The authoress sits on her bed, staring at her laptop, looking for a scene in her novel that she knows exists, but that she can’t seem to find.  One of her friends is waiting to read it, so she tries to hurry, but it is hard to hurry when you feel like you are digging through a graveyard. 

Yes, a graveyard.  See, this isn’t just ‘her novel’: it’s a novel that she started nearly a year ago with high hopes and great expectations.  It grew quickly to a size of 64 thousand words, and it still wasn’t finished. 

That was where she had left it.  NaNoWriMo 2008 had come upon her like a lightning stroke, and she had dropped anything and flung herself with abandon into this new adventure, with a new novel.  The other novel, the precious jewel that she had slaved over for months, was all but forgotten. 

NaNoWriMo had ended, and slowly life had returned to normal.  She kept writing.  But the old novel still sat on the far shelf in her mind, close enough so that she could boast about its existence, but far enough in the corner that it wasn’t in the way.  She was afraid of picking it up again, of trying to reconnect with the old characters, so for the past month she had allowed it to collect dust and tried to keep the memory of it from her mind.

The authoress takes a break from staring at the computer screen and reaches over to take a sip of her tea, her eyebrows knitting in consternation as she reflects on the problem of having to come back to her novel in this way, reminded far too vividly of the fact that it was still unfinished.  She didn’t intend to touch it again, not until her precious NaNoWriMo 2008 novel was finished, but here she is, letting her eyes drift over the familiar passages once again, reminded of the colorful story she left behind. 

Ah ha!  There is the scene she is looking for!  Hastily, the authoress highlights the section of script, copies it onto another document, and then closes her novel, glad to have her task over with.  She races off to email the scene to her friend, and yet there is something in her heart besides the relief she feels.  Could it be a hint of... curiosity? 

Later in the evening, the authoress sneaks back into her room, closes the door so that no one will see her, and stealthily opens the laptop.  Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, she opens the dreaded word document.... and begins to type. 

100 words.  That is all that is on the page when the authoress is done, but even those few words feel like a revelation, a new discovery of an old, forgotten thing.  At the end of those hundred words, the authoress is inwardly weeping and rejoicing, feeling once again the highs and lows of the character’s souls, entranced with the story once more, like a book that she wishes to read straight through to the end! 

The authoress smiles, knowing that it is her job to tell the ending; her job to weave it into words.  She closes the document reluctantly, promising herself silently that she will be back tomorrow to explore more of her beloved tale. 

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Greetings, dear readers!  In case you couldn’t tell, the above authoress was me, and the scenario was something that happened last night.  Yes, after months of dreading it, I wrote a little more of POE, and I completely loved it!!!  POE is officially alive and running again!!! 

I was planning on ending the post with the end of that tale, but there were a few notes that I just wanted to mention: 

Please pray for my family, because my dad and sister are sick, and my mom and I are trying hard not to catch the cold from them.  I woke up this morning with a sore throat, which went away as soon as I drank some water, but my mom has lost her voice because of the gunk in her throat!  My poor sister has been completely run-down since Sunday, and she is just barely beginning to get better – God bless her, whenever you look at her you can see the weariness in her eyes!  Please pray that I don’t get it, and that everyone gets well soon! 

Well, besides trying to finish this blog post, I have 25 science terms that I need to have memorized for the test tomorrow.  It’s awful.  Please also pray that I get them memorized in time, and that I do well on the test. 

I just spent a wonderful hour talking to Equestrienne21!  She promises that she will come back on the blogosphere very soon (just in time to do my tag!), and she says that she might even get a story blog for her trilogy that she started writing a few months ago!!!  I am privileged to have read some of it, and it is very, very good!!!  Five stars for Laurie!! 

*sigh*  I am off to try to wade through sticky science definitions....

~Cherise 

Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.

1. What time is it? 9:30pm
2. What's your full name: Sylvia Elise D***** 

3. What are you most afraid of?  Reid, Pilian, spiders, Indian Jones and the Temple of Doom, and all the bad people in the world....
4. What is the most recent movie that youve seen in a Theater? It was back in summer I think... Twas Prince Caspian!!!!!  
5. Place of birth: IL
6. Favorite food: Ribs, potato Salad, and Texas Sheet Cake... Mmmm!!!

7. What's your natural hair color? Brown
8. Ever been to Alaska?   Unfortunatly.... *giggles*
9. Ever been toilet paper rolling? Heck no!!!!
10. Love someone so much it made you cry? Yes

I have come to blog to you about something exciting, fun, scary, and mostly exciting!  (Wait, I already said that...)  I have decided to embark on a new challenge that I stole from Tinuviel, who got it from her friend Purpleclad.  The challenge is this: post on your blog every day for one week!  Yes, a full seven days with a new post for every day!  I have termed this challenge Blogoweek, because I couldn’t think of anything else to call it, and any abbreviations I came up with were too long and hard to remember.  Anyone is welcome to do the challenge with me, just comment telling me so! 

As my mentor put it: ‘Twill be an adventure, for we shall have fun! 

This being the first post of this challenge, I decided to do something novel and creative: a tag I got from VintageAuthoress. 

~THE RULES~ POST 6-10 THINGS YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS, LINK TO THE PERSON WHO TAGGED YOU, TAG 5 OTHER PEOPLE, LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE PERSONS BLOG LETTING THEM KNOW YOU POSTED THIS ON YOUR BLOG, YOU MUST TAG AT LEAST ONE PERSON THAT YOU DON'T KNOW!!

Things I do every day, eh?  Well here’s what I came up with:

1. Wake up (duh)   
2. Check my blog for comments and other interesting developments. 
3. Work on my novels
4. Feed all 9 of my chinchillas
5. Pray
6. Read
7. Muse about something poetic and fantastic
8. Give my chinchilla Joy a scratch on the chin (She loves it SO much!  You should see her!  As soon as I begin rubbing her she relaxes and closes her eyes, and leans into my hand!) 
9. Math
10. Brush all 3 and half feet of my hair.  It takes a while. 

I tag: Tinuviel (she might need it if she runs out of blogging inspiration before the week is out), Equestrienne21 (she needs a good reason to post), OutlawedPrincess (a late birthday present: see below post), Pip (unless, of course, she has already been tagged)....

And for the person I don’t know, I think I’ll choose MaidofVangelya.  She has been on my friend’s list for forever, and I don’t think I’ve ever left her a comment!  *is ashamed * 

There is so much more that I want to say, but that’s what tomorrow is for!  And the next day, and the next day, and the next day.... *giggles * 

Check back tomorrow!  I can assure you, there will be another post!  Wish me luck! 

~Cherry-pie

Copyright 2008 by Cherise A. You must ask me before using any of my stuff, and my name must appear along with the poem or post if you reproduce it.