This whole not-starting-out-with-a-plot business is rather invigorating; most of what pops into my mind ends up on the page, which I'm not saying leads to an increase in quality, but it makes the whole thing much...freer than it felt last year. Also, today I had one of those brilliant moments where I just suddenly realized how everything could end ( Read more... )

This was going to be titled A Christmas Story, but the story below really has nothing whatsoever to do with Christmas.

( A Not So Christmas Story )