The London Bootblack, Jules Bastien-Lepage
Writer Cicily Janus has this great quote as an end-note to her e-mails, from Friedrich Nietzsche, “A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
So very true. Writing is a lonely endeavor and having the warm support of friends certainly brightens the path through the forest. I’m lucky to have such friends.
Thinking about what to do, how to best use my writing time, I realized I don’t really want to stop working on Sweet Taboo. I’m at a critical juncture with the story, writing the middle, and need to keep the momentum going, but also, I shouldn’t let Loose Daddy lie about any longer and lose its spark. Strike while the iron is hot. Since I’ve got to do some thinking and story planning for Loose Daddy anyway, I might as well continue rewriting Sweet Taboo until I reach the point where I must start rewriting Loose Daddy too, then I’ll shift the bulk of my writing time to LD, applying a variation of your earlier suggestion, Devon.
I really, really want to be able to send both manuscripts out, although I’m not sure exactly when that’ll be. Steve’s comments made me realize that I must stop viewing my writing through a veil darkly.
