the mists have returned

I am again surrounded by thick mist usually referred to as a cloud. Living at 3000 ft it is not unusual to be in the clouds. Today it is a wet gray cloud with not a touch of sun. The roads are slippery wet which takes me to my story.

Slippery wet. We are approaching the slippery wet slidy part of the story. As in all slips, you cannot control anything. It just happens. Sometimes the slide veers to the right and other times it ends quickly. But regardless, you are not in control. All you can do is try and keep yourself from getting hurt. You can cover your head with your arms and hands, you can reach for the pavement and soften the blow or you can fall on your butt (or bum as Brit's say).

What will Darcy do when that wet slippery slide begins. What will my readers do - will they yell at me to stop this! Will my readers hold their breath and wait for the next chapter to arrive just to find the poor man is still sliding? And is he being pushed and by whom? And where is he sliding too? lol Only the devil authoress and KarenA know.

My comments this week proved interesting - they were all glad that Rawlings was able to knock a little sense in his head but sorry to see him leave. Well Rawlings will have his own worries to deal with and I suppose the readers will be a bit anxious for him. Yep, he is sliding too but that is yet to be revealed. Soon though.

I will work on chapter 40 today and hopefully Chapter 41 will follow quickly. I would like to remain 4 chapters ahead and with posting chapter 37 I need to be working on 42 by Tuesday. Ah, 42- mmmm. From that point my polishing should be quicker. I have nothing left to research and make sure I get things right. Of course, HeatherF is a fantastic resource for me. She explains all my failings with all things British and regency so well. I cannot thank her enough. But one question pops in my head? Did the regency men shake hands?

Well, back to the slippery sidewalk called Expectations. Our man is just starting to go outside and brave the mists that surround him. lol

till tomorrow