writer's block or just exhausted...

I have been working and reworking the first part of 9 FOREVER!!!!!  Seriously, I have started the thing at least five different times and each time I find myself putting in a new sentence that completely changes the direction it's going. The hell of it is, each direction is one that *could* work, but it's not where I want it to go. So I guess it's not writer's block as much as writer's overflow, if there is such a thing. Plus outside influences - I'm getting used to not working again, which means sleeping "normal" hours - and that ain't working. By 7:30 PM I was exhausted, so I went to bed - now it's 1:30 AM and I'm wide awake and wired. Then I switched from cigarettes to mini-cigars and the store where I get them was closed for New Year's Day and I ended up back on cigarettes - it's amazing the difference it makes. I bought 3 packs of cigars and they lasted me 10 days - I bought 3 packs of cigarettes and I'm on the third pack now (2 days later). Aaarrrggghhh.....

Anyway - I think my main problem is I don't have a handle on Dao Quy yet - I can't decide if she's a conniving bitch or a calculating survivor. I think I want the calculating survivor, because otherwise Peck is going to end up a real snot, and I don't want that. <sigh>

Oh! Back again (hour later) - found this site and it's great (maybe you've already seen it):
http://writeronline.com/

Takes some time to go through, but does it ever help - just answering the questions, regardless of final outcome, helps define the character you're thinking of.