{"id":2939,"date":"2014-01-25T07:46:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T15:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2939"},"modified":"2014-01-25T07:46:21","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T15:46:21","slug":"ink-stained-frustrations-at-sea-01182014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2939","title":{"rendered":"Ink Stained Frustrations – At Sea \u2013 [01\/18\/2014]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"inkstained\"<\/a>Writer\u2019s block is sent by the heavens to torment innocent people. I swear.<\/p>\n

And hey! No quips about whether or not I\u2019m innocent! I still do not deserve to be tortured by writer\u2019s block!<\/p>\n

In short \u2013 my heroine is still<\/i> stuck in a funerary temple (I\u2019ve put her to sleep for now but she has to wake up some<\/i>time), my tightrope walker is still locked in her circus wagon and refuses to come out (okay, those few of you who know anything about my Circus Master\u2019s Daughter<\/i> manuscript will not be surprised that that one remains stalled), and my faery princess is still trying to figure out how to handle a war that her bodyguard caused. Yup, still stuck on how to plan a war. Maybe I should buy a portable chess set or something and try and visually play it out before I write it. Or I should give in and recruit help (Amras? Are you listening Big Brother?)<\/p>\n

There has at least been some minor progress on A Clockwork Heart<\/i>, in that at least that particular heroine is not stuck on in the woods any longer, I managed to get her into<\/i> the mansion, but I\u2019ve no idea what to do with her now that she\u2019s there. She\u2019s not going anywhere though; she\u2019s still broken and lying on a repair table.<\/p>\n

Of all the characters I\u2019m working with right now, Cessaria – the one stuck in the funerary temple – should be the easiest to unstick, but she remains stubbornly dozy and semi-unaware of her surroundings. And this is a smart girl, <\/i>I wrote <\/i>her to be a smart girl. Smart, sassy, and subtly rebellious. I mean I managed to save her from being sacrificed and THIS is how she thanks me? Oh gee thank you very much. My co-worker is boldly suggesting that I should have Chuck Norris punch through the wall and carry her off\u2026<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a very helpful suggestion but it did make me laugh\u2026<\/p>\n

Jersey suggested the possibility of a conveniently placed grave-robber, which actually is workable and makes a lot more sense than Chuck Norris.<\/p>\n

The question now is how long she can survive inside a temple until said convenient rescue shows up, and do I want to write in another character when thus far there have only been two main characters in the piece.<\/p>\n

Arrgh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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