There was a whole blog entry here, but blogger ate it during publication. It kept flashing the "Publishing is in progress" notice at me, but the percentage published remained stubbornly at 0% for five minutes before it gave up and said that java was timing out. (I didn't even know blogger was java-enabled. I wonder if it's just the publishing site, or if you can put javascript into blog posts?) The new interface seems to have a few idiosyncrasies. That's the last time I delete my source material before the publish finishes, I can tell you.

It wasn't all that interesting, though. I mean, you're not missing anything.

I was still whining about this story, explaining how I am not writing ClosetSex, complaining that I can't get either of the guys to pay attention to the case, and speculating (very briefly) on the possibility that I'm not writing the right story. (I always think if the characters are refusing to cooperate, it's because you're not writing the right story.)

Yesterday I deleted 2-1/2 pages from the stupid thing and wrote a couple of paragraphs to bridge the missing scenes.

I also wrote an introduction to the next scene. 119 words and it took an hour to write.

I want a hobby that's not so much work. I'm sure this used to be a lot easier. (It probably still would be if I were writing for a better quality show. I'm not having trouble with the story itself so much as I am getting the characters to be in character.)

(Which, for some reason, reminds me that the advance reviews for Ivan Sergei's new show, Hawaii are pretty bad. If you want to see it, Wednesdays at 7:00, you'd better tune in from Day One. It may not be around for long.)

Also, back to that lost blog entry, I was complaining because our internet and phone service went out at 12:50 yesterday and weren't restored until 5:30. Although I can't do my job without phones and net access, I didn't feel I could slide out of here and go spend the day in a better place. I had to stay around and help convince the phone people to send someone out to fix the problem. He showed up at 5:20 and by 5:25, it was fixed. Drives me bonkers.

On that note, it's 10:00, so I think I'll go get some coffee and start thinking about doing some work.

Hah! Blogger did it again...but I hadn't deleted the Word document yet. Hey, I have a domain name now. Maybe I should just move this over there?)