June 16, 2015

Today, the HCF, and you know what that means -- making deals with my thighs not to start pulsing after that first bite of caramel pecan cheesecake (or something like that). Forget the whipped cream, the chocolate, the crust, nope, the cheesecake itself, so Ms. Thighs, it's all a good thing and I swear you won't suffer.
And the avocado egg rolls with that yummy green whatever sauce you dip them into. Is everyone salivating yet? Then the hamburger sliders with lots of dill pickles and French's mustard -- is there a food nirvana? You bet --
One of you asked about how I determined character names -- and the story about John Sandford getting Del Capstock's name off the keyboard. I can't top that. Sorry. Sometimes the names are simply there, don't even have to think about it, then others I change upwards to three times, trying to find the right one. It's usually up to the character to accept/reject their name. I had Camilla at the beginning of the 20th FBI and that was sure a no-go. She looked at me and said, "Look, I kick butt, I'm tough, I'm dangerous, I CANNOT be Camilla." Okay, she's very happy with Cam. So it always depends.