Collecting stolen stuff to use later...

There's a poem that I really want to use in the opening to this year's  novel. I'm not yet sure the book will do the poem justice in occupying the same dead-tree space. At this point, the novel is not much longer than the poem. But it's a brilliant poem all the same.

and I just finished reading Libba Bray's LiveJournal. I'm totally stealing "witty wombat banter" and sticking that in my novel somewhere. I might even write the actual wombat banter to see if it turns out as witty as promised.

I have a lot to live up to. I need to write more so I can get to know my characters better. Here I go...