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I did eight pages today on the short piece. I’ve actually twittered several times today about the writing already, so I feel like I’ve already talked about it. Twitter puzzled me at first but I’m learning how to use it, and even beginning to enjoy the brief snippets of my day going out on the web. Today’s pages are on the short piece which is looking like it’s going to be novella length, so short only by my standards. But the last two days I really enjoyed writing. I think that’s the first time I can say that in awhile. Yes, I know I should be working on Merry, but I was feeling quite punished trying to write it and frankly so was Merry. So I gave myself a few days to write on anything that sparked my imagination; anything that made me eager to get to my desk in the morning. I’ve finally found that something.

I actually created a villain so fun I hope we don’t kill him right away. I’m used to liking my main characters but I don’t usually enjoy my villains this much. He reminds me of Olaf when he was first created. He seemed both scary and interesting enough to keep around. I didn’t plan on him becoming a recurring character to quite this degree though. He has a very major part in SKIN TRADE, and helps shape the book. Or rather Anita and Edward’s reactions to Olaf help shape the book; is that the same thing? This new bad guy isn’t about being scary so much as fun. He just enjoys the heck out of being bad. It’s fun right now to see him enjoy his job; I’m not sure that will be the case by the time the story finishes. By the end we may decide that he’s terrible enough we want him dead, but right now he’s got some of the best lines. I’m always a sucker for a character that can manage to be both funny and frightening.