Coffee and medicine

Not that you were probably wondering this but…coffee does not taste very good with medicine.  Blah.  And I SOOOOOO love my cup of coffee in the morning.  It’s funny really.  I keep trying it and thinking in the back of my mind apparently that the next sip is going to taste as it’s supposed to.  Except it still doesn’t and I mentally find myself sighing with deep disappointment.  But then…I do it again. 

Well, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to find the right words that do that one scene I told you about yesterday–actually I’d been thinking about it before yesterday even, knowing I was coming to it.  And I’m excited to say–I found them!  Incidentally I also found the beginning of a story for the character who plays a major roll in this scene.  He’s the hero’s best friend and I’ve always known he could have his own story someday…just didn’t think about it yet.  And I’ve had these bits and pieces of scenes in my mind for a herorine but totally disjointed.  Just knew they’d be cool in a story sometime.

So here I was trying to figure out a better way of saying some 10 pages worth of stuff in one and I should mention that when I originally wrote the scene some three months ago it was to take place in Thailand…moving it took away the initial reason for why Rafiq(my hero’s best friend) would say what he said which then in turn put the two main characters into the conversation they were in.  I figured out a way to get there but…just had to get my mind over the hump of location I guess.  :-)  Anyhow…it occurred to me that maybe knowing a bit more about this guy would help me find the words he’d use to get me where I wanted to be.  And suddenly…I KNEW a lot about him!  I don’t have a complete story arch in mind or anything like that, but I do have essence of the beginning conflict and I’m just soooo excited.  I had…HAD to write it down.  So I did. 

It’s kind of cool.  I mean, I’m not working on his story next.  I have a ST which is suspense that I have been holding at bay from a while ago which was never finished because the character archs were off and I didn’t know where to go.  I’ve since figured things out and can’t wait to get back to it.  Also, I really want to have both category and single title length books going…I like the mix.  It works good for me and my brain.  Point in case, I’m missing dead bodies and paranormal touches right now.  But I know when I get knee deep in that stuff I will then start to yearn for a book more normal…well, mostly normal.  ;-)  How many billionaires do you know?  :-)  So it’ll be a while for this new idea to really get going but knowing I have a beginning, an idea which excites me for him…is just too cool.