Hello!

If you know me at all, you know that I've been writing for nearly my entire life. My first "published" work was "The Rescue Rangers Meet Batman and Robin and a Secret One" in first grade (the secret one was Scooby Doo). Most of the stuff I wrote was, at best, fan fiction, and at worst, plaigarism (though I didn't think of it that way when I was 13). With one other possible exception (which we will put aside for a long time because I have to get over this storyline ADD thing), I've had a certain cast of characters who Just Won't Leave. First they were members of the X-Men, then they were ordinary people, then they were cowboys (and girls!). Around the cowboy era, I wondered if I should just give up on them and start over, since 12 years later I still didn't know what to do with them.
I couldn't, of course. 12 years is a long time. I haven't even known most of the real people in my life for that long. I know these characters too well to just toss them aside. I enjoyed my scifi cowboy world, but something didn't quite click. So I've gone back to what I know: super-powered crimefighting. My main character will never be happy if she's not getting to punch people and make stuff blow up.
I am currently at 28,101 words. I was at 28,101 words three months ago. That's not cool! There are all kinds of thing to blame it on--being tired from work, having other story ideas and needing to get those down on paper to come back to, and World of Warcraft, to name a few.
Yesterday, I went to a booksigning for my all-time favorite author, Tamora Pierce. She talked a lot about what makes a hero, what makes a leader, and why you usually can't be both. A lot of the things she said made me think about my own book, and it got me excited about my characters all over again. I wanted to rush home and start writing. Instead, I went to my friend's house and had far too many "flirtinis" (although I told them I refused to drink anything called a "flirtini" so they called it "hero juice").
But... today at work I wrote. Only 3 notebook pages, but I like what I have. It's the beginning of a re-write of the beginning. I've never been happy with the beginning... this seems better. Tomorrow I'll type it all up and I'll probably lose a bit in the word count department, but the words are better.
Anyways. I'll talk a little bit more about the book or ideas in the book later. This was just my long-winded introduction.