Admittedly I’m a bit late with the Thursday Thirteen, but I really liked the idea of it and wanted to give it a try. I do realize it’s not Thursday…

1. Greece
2. Scotland (again)
3. Nova Scotia
4. Maine
5. New Zealand
6. Italy
7. France
8. Oregon
9. Virgin Islands
10. Hawaii
11. Sweden
12. Ireland
13. Banff

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Ever since yesterday, my mind has been replaying the lyrics for ‘Breakout’ by Swing Out Sister in my mind–a song I haven’t heard or thought about since highschool. Now, with my own posted aspirations to be a breakout novelist (hee hee), they’re haunting me.

‘when explanations make no sense
when every answer’s wrong
you’re fighting with less confidence
all expectations gone
the time has come to make or break
move on don’t hesitate
breakout…’

I don’t really have any aspirations to be a breakout novelist. I just want to be a good novelist with happy readers. I like to think I write humourous stuff–I want to write humourous stuff. How many breakout novels are humorous? How many are genre fiction? That’s what I read (almost exclusively), that’s what I want to write. So I’ll be content to have an adoring cult-following.

So as I’m slowly slogging along on my hysterically funny (IMHO) WIP, I’m also actively, mentally harvesting ideas for other books. I feel like I should write them all down but also don’t want to spend all that time focused on books that may never be more than a single sentence premise. Because if I write the premise, I’ll feel compelled to add details and anecdotes ad nauseum. I wonder if this process is distracting me, if I should consciously try to focus my thoughts on the WIP. It could definitely use some concentration. I should just buckle down, finish this thing and start something new. Ahhh…but I’ve got a disease…it’s called ‘the edits’. I’m a victim.