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A little update on my writing, since neither of the status bars have moved: I have been working on Mass Romantic, it's just that all the new stuff is in my notebook and hasn't been typed up yet. As for "Spam", I got myself into a situation that goes a little like this.

Main Character: Hey! You just threw a massive wrench into my plans. Things were going so well.
Author: Yeah, well...overcoming obstacles and all that...that's what makes a story work, dontcha know.
Main Character: OK, so how do I overcome this obstacle?
Author: Uhhh....well, how about you do this instead?
Main Character: Wait, that's even more simple than my original plan. So, why didn't I think of that first? And, this new plan totally doesn't jive with my character traits.
Author: Uhhh....well, I guess you're kinda screwed.
Main Character: I guess you're kinda screwed.
Author: Crap.

Fortunately, I'm on the way to resolving things. I just need to add a few details in at the beginning, as per the corollary of that famous statement of Chekhov's - if you fire a pistol in Act III, you sure as hell better see the pistol in Act I (the actual statement, if you were wondering, is "If you see a pistol over the mantle in Act I, the pistol should be fired by Act III"). Then my characters will have a resolution that'll make sense plot wise and, you know, be something that they'd actually do. Anyhow, with any luck I'll get that all down on paper tomorrow. Now, I'm off to my three hour night class and then wings and drinks with the crew.


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