Writing Update

As previously mentioned, the current work-in-progress is a contemporary mystery novel with the working title of Eastville. Over the relatively uneventful weekend, I got about 3,000 words in on the novel. Objectively, that's fairly quick for me. It doesn't, however, feel quick. I'm still figuring out this mystery thing, especially with regard to clues. The fact that I've got an amateur detective as lead isn't helping, because I keep needing to concoct reasons for him to stick his nose in things. Fortunately, he lives in a small town so there's a certain amount of stumble-into-stuff going on.