Emotional or Hormonal?

Is it difficult for most women to tell? I always think of myself as sappy when I cry for no good reason - and there have been those times.

However, I wrote a story that keeps having a big impact on me. That ought to be something. I strive to be like a great lady I sat next to today, who gave all of us chills with her poetry. There's something about the image of a man taking his wife to bury by the light of his neighbors lanterns in their windows - alone - because they were afraid of contagion. True story, and all the more touching for it.

So do you know it's the story and the wording when it hits you over and over, or because I'm the writer will I always be biased toward my original intention?

Normal Stupidity

Of all the stupid things... In India, a yoga guru is saying gay sex is a disease that can be cured, like other congenital diseases. Read the article here.

Stupidity continues with this sermon on homosexuality being something that requires prayer to overcome.

I think my favorite part was where it said [homosexuality] is abnormal, so must be overcome with prayer and meditation. What's wrong with abnormality anyway? What is so bad about it? (That 'it' could point to either homosexuality or abnormality.)

Think about it - no one knows what normal is. If you try for average, you might manage. Each person has a different idea of normal, however, and we ought to figure no one is normal.

"If you're not weird, you're not normal."

Rewriting

This month I'm tackling the novel I finished in March. Not that I'll finish the rewrite in a month, but I'm at least starting it.

I've been giving a lot of thought to the beginning. I'll admit I already chopped the first five chapters. Part of it will come back where the backstory is needed. The important part is to figure out how to start. I have an idea now - all I need to do is examine the chapter to see how to put it in.

It's pretty exciting to be making progress. How long will it take until I finish? No one can say.