Theace and butterflies..

So in Takka City I have a character (I love you Theace!) who is deathly afraid of butterflies (long story). I saw this on Hank Greens blog and instantly I heard Theace in my head, screaming out in sheer terror and basically dying on the spot of a heart attack. Yep.

Early morning incoherent ramblings

I can't sleep. All I can think about is how the essential plot twist to the novel I have spent four years on is ruined because I just read that exact twist (plus so much more that's alike) in another novel! I am just so sad. I can't tell hardly anyone because they are all going to be reading that novel. They know my novel already so they will probably see that other story plot twist coming a mile away like I did. Once they read it maybe I can cry on their shoulder. Until then I wait silently so as not to ruin their reading experience. But I'm sad. So so so so so sad. Takka City...what do I do? I can't see a way around that twist. That twist is everything. I'm feeling devastated and defeated.

goals

We all need them. I have many. Of course executing the goals are an entirely different thing.
Currently Takka City is a completed draft. I have worked on editing it several times. It is still in need of much editing. I even went so far as to rewrite it in first person from Theace’s perspective but it brought up far too many plot challenges. In the end I am staying with it as it is in 3rd person. Just - with more editing.

My goal is to have Takka City edited from start to finish by the time summer arrives. Will this happen? Who knows. What I do know is that sometimes my problem in life is lack of a deadline. I now have one.

Do you find lack of a deadline in your life (personal or professional) to be an issue?