Somehow, I have to work on both North Country Quest and Paddy Plays in Dead Mule Swamp at the same time. I honestly don't know how possible that is going to be because I usually get my head so deeply inside one idea at a time that there isn't room for much else.
Nevertheless, I found the tape covering the hike that will be the first chapter of NCQ today, and began to listen to it. I already know what the theme of the chapter will be. Each chapter in North Country Quest and North Country Cache is an essay that can pretty much stand on its own, so as soon as I know the thematic idea the essay is usually fairly easy to write. However, the fact that this will be the first chapter of the second book means that it needs a lot more filling out.
The book is following the format of the first book, a continuation and completion of the hike along the North Country Trail. In some ways, finishing the story excites me, and in some ways it seems boring. I think I can't really tell until I get into it. But, in either case, I've made a commitment to write the second book.
They say the most difficult part of any journey is the first step... so I've made a first step.
3 comments:
Go for it, Joan!
It is great to keep the juices flowing. I will make a trip to B & N to pick up the Dead Mule Swamp. Could it be one of the remote swamps along the trail??? Mary
Bruce- Thanks!
Critter- It's only in eBook at this point- you can just download from Smashwords for 99 cents
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