Bewitched & Betrayed -- The planning week

The Trouble with Demons is in New York with my editor, so until she gets back to me with any final tweaks that need to be done, there's nothing left to do now but get going on Bewitched & Betrayed.

Yikes -- and not yikes.

While starting a new book is kinda like going off a high dive in the dark and hoping someone filled the pool, I've gotten enough rest this time that I'm excited about Bewitched & Betrayed. BTW -- I'll be abbreviating the book title as B&B, just so you know I'm referring to a book and not a bed & breakfast inn.

Starting a book is exciting because the possibilities are endless. Starting a book is scary because the possibilities are endless. If I pick the wrong possibility, I could screw up this book really quick. That's where a detailed synopsis can save your bacon. A royal pain to write, but at least for me, more of a pain not to have. That way if I do go off wandering down a side road that leads to a dead end (and I always do), I have a map to get me back on the highway.

I did have in mind what I wanted to do with Chapter 1, and I've decided that what I had won't work, and you know, that's just fine. It really opens up my options. I have the plot, but I don't have the catalyst -- the event that sets everything in motion, runs like a connecting chain through the entire plot -- aka, the all hell that breaks loose.

I usually light that fuse half way through Chapter 1 in a book. This time, I think I'm going to do it from the get go, in the first sentence. (Don't worry, Raine has had a little break from the action of TTWD.) Oddly enough I'm not freaking out over not having the catalyst. A book or two ago, I'd be well into a panic by now. Not this time. (happy, serene smile). I know I've got my plot, and that everything will be fine. That being said, since I have to start writing Chapter 1 this Saturday, keep checking back throughout this week as I dig around in my notes to find just the thing to start the book with. By the end of the week, if I haven't found it, you might get to see me in a full-blown freak out.

I'll be freaking out; you'll be entertained; it'll be fun for all of us. ; )

And seeing that I'm still reading through all 225 pages of my notes in search of a catalyst, I can't post blog topics for this week because I don't know what's gonna happen -- it'll depend on what I get done each day.

Welcome to the roller coaster,
Lisa