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It's something you start to take for granted a little bit while you've got it, but if you've ever gone for an extended period of time without getting any ideas about what to write, you know that it sucks. I've gone months, nearly a year, without having any ideas randomly come into my head.

Some time ago, I wrote two short stories, "Between Eternities" and "Spam" that took place on the same night and involved a number of the same characters. It's been a long time now that I've been intending to write a third story that takes place after these two, but I kept getting blocked during the outlining stage. A couple nights ago, I sat down and forced myself to start writing it, outline or no. And I wrote. Not a lot, but enough to find a direction for a story that had had nothing resembling one for quite some time.

And the next day, during a torturously long drive home (we got about a foot of snow yesterday), I got hit by one of those random ideas. All I've got is a premise, title and the first few opening lines, but hot damn it's good to have something fresh to work on again. It's a novel called Lovesong which, of course, is about a contract killer.

Also, my long suffering cell phone broke this morning, so I went to get myself a new phone tonight. The girl working asked if I wanted to renew my contract for another three years, which since they've accidentally been charging me for absolutely nothing except my monthly fee, she was damn right I did. Plus, renewing for three years gave me the option of getting a free LG Shine. So, now I've got a hip stainless steel ones. And isn't a stainless steel the very epitome of manliness? Me and my beard give that a big thumbs up! It can even take pictures that I don't have to artificially lighten in Photoshop. Groovy!

On the Radioblog: Today I've added "Handshake the Gangster" by Hey Rosetta! I fell in love with these guys when I saw them open for Hawksley Workman back in November. They were, far and away, the best opening act I've ever seen. I finally managed to get my hands on one of the band's albums and, while it doesn't quite capture the magic they have in front of a live audience, it's still an extremely strong album. Like a lot of their songs, "Handshake the Gangster" keeps things quiet for the first minute or two, before building to a thrilling crescendo. If you like songs that have an "epic" quality to them, you really owe it to yourself to check these guys out.

Keyword of the Day: "Bleeding TV". Errrr...Videodrome, anyone?


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