I’ve decided with this novel I’m working on that it’s time to have fun with my characters for a change; while I’m treating each character with respect, I want them to be light, amusing and fun to read about. Dour characters have their place, but I want to have fun with fiction-writing for a change.

Fortunately, with the novel I’m working on now, I have characters who lend themselves to this light treatment. This is what drew me to them almost a year ago when I first began work on the manuscript.

Besides, if I make it fun (though not as fun, to be sure, as Outer Banks rentals), it’ll be a lot easier to want to find time to write.