anything away -- there's something cool (heck, exceptionally cool) that happens between Raine, Tam and Mychael. And no, it's not that. Get your minds out of the gutter. ; ) This cool thing is also a major part of the plot, and I haven't developed it fully enough throughout the book so that I can pay it off at the end of the book. (That's probably clear as mud.) And then there's something incredibly scary that's going on with Piaras. Likewise, I've gotta pay that off in the last chapters. Problem is, there's so danged much going on that what's left of my brain cells are running around in circles.

So I'm taking the pressure off of myself and dropping back to the notepad and digging into motivation and involvement, and the consequences of both. Just stream of consciousness scribbling -- but mainly I'm giving my brain a break. It needs it. I need it. No laptop for me until Monday. And there's an additional reason for that. Today will be my last blog this week. Tomorrow Derek and I leave for South Carolina to move my dad in with my sister (on the other side of South Carolina). Dad's been in failing health for the past few years, and we finally convinced him that he needed to move in with one of us. So he's moving in with my sister and her family. This way Dad gets to see his grandchildren every day. At our house, he'd only get to see his granddogs. ; ) So tomorrow Derek and I make the trek down to dad's (6 hours). On Friday we get him packed, on Saturday we (me and Derek, and my sister and her family) load up the trucks and caravan to my sister's house on the other side of the state. Derek and I hope to be coming back on Sunday, but it could be Monday. So for that time, I'll have no Internet access and quite frankly, no time to use it if I did have it. But physical work will give my brain time to stew (and my brain cells time to regenerate), and I'll have a notepad handy to jot down any breakthroughs that come to mind.

By Monday I hope to have a rested brain and everything (or at least enough) worked out so I can push through to the end. It'll be a better book because of it. And that's always my goal -- to give all of you the best book I possibly can. : )

If you haven't joined Raine's Rangers (Yahoo fan club), do so this week. On Tuesday, we'll be doing a random drawing for an advance reader copy of Armed & Magical along with some other book goodies. We're having a blast over there!

And if you have some additional ideas for products to feature in our Cafepress store, email me or respond to the blog. (see yesterday's blog for details) And see Monday's blog for more details on Raine's Rangers.

Take care!
Lisa