So I know it’s gauche to do, but I’m going to congratulate myself anyway. HOOOORAY FOR ME! I had a huge day on Friday. If you follow me on Twitter or Google+ you may have seen a few cryptic remarks and a lot of capital letters and exclamation points. The reason: I finally resolved my Charlie Situation and finished his portion of the Work In Progress. HOORAY FOR ME AGAIN, she said! It took what feels like forever, but the tidiest, most fabulous solution to my ongoing conundrum about how to tie his story together finally presented itself to me and the words flowed out like they were already written in my head. I did a happy dance. I’m not proud, I can admit it. And I’m sure it was goofy looking. But I didn’t care. I was so excited to finally be finished with this character and his unbelievably detailed journey out of my head…

It was the most amazing feeling. It was also surprisingly exhausting.
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