As I’ve been working on THE DEVIL’S UTOPIA, I had an odd little thing happen.  My brain kept wanting to write in present tense.

Now, let me explain.  I’m not a fan of present tense.  I’m just not.  I’ve read a few books (or drafts of other certain someone’s) where it worked, but most of the time I trip and fall over each word.  It just doesn’t feel natural to me.

So, when I caught myself doing it, I thought, OH NOES! Must make this past tense!!

And I did.

But as I was pondering today (I do that sometimes – ponder – it can be kind of scary sometimes), I thought, why am I forcing my story to do something it’s not meant to do?  Adelaide needs to tell her story as it’s happening.

So guess what, people!  It’s the Apocalypse!  I, Amanda, will be writing a story in PRESENT TENSE!  I can’t fight it any more.

Now I just have to go back and change everything I tried to fit in a past tense box.  Fun.