Happy Thursday Aledans! Today’s update is not nearly as exciting as last Thursday’s. I haven’t gone on any trips or turned another year older (although I’m already two weeks into 30 – how did that happen so fast?) and PonyFest12 is finished. If you didn’t see the winner, you can check out the announcement on Sunday’s Custom of the Week post.
I went back to the cardiologist on Tuesday for an ultrasound of my heart. I couldn’t see well because I was looking at the screen upside down, but when they turned on the sound I could certainly hear my heart beat! It sounded like aliens were sucking the life out of me. It was probably one of the grossest sounds I’ve ever heard 
I go back in on Weds for the final results and diagnosis (unless they find something horribly wrong, at which point they’ll call me sooner), so this whole heart mess will finally be resolved and I can start any treatment I might need.
I’m still plodding along in the second half of the book, removing Loria from any scenes she might have been in. I added a Bryant scene that actually *gasp* made me like him. Things are pretty smooth, but I’m a bit burnt out and ready to move on to Apollo and Daphne.
Actually, I want to start writing the sequel to Book of Souls (yes, I know I never finished Book of Souls, but I do know how it ends). I’ve been listening to Erase Me by Ben Folds Five non-stop this week and it’s such a Sean-post-Neona’s-death song that I’ve been re-storylining the sequel. Haven’t heard Erase Me? Have a listen:
That song is just screaming for a scene to be written. Or maybe it’s just screaming. Either way I’m obsessed with it right now.
But until it’s finished, I’m back to Nameless. I’ll have plenty of time to work on BoS later.
October 18, 2012 at 10:57 am
I hope all goes well!
October 18, 2012 at 11:30 am
Thanks Laura! I hope so too
October 18, 2012 at 7:04 pm
There’s nothing like working on two books at once with at least another one lurking.
Thanks for sharing that song–I listened to the whole thing. I like it!
I’m thinking good thoughts for you!
October 18, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Thank You, Diana! Glad you liked the song – it’s probably not for everyone (Hubs was surprised I liked it, even!) but it’s such a good story in itself. I really admire that songwriters can write a story in such a small amount of words. I certainly cant!
October 19, 2012 at 7:22 am
Good luck with the EKG and the writing! Nice to meet you.
October 19, 2012 at 7:24 am
Er I mean Ultrasound. Very cool that you got to hear you own heart beat.
October 19, 2012 at 10:15 am
I had an EKG too, so you were still right
Nice to meet you too, Jessica!
October 19, 2012 at 11:59 am
[...] Erase Me (I’d rather be working on Book of Souls) [...]
October 23, 2012 at 1:50 am
The descriptive sound you made for your heart had me cringing. You poor thing. I hope all turns out alright. I’ll be keeping an eye on you. I liked what I heard of the song. I started listening to it and made it about halfway when my daughter gave me the evil eye. Apparently she required silence and my phone was too noisy. Now my husband is sleeping behind me so it will have to wait. Sigh. Why is life so busy?
October 23, 2012 at 9:45 am
So far I haven’t gotten a call that something is really wrong with my heart, so I’m hoping that’s a good sign
lol, yeah, I think my husband would give me the evil eye too, except he’s also a bit obsessed with the album right now
And when someone figures out the answer to “why is life so busy” the whole world will probably explode or cause a parallel universe to open or something. (Why yes, I have been watching too much Dr Who lately).