Today my RITA entries came. I got some interesting books, including some I would never have read on my own, so I'm really looking forward to that. I got several genres which is neat. The deadline is March 7, but since school starts Jan-30, I'm going to try to have them done before then.

It's a holiday for me today. My son has a soccer scrimmage in a bit, so I'll shortly be sitting in the back of the car, typing away. I think I might start on chapters for Dark Elf. My fiction prof at SSU, Sherrill Jaffe, uses the phrase finding a way in to describe the way in which a writer gives the a reader a way into the fictional world. It applies as well to deciding how and where to start the story. And with Dark Elf, that's what I need. Invariably, I start far too soon. I'm thinking I'll just pick something that seems like it's from what I see as the middle of the story, and that should be about the right place to start. We'll see where that gets me.

I'll report back on that.