So I’ve been trying to do twenty things at once, which never works, so why do I do that? But I’m working on a rewrite of the first ten thousand words of “Getting Carter,” the novella that comes between Arresting Anna and Stealing Nadine, both of which I am also working on, while trying to figure out Johnny’s new tracking collar, making chicken casserole and banana bread and oatmeal cookies and . . .
Never mind that. The point is that I was in the middle of rewriting “Getting Carter” and doing this scene in a diner where they ordered burgers, and I went down to the lunchroom and got chicken tenders and fries so I could keep writing (chicken tenders and fries mean no knives and forks, great typing food) and when I got to the part in the scene where they ordered burgers, I thought, “You idiot. Order a burger.” So I went down and got that, too (see below).
What did you work on this week?
Published on November 26, 2025 11:11