Advice from a Friend

Confession: I wasted most of today reading webcomics. I also make a chocolate cake, but I don't count that as wasted time.

Reading:

• Someplace to be Flying

Writing:

• "Ferian Fetlock Cures a Horse"

Revising:

• "Cora and the Sea"

I spoke with a friend today who, I believe, gave me the advice I needed to finish "Ferian."

"What sort of education did he have?" he asked. "What was his relationship with his father?"

I was stymied. As I wrote two days ago, I have a decent idea of his character, but I know nothing of his background. It's no wonder I don't know where to take him if I don't know where he's from. My entire concept of his background was that he was a con artist, roaming the country with his wagon and his horse, living it up and scraping by. But as for how he got there, I have no clue.

So I'm going to answer those questions and start again. I'd better finish tomorrow, since that's my deadline. If not, I'll take a little bit of time this week, but by next weekend, I want to be working on Dairhenien's Library again, if only for a weekend.