A name, a plot, a character

So this novel, which I'm very (loosely..ha...ha...) titling LOOSE is kind of materializing out of thin air, and I'm loving it!  I wrote my first song, which I'm sure is probably pitiful and I won't embarrass myself by putting it up here, and today I sat down and did some work crafting the character.

As far as my writing process goes, I have to think first.  Always.  I think it's a product of my favorite teacher ever that continually assigned us "thinking" homework that other people blew off, but I found incredibly meditative and a relaxing exercise for the migraine headaches I got really badly when I was younger.  It's currently how I fall asleep at night, by thinking about where whatever story I'm working on is going and watch it all play out in my mind.

So this story has been circling in my mind for an exact week now, and it has been developing really quickly.  My protagonist is a twin, and so far I like the names Bailey and Maggie (Maggie being my protag) and interestingly, I got them from the top ten dog names.  Yeah.

**Speaking of dogs, as I write this my dog just fought a skunk in the backyard and, trying to extricate her unsuccessfully from the situation, both myself and my brother got sprayed.  I guess that's what I get for trying to name my character's after dogs?**

So Maggie and Bailey have just finished their junior year, they're about to apply to colleges, and Bailey's always known what she wants to do.  Maggie's about 98% sure what she wants to do, but it's that 2% that she can't stop thinking about.

I mean, really, the only tough thing I'm dealing with for this story is the band itself, and creating their story and, more problematically, their music.  But I'm getting there!

Meanwhile, Arianna's steaming along.  At this pace, I'll have a new novel done by the end of September.

Whoo!  Now lets just get some paying work done too....but that won't be too tough because this week I have some interesting articles slated to write.  Fun times!