I gave myself a sad :(

[naomi_jay]

I just wrote a really horrible scene in Demonised. I feel kind of dirty, and sad on Ethan's behalf. He's not having the best time in this novella. I think in the next one I'll send him on holiday somewhere hot and sunny, and he can just sit around drinking beer and staring at beach bunnies. Maybe he can even get laid by one of them? Her name will be Consuela and she'll find his Sam Spade impression adorable, and they'll go for moonlit walks, and nobody will get raped. Huzzahs! But I've said too much...

Anyway. I ran out of packing equipment this afternoon before I could pack all the books. This moving house stuff is never-ending! We haven't even started on the kitchen yet. Every time I think about how much there is still to do, I freak out and go on Twitter instead.

 

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[tezmillertm.livejournal.com]

and nobody will get raped

Yay! :-)

[dwg.livejournal.com]

But then Consuela will reveal that she's a mermaid and someone stole her comb and she can't return to the ocean without it? Ethan is torn because on the one hand, beach bunny! And he got laid with her! But on the other, she's really nice and doesn't belong here :(

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

And in the end he realises he's got to the right thing, and helps her find her comb, which was stolen by a scuba-diving couple who didn't realise what it was. He has to pay an extortionate amount of money to get it back, but it's worth it because Conseula is so happy, she promises to come and visit him at the beach every summer. Obviously they won't be able to have sex because of the whole fishtail thing, but they can have fruity cocktails and she'll comb his hair for him.

[dwg.livejournal.com]

Because of Consuela's hair skills, Ethan looks a little less like a sleazy PI and more of an actual human being and this leads to better luck with the beach bunnies. So everything works out!