The End is Near!

This morning there were several fish missing in action. Thankfully they were only hiding, but I’m starting to become paranoid. All the guppies are dead and there is a body I can’t find. I’m wondering if maybe the sick one died first and the other two tried to eat him and thereby poisoned themselves.

Is there a fish CSI, do you think?

Last night, I made a very hard decision about my book. There was one magnificent scene that I absolutely LOVED. The writing was great, the emotion was fabulous, and the hero and heroine were so happy together. Hence the problem. I had successfully shot down the conflict. The only way to fix it was to sacrifice the scene. I tried to tweak it, but ultimately, it had to go. And boy did it hurt to get rid of it. Once I rewrote it and added all the conflict back in, I knew the book was stronger. In fact, once I made the change, I was able to revise up through page 314. The end is near! I still have one other fix that I need to make–I had some backstory in there that I was skimming on another read-through. It occurred to me that if I was skimming, someone else would too. Argh. So I’m going to try and condense the information.

Last night I had to take tickets for the 7th/8th grade football game. Let me tell you, middle school sports are an eye opener. I’m accustomed to watching college football or the NFL. When a middle schooler catches a pass, it’s nothing short of a miracle. And when the quarterback yells the play information, sometimes his voice breaks. I felt like a Mama Hen. Aww, look at the widdle boys trying to crush each other. How sweet.