I’m always a little concerned when I crave dark chocolate in the morning like other people crave coffee. Chocolate is something to be enjoyed after the lunch hour and on, like a cocktail. But, of course, I gave into the craving–it is chocolate.

I think the chocolate craving is masking the deeper problem of being stuck in a story. My latest fast writing project (the sequel to the novella coming out this spring) is not being so fast. It’s being complicated and annoying. Fortunately, I had a breakthrough driving the kids to school (we should’ve walked but everyone was dragging this morning). I discovered the theme song for one of the characters. I’d never seen the video for it and was pleasantly surprised by the video. So my musical offering for the day is Imagined Dragons: