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Louis L'Amour Books

I took a few days off at the beginning of the year, painted my kitchen cabinets and soaked myself in Louis L'Amour books. I listened to some of his books in audio form as I painted, and then I read several of them before going back to work.

One that really stuck with me was "Riley's Luck". It was difficult to get settled into the story because of the names. Two characters at the very beginning had three letter names that began with "V". The main character was "Val" and the other character's name was "Van". Yeah - so one letter difference wasn't enough for me, but a few pages in, I got used to it and the story started to flesh out.

When I got done reading, I felt like writing again. It's been so long since I wrote anything new. Last year I edited and added to CoR, let a few people read it and give me ideas. It was nice to get some constructive feedback, but after all of that, and all the thinking and planning for that story, I have decided that it's not something I want to pursue right now. I've dedicated so many years to that book and just the thought of starting it over makes me tired.

So, I started writing a short about a woman who lives alone on a mountain at the turn of the 19th century. It flows so much easier than material for CoR, so I'm letting it flow right now.

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