Two months into my newest novel and I fear it will become a trunk novel. I feel that I may be pulled back into the world of the Taliaferro Chronicles. Several times I have found myself thinking of the characters I left there, which, of course, is not what I should be doing.

Characters are difficult to leave behind, especially if you feel there is more for them to say and do. I don't know what I'll do. I've promised my publisher a novel for this spring, but I wanted it to be the novel on which I've been working.

But, if you've read both volumes of the Taliaferro Chronicles, you'll understand when I say that I keep thinking about Pea driving to the hospital.

I'm giving myself the weekend off to decide what to do. I now have two novels almost ready for publication, but for personal reasons, they won't be released for a while. I'm hoping for a long while.

So, in the meantime I'm going to watch old movies, do some much neglected housework, and actually go to bed before 4 a.m. Now that is a novel idea.