Fighting Off An Early Climax

As it turns out, this novel writing thing is kind of tricky.... :)

My other commitments kept from getting much done this week. This is not a completely bad thing. All of the time driving around to doctors yesterday gave me a chance to rethink my last couple of thousand words. It’s not that they need to be dropped; it’s just that I’ve started to rush things too much. The problem is that I’m almost at the climax, and I just feel this great need to damn the torpedoes and finally get to it.

The ending of the novel has been there since I started this beast back in July. Everything else has morphed on the way, but that key image has sat there like the train light at the end of the tunnel. I have to remember that some other things must be dealt with before the payoff, or the damn thing will only make sense to me.

Hopefully I will get back into my groove tomorrow. I feel very confident that I’ll have this monster boxed by WisCon.

Adventures in Caregiving

Real life has been rough for the last two days. Yesterday was our yearly run to the Pediatric Ophthalmologist. Caitlin was in a good mood and behaved for all of the testing. Nothing in her eyes has degenerated any further. Caitlin was also able to show the doctor how well she is using her vision. Considering that the girl has damaged retinas and optic nerves, she’s taking in quite a bit.

We then went to see my grandmother at the hospital. Things are very bad. It was extremely difficult seeing her in that condition. This is not the first time that I’ve been there for a loved one’s end of life, but it’s always a stomach punch. She still recognized me, but she’s otherwise fairly unresponsive. My grandmother is a shell of the magnificent woman that helped raise me.

After that we rushed home and picked up rarelylynne. I then went to The City of DeKalb Advisory Commission on Disabilities meeting. It seems that the commission will survive the current city budget crisis.

Today I was digging myself out of Aicardi Syndrome Family Conference business. I think that I wrote about 30 emails today. At least everything with it seems fine so far.