The 1st Sequel Draft Complete

Writing the sequel to Lord Have Mercy has been a long arduous journey, fraught with bumps, stumbling blocks and out right brick walls. Then there were the moments when I rolled with the bumps, picked myself up when I stumbled and knocked through the walls to find everything falling into place.

When I saw the finish line in sight, hurdles appeared between that point and the winning banner, pushing the finish further and further away with more loose ends flapping about than a pompom with its centre string cut.

Procrastination played a big part in delaying my attempts to tackle a scene and discover I wasn't as bad at it as I thought. Eventually I wrote and completed it, happy that I had remained true to myself and my characters.

From this point the finish wasn't quite the mirage; solidifying a bit more with each word I wrote. And suddenly there it was, almost within my grasp, a single loose end dangling before my eyes.

With the characters driving me forward, an opening to the end presented itself, and I took it, or did I?

H. M. Mills