Anyone who knows me knows what a huge Nora Roberts fan I am. I think she’s a fucking brilliant writer.

And yes, Nora’s at the heart of my current dilemma with my book.

I’m at the *I hate you, you suck* portion of my book. The part where things aren’t going the way I want them to. The part where I think the book is a total piece of crap and I’d like to toss the entire thing in the nearest recycle bin and start over. No, I won’t do it, but damn, I’d sure like to.

This is where I start musing about what Nora does when she’s writing. Do all her books come out perfect the first time? Gawd I hope not. I like to picture Nora sitting at her desk, wearing ratty sweats and slippers, sprouting this morning’s uncombed bedhead, cigarette hanging out of her mouth, half-downed cup of coffee dangling off her fingertips.

Now here’s the best part–I picture Nora glaring at her screen as she ponders her latest work in progress and thinking….”what a piece of shit”.

That’s when I grin and start to feel better.

What? It works for me. Because Nora’s end product ROCKS.

So maybe mine can too. Once I get past the “this is a piece of shit” stage

:giggle:

You get to do fun stuff, like burn shit in your back yard :giggle:

Biker Dude cut down trees and limbs a few weeks ago, tossed them in the back yard and let them dry out.

Hence, we had a bonfire on Sunday night, which our granddaughter thought was the coolest. thing. ever.

Roasted weenies and marshmallows too.

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I love this day. Candy and scary movies and cute kids coming to my door dressed up in their costumes. What’s not to love about a day like that?

Tonight we’re taking spaghetti over to my mother in laws and helping her hand out candy. My granddaughter is going to be dressed as a pirate. Argh! We have lots of candy. I’ll try not to eat most of it. Heh. Then when we come home we’re watching my favorite Halloween movie — HALLOWEEN. There’s nothing scarier to me in a pure horror movie way than that movie. I don’t really like all the newer horror movies out–maybe there’s just too much blood and gore. This one is simply the best.

Of course I really like all the classic monster movies too – Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein, The Mummy. Love catching those this time of year.

What’s your favorite horror movie?

And have a safe and Happy Halloween! :sasmokin: