Mastodawn

Me: I want to describe how daguerreotypes work but I don’t want it to be boring for the reader

Writing brain: break it up with a sex scene

Me: um…

Editing brain: yeah, nah, that works

(#WIP has buzzed past 30,000 words on the back of this “revelation”)

You *really* notice how often family members come in and look at your screen when it’s the school holidays and you’re writing a spicy sex scene 😬