Had lunch with Alafair Burke at one of her favorite haunts and her buddy, Dennis the bartender, had a great idea for writers: the word/calorie diet. You can only eat as many calories in a day as the number of words you write. 500, 1000, 2000... which would mean you're REALLY writing to feed yourself. (And on the days the well's dry, at least you've accomplished something: dropped a quarter pound, say.)