I am contemplating the story again...

The problem with basing a story in reality is covering your own behind in terms of avoiding a lawsuit. The real story has gone beyond complicated: police officers are distant cousins of the real guilty parties; there seem to be cover-ups, character smearing, and gay bashing; hate crimes are rampant; and there is a side story of a series of drug overdoses and a suicide. The real story is far more interesting than anything I could come up with myself.

The challenge, then, is telling this story without bringing a lawsuit upon myself. I don't know everything that I believe to be true, but so far, even my most ludicrous hunches have proven to be correct. What I need is a few private investigators and a really solid work of non-fiction, but many crucial plot points which likely are true are also unverifiable.

So how do I keep the complexity of the story without writing myself into court?

I'll be in New York this weekend...

When I return, I will be writing full force.

I can probably blame The History Channel, but...

So, I got hooked on The History Channel's special series on the seven deadly sins, and I thought it might be interesting to weave them into my book. Which was much easier than I expected. More later.

Right now all I can think about is how much I want to go to Ren-Fair.

I started writing again...

Yesterday, I started writing the book again. What I'm aiming for is a second draft by June 30. I recognize that this second draft is realistically a rewrite of the entire manuscript for content, but my rule is that something has to be happening at all times. Any time I slip into description (that is not relevant to a plot point), I will skip ahead to action. It is much easier to edit dialogue and prose when the story has been finalized.

Wish me luck. Here I go.