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last friday, my husband began the descent into craziness.
see, it all started with a fantastic meeting david and i had with my awesome agent, chip. in the process of discussing book ideas, david and i had a minute to discuss meshing new plot ideas with old, and he was a huge help.
i didnt think anything of this, because david and our kiddos have helped me work out story ideas many times over the past four years.
then we went out to dinner to celebrate healing promises ircc win. and, of course, i was talking book ideas the entire drive and scribbling notes like crazy.
i love this part of the writing process, especially when god pours out the ideas and my husband assists in organizing them.
a while later, our elegant dinner at chateau élan started normally enough.
well... normal for us, anyway.
my husband placed a menu back on the table and it slipped into a water vase...
said vase dumped over onto my lap and streamed down the table. the water kept coming and coming.
we had a good laugh about it though.
then we went back to discussing books.
thats when it happened.
as you all know, im a writer. and writers arent normals.
i can hear many of you laughing. others thinking, oh... thats whats wrong.
my husband is a normal, most of the time. so i thought nothing of starting a game i play when im out somewhere around people i dont know.
i surreptitiously pointed to an older couple and asked what they did for a living. we discussed this a while and then moved on to another couple.
pretty soon, david had concocted this story about one of these men doing business deals out on the golf course and being forced into some shady situations, unwilling to share these things with his wife. as happens when we hide things, this man kept turning a blind eye to his downward spiral and was about to fall into...
i forget the rest of the story. see, i was so shocked and bewildered to be sitting next to a once normal man now spouting suspense plot outlines.
then it hit me. eureka! ive finally done it!
insert evil bwah ha ha ha and hand wringing here.
ive finally done it.
ive turned my husband into a writer!
so now im wondering.... whos wants to take me out to dinner next?! :-)
monday, july 20, 2009
5 comments:
fun post, amy - you may have created a writing monster in david ;-)
what a creative way to dine out! its amazing what people can come up with. great post!
thanks you all! its always fun to know im not shouting into the void of cyber space. ;-)
and rel... watch out! ;-) my hubby has some amazing ideas already. you just might be reviewing his first book someday soon.
sorry but i dont cook anymore, but we can go out if you will come bye, lol
have a great day
mamat2730(at)charter(dot)net
edna~ id love to come by! maybe someday. ;-) wouldnt we have a great time?!
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