Broke 40,000 words

Two o'clock on a cool Tuesday afternoon.  Sitting at 40,069 words on Canary:  DD.  Still writing, of course, but I love the little numerical milestones.  🥳

Puts me around halfway with this book.  It's funny because there is SO MUCH going on here.  And the third book is even more packed with unraveling Ray's story (Mercenary Girl).  Lineage matters so much in this trilogy.  Family.  Hope.  Sacrifice.  So many damn secrets.  Not going to see those coming, dear readers.  You may catch the hints, though.  I've woven them through.  I spend a great deal of time laughing and crying with my characters.  Sometimes happy endings don't look like you think they should.

Always writing*

Killing someone today

Twice, when I've killed characters, I've known when I created them.  Name.  Description.  Then the realization.  Oh, shit.  This character is going to die.

Today is a hell of a lot more delicate.  The scene is massive.  

There will be a huge fight scene, character introductions, and a major character death.  I fucking feel like a writer for Marvel™.

Currently eating my granola and yogurt, trying to pump myself up to ruin my day.  Because as much as readers will mourn characters who pass, it's the writers who will carry that grief for a lifetime.  We created them.  Loved them.  They will always be a part of us.  

"Kill your darlings."

Fucking awesome.  Pass me the damn Kleenex.

Always writing*

...and killing people today, I guess.