So about 90% of our stuff is still in boxes, and that’s because we’re not entirely sure where things are going to be living yet. The new house, for all it’s fancy-schmancy ice-makers and hardwood floors, is a bit on the scanty side when it comes to closets. It does, however, have both an attic and a finished and unfinished basement, so it’s not like we don’t have storage space. But it’s definitely an adjustment to go from “This Kitchen appliance lives in the hall closet of our apartment, which is approximately two baby steps from the kitchen of our apartment” to “This Kitchen appliance lives on a shelf I haven’t assembled in the unfinished part of our basement, which is one puppy proof gate, two light switches, and a thirty second trek down a flight of stairs, through two rooms and around a corner from the kitchen of our house.”
I never really bothered trying to figure out which appliances were ones that I need on a regular basis and which ones I only trot out on special occasions. (Except my roasting pan. That one can go away until Thanksgiving.) But now I need to figure that out, so I can see where to put the every day stuff (oh, Salad Shooter, please don’t live in the basement!) and where to hide the special occasion items.
So the mostly-packed state means that I’m not entirely sure where things I *need* are. Like my hand blender. Or SB’s passport. (Found the latter, a relief as he starts work today.)
Speaking of kitchen appliances, I can now state unequivocally that there will be a waffle-making scene in Tap & Gown. Tell the spoiler sites. Mmmm, waffles.
There may also, at some point in the future, be cut scenes. I know, I know, you’re all thinking big deal, right? Well, it is a big deal for me. I’ve never had cut scenes in my SSG books before. I’ve deleted scenes, but only because revisions took the book in a completely different direction. But because my method for writing this book has taken a somewhat different direction (needs of the story), there are a few scenes that I decided in retrospect were not necessary to the central story. They now live in my fun cut scene file on Scrivener. When the book comes out (since they are all spoilerific), I’ll post them on the site.
I also have a bunch of cut scenes for Rampant that I’ll be posting when that book comes out next year. The reason Rampant has so many cut scenes is because there was one version of the story where I used multiple points of view, but in the end, the story worked best being told completely from Astrid’s perspective. So I have several scenes written from the POV of secondary characters. Sometimes they are the same scenes that actually appear in the book, from a different POV, and soemtimes, they are scenes that happen when Astrid is not present.
Yes, a little like Midnight Sun. Except not because they are just a few scenes here and there, not the whole story. Also, I have no intention of writing the same book from those characters’ perspectives. Also, not one of them are bloodsucking undead fiends with penchants for mass murder and the taste of teenage girlflesh.*
But if you can’t wait for next summer, you can actually find three paragraphs (and change) of Rampant on the web right now, at Fangs Fur Fey, where we’re all posting action scenes from our latest FFF books. Go forth and enjoy.
In other news, I’ve got some giveaways and special guests planned for this week. Stay tuned!
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* Please note: this impression is taken entirely from one reading I did of the first chapter of MS several years ago on Meyer’s website, in which Edward threatens to massacre the entire bio class so he can eat Bella. I have not read the rest of the excerpt. Though I will say, it was a pretty cool freaking chapter!
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