38: Looking Forward to My Past
12/18/2012
Well, for once I actually finished something within the expected time frame. In fact, not only did I finish the eighth scene in one sitting, but I finished it the same night as I did the leopard attack. Though just barely, having finished just a few minutes shy of midnight.
It turned out well with all the ingredients I envisioned. Its tone was right, not overly sappy or self-indulgent. Had a few lines I’m particularly proud of. It was only 2 ½ pages long, but it’s solid.
Now I’m faced once more with two remaining scenes in Lost in the Darkness, that are daunting. Mosai’s funeral and the harvesting of his organs are the next one. It’s a complicated sequence with flashbacks, cultural details I haven’t even decided on yet, and anatomical details I don’t even have notes on.
I shall push on through it, nonetheless. But I won’t even attempt to make a prediction for how long it will take. We’ll just have to wait and see.
Present-Day Reflection
7/2/2026
I want to read what is about to come regarding Mosai’s funeral. It sounds interesting. Of course, I was there and am aware of the broad strokes of what’s about to take place. But it has, in fact, been over seven or eight years since I’ve last read it – and over thirteen years since I first wrote it – so, I’ve forgotten many of the details.
All of this takes place in Book Two: Tears of Stone, which I haven’t even looked at since I last rewrote it back in late 2017. I’ve been so focused on getting the first book rounded out into its own stand-alone book that Tears of Stone has been sitting untouched for quite a while now. Many of my favorite chapters of the entire series so far are in that book, and it’s comforting to know that there’s so much for me to look forward to when I finally move forward to the final edits of that second book.
