Books on my desk that I squint at regularly as I world-build, revise, calculate financial bits, worry, shed a tear, laugh at something I’ve created (hopefully not unkindly), revise ad nauseum–yet books I never see.

Seeing, replacing a few titles.

Breakout: haven’t riffled through in 6 years. Why is it still here? Did I forget to add something to a worksheet? Probably not as I’ve never been able to write in books for fear of defiling them. TBH, I don’t think I’ve ever used any of Breakout’s strategies. Have you? It’s going.

CW Word Book–my disregard is the same as not looking at my grocery list when in the grocery store, convinced I’ll remember each item–but then I forget the item topping every list: Vegenaise. Who forgets the Vegenaise??? See what I mean? Word book stays.

Lynne Truss stays forever. That I know.

Marine Biology for the Non-Biologist has a different sort of importance for rifflings and is as important as Truss, or–breathing.

The thesaurus needs no justifying (despite using thesaurus.com, more than the hard copy).

Before I forgot ‘WOW’ was on my desk, I would open to a random page and experience this: wow. It stays.

‘Save the Cat! Writes a Novel’ and Lisa Cron’s ‘Plot Whisperer’ are flying in as new recruits.

10p.m. Turning off my string of disco lights and shutting down the computer.

Yours in memorable dreams,

PB.

PS. string lights gifted to me by husband and teen. Does this mean they believe I do have a sense of whimsy? Best not to ponder. Good night!