first: The fields were flooding in the Red River Valley when Atropos got there in her battered grey Buick. "From this valley they say you are going," she hummed, pulling out her scissors.
last: She carefully popped the second cupcake out of the brown plastic container. She always started eating at the end of the white frosting curlicue. There was a proper way to do things.
difficult: Figuring out who her mystery road trip companion should be. I knew about the gas station food, I knew about the sandbags and the rains, but there was a big hole in the story that took forever to figure out: who would go road tripping with her? I knew it wasn't either of the other two, but for awhile I thought it might be Herakles and then had to rewrite the whole opening.
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Date: 2009-09-19 12:04 pm (UTC)last: She carefully popped the second cupcake out of the brown plastic container. She always started eating at the end of the white frosting curlicue. There was a proper way to do things.
difficult: Figuring out who her mystery road trip companion should be. I knew about the gas station food, I knew about the sandbags and the rains, but there was a big hole in the story that took forever to figure out: who would go road tripping with her? I knew it wasn't either of the other two, but for awhile I thought it might be Herakles and then had to rewrite the whole opening.