Evidently I’ve been pushing myself too hard these last few weeks. A few late nights ago I was trying to put down lines of dialogue (argument) between two characters in an upcoming Paladin’s Thief book.
I could feel myself slipping, my brain lying to me that I could close my eyes and type this last brilliant line without looking at anything. Or it might have been the medication talking. The Doc put me on antibiotics, heavy duty cough syrup, and some kind of prescription steroid meant to knock down the strep throat, the feverish sleep, and the general sense of temporal inadequacy.
“One more line? Of course I can do that. . .” I thought sluggishly. “No need to lose this last important thought over a few droopy eyelids.”
The morning after my first thought was to get off the drugs. Nobody wants to read this crap:
“@hq5 ir 5hq5 loyql5y 3s53ne3e 5o 3veryone in this big world?”
With a few minutes of soul-searching, I realized this is the exact phrase you get when you misplace your left hand exactly one row too high on the keyboard and type the following phrase.
“What if that loyalty extended to everyone in this big world?”
Moral of the story. Don’t do drugs, kids. Or maybe just quit while you’re ahead. Bonus points if you can guess whose line this will be, assuming it doesn’t get cut.
Tee? Sounds like something he would say to Magnus or Carmen for being loyal friends. Hope you are feeling better and doing what you gotta do to write that next chapter.
Thanks Andrea. Close.
Lucinda? Hope the writing is flowing well. Maybe it is too late to win bonus points, but I want to know…Maybe I will wait til it is in print to hear more. So keep it up, for your readers.
-Anonymous Fan