Yes, there is a plan

No work on the book since my last post.
I know I wasn't going to post weight loss until Monday, but I just weighed myself and I am down 3 pounds! Weight loss is fun!

I am really excited about where my book is going actually. Because of this blog I have been thinking about it nonstop and I can't wait for it to be done so I can read it already. Unfortunately, its all in my head. And that's not real.

It sounds very strange saying "my book." I don't have a book yet, just a start. And "my book" sounds sort of pretentious, like I am audacious enough to think that I might wright a book. But I am in fact just that kind of audacious. Still, I don't want anyone thinking I am writing some searing piece of dramatic literature. I don't want to write The Grapes of Wrath. I want to write my favorite type of book...young adult fantasy.

If you aren't a fan I understand. People scoff at the concept. But I love young adult fantasy. Have you read one lately? Maybe my childhood was stranger than most, or maybe my family was too theatrical, but I am so addicted to fantasy. All I wanted was to be transported to a world where dragons fly and talk and magic is everywhere. Actually that's still all I want. Just one talking dragon and I'd be set.

Adult science fiction/fantasy isn't the same. They explain why the magic is possible. The story begins in our world and then there is a space time continuum thing and we are in a new dimension where magic is real because of wave frequencies or something. And then the lead character has some disturbingly vivid sex scene. Why? Why can't dragons exist just because they do? Why can't magic be real just because it is? In Harry Potter (a book loved by children and adults alike) magic just exists. There is no explanation needed. The why doesn't matter. Apparently young adults are capable of believing this, adults are not. You know, according to the Barnes and Noble book organization system.

So my book is young adult fantasy because there are no disturbingly vivid sex scenes, no scientific explanations, and no alternate universes. And there is no plan to include any.

In other news I have not counted the weight watchers points for my dinner. I also didn't count last night's dinner. But I did lose 3 pounds. I'll keep on saying no to cookies, chips, eating out and eating seconds, all for you gentle readers. All you for you.

Goodnight.

Oh, P.S. you are welcome to try and convince me that adult science fiction/fantasy has the magic I so crave. I would love book suggestions.

P.P.S. Anyone catch that Jane Eyre reference? It was brief.