Post tooth extraction under the influence randomocity

Well, getting this tooth pulled recently turned out to not be all that big of a deal.

It didn't hurt at all. After injecting the local anesthetic the dentist had that aggravating molar out of my mouth in just a few minutes. Since then it's ached a little bit but nothing serious.

My problem is not the minor oral surgery I had the other day. My problem is I'm getting sick.

It came up on me suddenly this afternoon, that icky, achy feeling I always seem to get when I start coming down with something. Along with the scratchy throat, I feel pretty miserable.

I took one of the pain killers the dentist prescribed because they would also help with the fever I think I'm getting. And they'll help me to sleep. Please take that as my excuse for any typos that slip through my post-draft readover.

One thing that happpened while my dentist was poking around in my mouth the other day was my realization that a character I was going to kill off in The Sorcerer's Daughter should actually live a while longer. I don't really know why that hit me while a pair of pliers was gripping one of my molars, but there it is.

And it's a good idea. It's giving me something I think the story was missing--another character and source of conflict for the protagonist. It was also one of those things that just felt right.

If you're a writer you know what I'm talking about--you'll be working on something and, somewhere deep inside, you just start feeling like you're going down the right path. That there is something good, interesting, and worth reading coming out of you. I'm getting that now.

Granted, that feeling might not be completely accurate, but I think my instincts are pretty good, so I do put some faith in it. I just wrote a couple of pages and feel pretty good about how that came out--I think of it as my Muse smiling.

I'm walking a very fine line with this thing, too. I don't think I've mentioned before, but I'm intending it as a Young Adult type book. The problem is, it's pretty dark, which my intended audience would love. But I can't have it get too dark or my intended audiences' parents may have a problem with it. So, I'm having to walk a fine line with this thing.

When I'm feeling a little better I'll go into what I'm hoping to accomplish with this thing. It's in response to a particular axe I want to grind.

Maybe that will be within the next day or so. Keep your fingers crossed for me!