Borders has Snape:Friend gift cards. So, so tempted.

Glared at "Strangers" for a while last night. Eked out a net total of 2 1/2 more sentences.

Part of my struggle with this story (and why I'm such a damned slow writer to begin with) has been how there are so many different directions I can take it, but not all of them are true or necessary or feasible within this particular story's limits (and the time left for me to finish telling it -- it's already more than a year overdue). I keep having to remind myself that there will be other stories and characters I can inflict torment cuddle impose nudge transpose --

oh, bugger it -- this writing schtick, it is haaaaarrrrrrd. It's a good (and addictive) thing, how I learn so much from it, especially with the fabulous and fearless betas/gammas I have: the "snort"s and the "hee"s are golden, but so are the "cut this!"es and "for the love of God, woman, UNPACK!" :-)

(Which would be why this last scene is taking so urking long to rewrite. Fix one thing, spring three more leaks the beta hadn't pointed out. Lather, grouse, rinse, repeat....)