Ciao to my loyal readers,
Okay, I have the next bit ready in my head, I’m way behind schedule having been distracted by the spectre of ‘real work’ in my other life as a poet, translator and mom. Seeing my partner work so hard makes me feel as if I should work at least as hard on what paying work I have and my daughter insists that I mom as much as possible.
I am continually surprised about what I learn about my characters when I write. I was sure that Kirk and Maddie would have a blow out but they don’t. In the end, Kirk has to find out about Lohiau, he’ll know that Maddie has bungled things even worse that he suspects. And yet, Kirk, being an IT security analyist, is never going to lose his temper and go off, (at least not yet) at worst he’ll pick up his toys and leave the room…. Maddie is what we call in Italy ‘furba’, perhaps the best translation in English would be ‘cagey’. I keep being drawn back to my two Hawaiian characters, where are they going next. I don’t know but I find that I like Sid and Momi more every time I write about them.
I will be back to writing the novel soon and thank all of my regular readers for both their interest and their patience. I may not make it to 50,000 words before the end of November but I think I may make it to the end of the story….stay tuned.
