I’m getting nowhere.  Fast.  Can’t seem to focus anywhere.  I have a number of projects to edit or begin editing, twenty plus storylines I’ve thought of over the years, and nothing wants to settle down to be written.

UGH!

Going over my past writing doesn’t seem to help me do much more than realize how much my focus has dissipated over the years.  I’ve fallen in love with my characters too much, I can’t torture them the way I used to, and that results in books that are lukewarm.

I need a fresh infusion, but damned if I know where to get it.  Collaboration comes to mind, but with who?  And how?  I haven’t collaborated on anything for over twenty years.   It wasn’t easy then, it certainly won’t be easy now with the current crop of writers who’d be interested.  (And the one or two I’m interested in asking …  Well, suffice it to say, I’m shy, dammit.)

I’m about ready to take this iBook and beat myself over the head until it’s bloody.