Chapter one

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Adorable purple pumpkins were the impetus behind this block, combined with scrappy Art Gallery fabric that isn't hard to EPP. Sherri Lynn Wood's amazing book underneath the block is a real winner and not merely for improv quilting.

Despite starting a new book yesterday, I'm not writing today. That's not typical of how I approach a first draft, but I'm so glad to be back on the storytelling path, I'm not overly bothered.

So, a new manuscript, hehehe. I read over that initial chapter a few hours after completing it, making notes for some immediate alterations, which I put into place this morning. It's early here, I didn't sleep well, but having mentally prepared myself to NOT WRITE today, I was only good for small revisions. That's a funny mix of go with the flow and stay the course if ever there was one.

This series is all about spontaneity and structure intersecting in a manner I can't try to overthink. Yesterday's writing was a little stop and start-like, but once a few paragraphs emerged, I was lost in a different world, and I don't merely mean a new fictional realm. This novel is set way in the future far from this universe. Far Away from Home is the working title, and it will be followed by a story that twists that title just a bit. I'm introducing several new characters, and two will figure heavily in the next book; currently in this series two novels are tied closely together, kind of a neat trick, yet while I know how the plot will evolve, I don't have future stories paired in this manner.

But I have a first chapter under my belt, woo hoo! And a pretty Cornflower block under construction, as well as a new quilt on the design wall, three rows already stitched together. Here it is in grayscale; I'll post a colour version once I'm further along in the sewing process.

Lots of crafting underway, which makes me feel good in a get my creative ya-ya's out manner. Now if I can just find a better sleep schedule, lol. One issue at at time....

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