Funny Ole World of Writing

This week, I didn't have a tone of meetings, so I thought I would have a ton of time to write. I have that writing bug right now, I was hoping to capitalize on it. Sadly, I did not.   

Work piled up quickly. Tons of little things, a couple of big ones, and more politics and personnel decisions than I normally have to deal with. It's the end of the year, and so we are dealing with wage increases and bonuses, and no matter how generous you think you might be, it's never as generous as your employees hope. 

One thing I like about Dick Francis heroes and most others, is that money is not the driving force of many of them. Take the hero I'm reading about now, in the High Stakes (see HERE). He is a toy maker . . . an engineer . . . an inventor. He invented toys as a child and now is independently wealthy and is able to take on mysteries as a side business. 

Trav McGee is the same. He lives on a yacht. Needs no money. Takes on cases just for favors really. Most of Dick Francis' heroes don't need money. Even the jockeys. They may not have much but they are usually satisfied. Yet so much of human nature, is about wanting more. That's what I find from these annual reviews. No matter how much you might think is enough to satisfy, it never is. 

I wonder if that would be an interesting characteristic of my hero in Sunset Perfect (see HERE). Maybe he should be desperate for more money. Maybe he can be motivated by money more than other aspects. Might make him more realistic.