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Thanks to Eastwick, my desire to write has returned in full force.

Writing Help

So, last night the story I knew I needed to write first finally sprang itself on me. I'm someone who's always known that if I was going to write anything, it would be a fun little romance novel. Nothing more complicated than that. Partially it's because I love a guaranteed happy ending that still lets me use my imagination. Partially it's because I like characters more than plot.

My characters are rarely my big problem. In this case, I'd always had a decent idea of my female lead, but my male lead tended to fluctuate. Last night I finally "saw" my female lead (Sara Rue) and from that came my male lead. And the dynamic between them.

The plot was the key to everything. I hate cliches. I know exactly the scenarios I want to avoid in getting my two characters together. Luckily, last night, just as I was dozing off, things gelled. (I actually slept with my writing journal in my hand with the pen tucked inside, because I kept dozing off and then having ideas.) The gelling leads to important questions that I need help with, though.

( Well, one important question... )

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NASCAR Things

1. Brian Vickers: Don't know who all watched the pre-race retrospective last Sunday at Martinsville (you know, the "it's been five years since The Crash" spiel). I was only paying attention to it halfway, because it's always the same things and it was sad, but they didn't mention the five year anniversary of Junior going to Daytona, so chill already, you know? And then, when I realized that Brian was on my screen...he doesn't talk about it. He'll talk about the happy times with Ricky, but he doesn't talk about it. And that little clip, with the LOOK that he gave. I nearly bawled for the boy.

2. AJ Allmendinger: *sigh* Imma kick his ass. Who wants to go with? (DWI, for those who haven't heard.)

3. David Ragan, Michael Waltrip, Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin: OMG, while I'm not shocked that Denny is the dumbest of the bunch so far on Smarter Than A 5th Grader (he's barely smarter than a first grader), dudes. DUDES. We finally get a measurable sense of a Busch's brains, and he's dumber than Michael Waltrip? (Okay, for the record, Mikey is wicked smart and just hides it well as part of a schtick. But still. This is book learning we're talking about. This is supposed to be Kurt's area.) Tomorrow night is Carl. I have to admit, I'm not thrilled that we've got a whole week of guys and we didn't get Ryan Newman or Brian Vickers. Those two are supposedly the smartest in the garage. I've been dying to see how they stack up against Mikey. Couldn't we have done without Denny?

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Research Study

My dog is in a territorial dispute with my grandmother. If she comes down to the basement, he immediately goes over and has to eat his food.

*boggles*

Bug Eyed Dummy Tweets

• 12:04 Damn it, Dinger! #
• 12:06 I'm so mad at Dinger. The only positive - at least he didn't hide under the bed and get ratted out by his dog. (I'm looking at you, Wimmer.) #
• 12:17 @luvinjrandsmoke Yep. He drove drunk and went home. Cops show up just after him (not sure if he wrecked or what) and found him under bed. #
• 12:18 @luvinjrandsmoke Best part was, his dog led the cops to him. #
• 12:34 Am v. v. v. hungry. Want pumpkin cheesecake. Am not driving two hours round trip for pumpkin cheesecake. #
• 13:18 @claireliz81 I had to settle for an Oreo McFlurry. #
• 13:48 Needing writing assistance; your fluffy, funny ideas would be greatly appreciated. tinyurl.com/yl6gmr7 #
• 13:49 @alexwhitman25 I have down that it's new tonight. Flash Forward, that is, Even though I'm way behind. #
• 14:30 @alexwhitman25 Same for me. I keep meaning to marathon some episodes, because I love some Cho. #

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