Hallowe'en Seems A Propos...

...the scary atmosphere is setting the scene for the scariest year, yet.

I think this year is even more terrifying than the first year. I have never felt less prepared. I have no idea how I am going to find the time to do this. And I am haunted by the prospect that 'The Vow' might prove to be the single greatest influence on my novel.

Here is what I know so far about my novel... it centres around a brother and sister. The brother ends up in trouble and the sister has to come to the rescue, armed with little more than a strange inclination to make overly specific pop cultural references and a bad attitude. Sort of like what would happen if I were forced tomorrow to go rescue somebody from sinister and yet somehow inept drug dealers. My characters do not yet have names... haven't had time to think that through. But I think the sister's name is going to be Annie. I know, I know, I used it in the first novel, but it just feels like that's her name. Brother's name.... dunno. Of course there is a love interest. Don't know his name either but he is the brother's best friend. Anyway... the goddamn train departs from the station tomorrow and I better be ready.