When in doubt, ask an expert

After being incredibly productive over the weekend, yesterday and today I slowed a bit, accomplishing only 1,500 words on each day. Part of the problem was that I wasn't quite sure what I wanted this chapter to accomplish, and where I needed to go next.

At one point, I was debating whether two of my characters were sleeping together, and the thought that occurred to me was "I should ask jennifer_dunne and she'll know."

Yes. When in doubt, ask your critique partner if your characters are having sex. This, my friends, is the sign of a true writer...

...or of one that needs a tad more caffeine.

Anyway, I managed to answer that question without Jennifer's help, and figured out the rough bones of the next few scenes, so I'm feeling rather accomplished. It's been raining on and off all day here, so no biking was done, and the fireworks tonight appear to be in doubt. But there's the matinee of Transformers to look forward to, yay!

OMG LIK TEH BESTEST MOVIE EVAH

Transformers totally rocks!

(You see, they're like these trucks! Only they're really robots! And they fight evil! Oh, and one of them is this really cool car, with like stripes!)

jennifer_dunne, jpsorrow and I went to see it, and most likely annoyed all those around us. Well, actually that was mainly me. I can say in all honesty that this film completely met my expectations.

Super awesome. The only thing that could have improved the experience was me on a sugar high--so after the film we went to Coldstone Creamery. There, after a giant serving of ice cream, I kept trying to transform myself into a truck.

No success so far, but I'm hopeful.

For an unbiased opinion on the movie, skip the critics and go straight to Cherie Priest's capsule review.