why writing a chapter takes a week:

bgtea:

phosphorescent-naidheachd:

walktalkwrite:

“Before,” he replied, now certain that if he could dislocate his first and second metacarpals…

me: wait, can metacarpals be dislocated?  I shouldn’t write that if if it doesn’t make sense.

five hours later, I’ve read several studies on bone ossification in hominid species, a wikipedia article on osteology, and watched several videos about magician secrets revealed, and I can now continue to the next sentence

…by which point I’ve lost my flow and am unable to write much more for the time being.

So true. 

Add in RL bullshit and you get a 5 month hiatus.