“I think she’s forgotten about us,” Zack Morgan drawled. He leaned back in his chair and propped his boot-shod feet on the already battered desktop. He tossed back a shot of whiskey, then drew the six-shooter from its holster. “Maybe I could get her attention with this.”
Jessie frowned. “I know she’s joked about wishing somebody would shoot her and put her out of her misery, but I don’t think she really meant it.”
“Darlin’, I wasn’t going to shoot her. Just fire into the air to get her attention.”
“Oh. Well. In that case, fire away.” She reached for the bottle of whiskey. “And give that over. That rotgut will kill you one of these days.”
“I’ve had worse since my days in that Yankee prison camp.”
Jessie gave an unladylike snort. “I don’t doubt that. Personally, I’d almost kill for a Coke.” A speculative look came into her eyes. “Hmm. I wonder if I could materialize one?”
“You’re the wizard, darlin’. But if you can manage it, I think you should try lighting a fire under our biographer. She needs it worse than you need a Coke.”
“I heard that,” a voice said from On High. “Sorry it’s taking me so long to get back in the groove.” Tori gave them a smirk. “Look on the bright side. At least I haven’t abandoned you for other characters.”
“There is that,” Zack conceded. But he added rather plaintively, “However, I would like to escape the past, if you could set your mind to getting me—” He glanced at Jessie. “—us out of this mess.”
“Who knows? Tonight could be your lucky night.”
He muttered under his breath.
“What was that? I didn’t quite catch that.”
“He said he’d heard that before,” Jessie said, rolling her eyes.
They had a point, Tori admitted to herself. She’d said much the same thing many times before. Maybe it was time to actually deliver.
“Well, sitting here chewing the fat—and what a repulsive turn of phrase that is—with the two of you won’t get the job done. So let me get situated and I’ll hop to it.”
She’s writing! I do believe she’s writing!!!!:wave:
Comment by Melissa Mc — October 1, 2005 @ 3:13 pm
well, writing on the BLOG doesn’t really count as writing, but we’ll have to see if she checks in and tells us if she REALLY put her butt in the chair and wrote…
Comment by kacey — October 2, 2005 @ 8:46 am
Just sit down and write that book.:whip:
Comment by Mary — October 2, 2005 @ 10:32 am
Good luck with the writing, Tori!
Comment by Kelly — October 3, 2005 @ 11:02 am
Good luck Tori! Let me know if you need any explosives.
Comment by Danica — October 3, 2005 @ 5:34 pm
Gotta love those voices in one’s head.
Now that you have got a jump start, just do it! Write! 
Comment by Silma — October 4, 2005 @ 9:13 am
Blogging counts. But if you keep sidestepping the story, ask yourself–am I tired of this story? Is it really a short story, not a novel?
And I simply tired?
Or is the brain not caughing up enough ideas in the same area of the story at the same time? That’s a problem for me right now. I’m used to a sequential story. This one isn’t….
Back to Live Journal. Set up a feed!
Comment by Alfreda89 — October 15, 2005 @ 12:58 pm