Good morning, internets!

I am unnaturally perky today. Last night as I was falling asleep I realized how I can get the POVs I want to use in Kingdoms to fill all my story needs. The Drowning City and The Bone Palace both fell out in the same three-way split: Isyllt; a native to the setting, who's thematically relevant and conflicted; and someone hanging out with the antags. I have Isyllt and my thematic person ready to go, but my last POV--who I'm totally in love with--wasn't helping me with the antags. And now I know how he can do that, which in turn gives him enough personal conflict to carry his story arc. Win!

And then I woke up to the boy making bacon and eggs, and an email from My Fabulous Agent about a foreign rights sale. More win!

Now I will do some Shadow Unit stuff, and then go back to Kingdoms, where Our Intrepid Heroes are about to get in a fight.

All this makes up for the dueling earworms currently plaguing me. "Young Ned of the Hill" and "Desert Rose". The cognitive dissonance is going to make my head explode.