At last, a love scene!

I don't usually refer to my WIP as a romance novel, although it definitely has a strong romantic thread. However, on Friday, finally, after 77,000 words and about 250 pages, my two main characters finally got it on! Well, not exactly, but they did have a good pash and that should make them both good and confused for next week! I kind of wasn't expecting a love scene to happen along but it seemed like a good time - they were alone, it was dark, something exciting had just happened - and the next thing I knew, they were locking lips like there was no tomorrow! It was during a piece written from the male character's POV and his desires are reasonable straightforward; it will be interesting next Writing Friday to get inside the female lead's head and find out what's going on: she has a few Issues that make getting into a relationship a bit Complicated, so maybe it's time to get back into those... I really enjoyed writing it, though - it seemed really natural for my characters to kiss at that point, and I found it came quite easily. Obviously I was in the mood!
Did some work on my non-fiction project also; wish I had more time to dedicate to it, as just as I am finding out interesting things and wanting to include them, I find I am out of time! Why do work days drag and writing days fly past? Mind you, the summer won't last forever and knocking off at 3.30 to go rum racing (sailing) seemed like the right thing to do to refresh my writing-weary brain...

Recent reading
Finally made it to the end of the Happy Isles. I did enjoy it but it was a bit over-long and he didn't cheer up until the very end, which I guess made for a satisfying narrative arc. Did some work on my critical commentary today - due next Friday - and found myself forming opinions about the text that I didn't know I had. I have just started Kate Mosse's Labyrinth but not sure I have the energy for another 700-page book...will see if the story grabs me enough. The start is promising.