Update: "Hoy!" And Other Process Bits.

Novel Update:  I am currently half way through a conceptual outline.  This part is taking longer than I thought (I may also be taking on two tasks in one, editing along the way), but the work is definitely rewarding, and I am more excited and engaged than I am crushed and confused. That's good :) :) There was this big old section about one third of the way through the story where Evalyn Snowcrest (A white dragon who desperately wants to find her people) is weirdly connected to the timeline - notice I didn't say plot...

....I may have had a couple weeks (August through September) of really bad, plot and character free, writing where I stitched plot segments together with ideas and possibilities...which are mostly shenanigans...Hoy!

Thank you, process!!!

The more space I give myself from those details, the more I focus on what is actually said of value to the story, characters, and world, the easier it is for me to divorce those bad scribbles and take a closer look at Evalyn's personal and narrative arc.