I’ve gotten back on track with Frostbite, and I’m able to overview the plot in my head and pick out the parts that still need polishing, which is a huge step forward. It would help if I’d sit down and finish up the revisions I started, but…

I’ve been distracted by a new version of Deathlock. Through all my revisions I’ve had Alternate Story B, a non-fantasy love story, that’s haunted me as a short story I could do with Deathlock’s main characters after Deathlock Proper is published. But Deathlock Proper just wasn’t coming together at all even with four full versions. And it finally hit me — take Alternate Story B and make it Deathlock Proper — by adding the trappings of the fantasy world and the special circumstances of the characters.

The more I thought about it, the more it made sense, the more the story came alive in my head. The female lead no longer seemed weak and boring, the action no longer seemed contrived.  And, oddly enough, I’ve been more interested in writing Alternate Story B than Deathlock Proper from the beginning, which means now I get to write the story I wanted to all along.

I’m crossing my fingers but not getting my hopes up.

Oh, wait, there they went. They’re up. *sigh*