Inspiration

I'm sitting on the cusp of the 40k word mark in Carnal Jesus and haven't been able to get anything written because schoolwork and social drama keep getting in the way. Right now, I'm taking a few minutes to write this before my roommate gets home from work, at which time I'm getting some late dinner (considering I got off of work myself about 30 minutes ago), taking a shower, and going to bed.

Last night was a night of sleep deprivation, and sadly, not the fun self-inflicted kind. Rather, it was spent in an infurating limbo between exhaustion and sleep, where I could only lie there with my eyes closed and wish I was sleeping, but never actually managing to drift off.

In my stupor, however, I made an important breakthrough on "Flowers for Lily". I realized that what it really needed was a twist ending (considering the brevity of the plot and the sweet tone that is otherwise pervasive) and then connected it with a news story I read on Snopes.com a few weeks ago.

So now I know what the ending will be...I'm just not entirely sure how I'll get there. Non-linear artistic prose has never been my strong suit.