What to do with insomnia

[hrj]

Clearly I need to get back to the "write every day" program. The combination of several nights of mild insomnia (of the wake-up-at 5am variety) and an attack-scene for the novel forced me to deviate from The Plan (of only writing chronologically) because the attack-scene was cresting at that "write me now or lose me forever" point. If I've got spare imagination that's up to working out scenes, I need to give them something programmed to chew on. The scene is useful, but I want to avoid falling into the old habit of writing all the "good parts" first. So I typed in that scene tonight and finally typed up some notes on chronology/relative ages of the various main characters (including tying them in very approximately to key events in our timeline, although even the real-world history bits that affect my plot are all well off stage).

Work is creeping into my weekend, but in a good way: baby shower for a co-worker tomorrow afternoon (she gets a promissory for a hand-knit something-or-other for the baby), then a random party thrown by someone I've gotten to know in the course of several of the Life-Eating Investigations. I'm thinking of that one as more of a career investment than a "have a good time" event since I'll get to schmooze with Key People.

Sunday, I am keeping unscheduled.