Writing and Garden Planning

After an initial burst of happy creativity that resulted in a twenty-page outline, covering only the first third or so of INDY, the flow stopped.  That's fine, for now, because writing that outline answered more than a few nagging questions, and found the depth beneath the opening ideas.  And I know the climactic scenes, where the pieces land after the fall, and even the final few lines.  The bad guy is still something of a mystery--not unusual for me.  I used to believe I knew what motivated my bad guys from the moment I thought them up.  Not so.

  My brain has also been busy with other things.  Forex, I have a stack of reading to do for other writers, and I'm enjoying it immensely.  It's delightful to know so many creative people, and have the opportunity to read what their minds construct.

But I'm working on my non-fiction writing projects, mostly, as a trial run with ebook publishing.  I have dozens of articles I've written for newsletters and newspapers.  I have PowerPoints and lecture notes for nearly twenty workshops.  There is no reason those pieces cannot be configured and developed into salable products.  If nothing else, it'll get me over the learning curve with the whole process, and I'm beginning to see that skill set as an essential component of my writerly tool chest.

In other news, the urge to garden has arrived early, prompted by the mild winter.  Romanesco broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, garlic, cucumbers, lettuce, peas, beans, peppers, okra, tomatoes, purple potatoes, squash, spinach, radishes, melons, basil, chamomile, sage, lavender, oregano...maybe stevia...  I think that's it.  Since I didn't garden last summer, and gave away most of my saved seeds, I'll be needing to purchase all but the beans and the okra seed. 

Alas, the garden plans may be overly ambitious since I'll be working with a brand-new plot that likely won't get tilled until the second week of March.