9:00 PM - News Report: William Tucker, up and coming television writer, known for the smash-hit Mixed Messages was hit by a car walking himself home from a bar. No further information is available.

11:00 PM - News Report: William Tucker is currently in critical care. His status is unknown.

12:56 AM - News Report: William Tucker passed away due to ( Read more... )

[A small cream card, one sided. In crimson calligraphy--]

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er-fraught heart, and bids it break.

[Along with a very sweet (and not inappropriate poem), Martha receives a coupon for a day at one of Chicago's nicer spas.]

Thought you'd deserve some relaxation, even if you can't afford to leave the city, before the wedding.

Am I invited?

I step away for just a short while and I cannot even fathom what I have come back to. What happened today? I thought I would surprise my Dark Lady with a trip to Chicago, and then I open my Journal and I have come to tragedy.

The timing on this, I fear, is awful, with what has been on the news. While most of Chicago will probably forget about this in due time, those of us who know will not forget the pain, will not forget these images that have struck fear into our hearts. While I have been reminded time and time again, not only how human it is to feel pain and fear, ( Read more... )

I need a lawyer.

And someone familiar with television scripts.

I had a pitch meeting today.

I have splendid news.

--Did you spread some money around?

I need a Muse, someone whose very presence sets my soul on fire and demands from me more than any mortal could possibly provide. I need a Reason, a chance to be who I was, yet so much more. I need an Audience, someone to take into account what I dream and remind me the power of words, and how even the hardest heart can be swayed by the gentlest of ( Read more... )

you told me to fear,
the cruelest month and still I
am here, and you, not