Sometimes, writers don't know how things happen

[anthimeria]

. . . even when the person doing said thing is them and not a character.  For instance: I appear to have written a picture book.

It's been percolating in my brain for a month or two now, but suddenly last night I wanted to write and I wasn't feeling up to a whole chapter of Trial, so I scrolled through my story ideas file.  An idle idea I'd had about a picture book starring a not-so-bright robot proceeded to whack me upside the head, and half an hour later I had a 500-word rough draft on my hands.

Twenty-four hours later, I'm on draft iv and it's been cut to 400 words.  It's definitely aimed at a 2-5 audience, it's fun to read aloud (even the two-dozenth time, as I can already testify), and has a quest-plot, a twist at the end, and a dummy of a robot to love as the main character.

I'll give it a week to rest in my brain, and then see if I still like it.

I really had to give a go to one of the few markets harder to break into than novels, didn't I?  Le sigh.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

That sounds awesome XD Good luck with it!

[anthimeria]

Thanks! I hope it's at least half as good as I think it is right now, in that first blush of finishing.