This morning, I had a bit of a slow start, taking longer to get out of bed, and getting distracted before my writing. Maybe a consequence of too much wine last night. Then, the kids got up before 7, too, so there wasn’t much writing time int he morning.
However, I did manage to catch up a little bit before lunch: Taking the kids outside to play with their water guns, I was able to pull of a camp chair in the sun and do a little dictation with my Speechy app on my phone. It drains the battery like nothing else, but it’s better than nothing. (I’m thinking about getting Dragon and a proper voice recorder soon).
Today, I was starting a new character profile, this time for my guide archetype character, my hero’s mentor in the first book. Starting a character out is always the tough part for me. I struggle with names and I generally don’t care about physical descriptions when I read, so it’s hard to think of them when I’m writing. But, recently, I’ve been making my physical descriptions a reflection of the character’s personality, so that helps.
I did get my character named, though I’m not sure I like the name . . . and he might actually be going be an assumed name, because that makes sense for his character in this story. So, there will probably be another naming section later.