Well, The Novelty Girls blog has a new look at least. *g* I think all TNG’s are happy with it. If they aren’t, they ain’t sayin’;) We all picked an image to represent us or our work for the header. Who’s who? I’m not saying but I think guessing would make an interesting blog contest. Look for something along those lines next week. 
Since I’m also redesigning my blog, I’ve been thinking about changes in general and how we handle certain ones in particular. I take most change pretty well. Life can throw curve balls at me and as long as it’s not all at one time (like last week. eek!), I can roll with it.
Where I tend to panic is in my writing. I’m a plotter and I get antsy when things start to twist on me. Jodie touched on this in her post. Those characters who throw weird crap at you when you least expect it? They are always messing with my plots lol. I mean, the nerve.
This is something of a problem right now. I’m working on the third Lunar Mates book and it has just taken off for left field. It’s darker than I usually write and I’m not sure how I feel about that. The plot in no way resembles what I started with. For many writer’s this isn’t a big deal. For me, it feels like navigating a mine field without a guide. Worse, I’m actually getting emails asking me when this one is coming out! *gulp*
Writing, particularly plot, changes make me very nervous. Am I the only one? Do you find change difficult to handle? Is it an isolated area and if so, what is it?
August 24th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Wow. Darker than usual? I’m scared.
And intrigued.
I actually like it when my characters tell me random weird things, though switching or doing massive changes on me mid-story is annoying.
August 24th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
No I’m very much a writing free spirit. I do an outline and consider it an option. LOL. I use it for guidance, but my book rarely looks like the original one. I never know where my book is going to take me, but I love it that way.
August 25th, 2006 at 1:25 am
I don’t mind it so much, especially if it’s something I really like and the random thought causes me to pound out 10 new pages. I like that. I hope your changes don’t cause you too much trouble. And I LOVE the new look.