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I did a bad thing the last time I worked on A LICK OF FROST. I ended a chapter, and the beginning of the next chapter is a sex scene. I know better than to stop writing and leave a sex scene as the first thing to write in the morning. Even a few sentences help get me started. But an empty page with sex . . . When I stopped, it made sense. The characters were ready and I was ready, now it’s like doing a lot of good foreplay but having the door bell go off before you can get to that next part. You have to get up, answer the door, take care of some business, or something, and don’t get back to the bedroom until a few hours later. The foreplay was too long ago, and it’s all to start over. Sigh. So instead of working on the scene, I’m blogging. Maybe I’ll do that interview that’s due. Or the next Newsletter. There are all sorts of things I can do that are work, but will allow me to avoid the scene. I learned years ago to do just a few sentences anything to continue the heat, so when I sit down the next day, I’m not staring at blank screen. I’m not a rookie. I knew better, but I’d done thirteen pages, and I was tired. I vow to remember that next time no matter how tired that I just need a few sentences on the next part of the scene. It doesn’t even need to be sentences that stay in the scene. It can be bad notes, but something to prime the pump and not have to stare at a blank screen.