Anyway, the Little Dude murdered my laptop last week when he picked up it (the kid’s strong, I tell ya) and then threw it down on the floor. I had to do the mental equivalent of stop-drop-and-roll to keep from drowning him. The wireless card was busted and the bus drive that housed it was knocked off the motherboard and y’all know what that means. Best Buy happened to be having an awesome sale and yesterday, I picked up a brand new HP laptop with a case and wireless mouse for $700. (See, there’s a silver lining to our world’s financial crisis.) Never mind that I really could’ve used that $700 to buy things like oh … groceries, gas and the Little Dude’s pull-ups; I got a great new laptop!
Even though I haven’t been blogging, I have been writing. For the first time I’m drafting the synopsis of a new book before I write it. Usually I dash off an outline and plunge in and then rewrite and rewrite and rewrite. But since this story takes place in 1926, I kinda need to know the lay of the land. This new character is really pushing me to get started and her circumstances have infected me to the point where I have to sometimes stop myself and remember that I’m me and she is make believe. I tend to have this problem with all of my characters but this one is “special.” Next week I’ll be starting on page one and won’t stop till I get her out of my head, or to the end … whichever happens first.
By the way, did I mention that I’ve lost 17 pounds since I started working out in April? I have biceps and best of all, the muffin top has vanished! Unlike someone we won’t name, it took me three years to get back to my size six jeans. I have this woman to thank:
