So the murder’s name is Dave, who will be, in this story, the smiling boss’s boss. I’ve just started typing the first scene when this techno song comes on, and the sample chants, “I don’t think this is a good idea, Dave.” And, “I’m really much better now.”
On average, I have one hiccup per day, which occurs in mid-afternoon. I know this, because the woman who sits next to me says, “Pass me the alcohol” every time I do it.
Ah, beautiful day. We should go out for a walk. Ray? Wanna go out for a walk? Yes! Let’s go! Out the door and down the block, and then I notice she’s got this huge hole in her pants. That she cut in her pants. With the scissors she supposedly couldn’t find. March march march
This is definitely a ramble… As usual, I have an ongoing project to try to improve my writing. More or less currently, I’m reading the Write Great Fiction series: Plot & Structure: (Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers From Start to finish), by James Scott Bell Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion
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Something important to keep in mind as a parent (or any other kind of authority figger): nobody trusts the Wizard of Oz until after he admits he’s a humbug.
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Hachez Cocoa d’Arriba, Strawberry & Pepper, 77% cocoa, “Suprerior Mild Dark Chocolate.” The other chocolate I had with pepper in it, I forget which brand, was somewhat of a joke. There were little bits of lemon rock candy in it, fer gosh sake, and I never did run across anything remotely peppery. On the other
Here’s the weather we didn’t have today: overcast (cast over, like a bucket of cold water onto a cat) a hand raised to the face, to shade the eyes from the wind a deep ache in the ears (this is a part of the weather) walking V8 a-kilter from leaning into the wind Instead, a
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