Welcome to November. David and I are celebrating the arrival of the eleventh month of the year, well, just like we celebrate the arrival of every Saturday—a little bit of beverage, maybe some food and some discussion. With any luck we’ll manage to work in the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt Linda gave us.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “company.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Stream of Consciousness Saturday by Linda G. Hill
That should be easy.
“What’s with the candy, Curley?”
“It’s leftover from last night, David. If I leave it home, I’ll eat it.”
“Aren’t you worried about us filling up on chocolate and not ordering food?”
“If you eat that much, I’ll charge you for it. Have you seen the price of candy lately? Pizza is cheaper.”
“We’ll see what Dan says when he gets here.”
“Here he comes now.”
“You’re late.”
“I’m not late. In fact, I’m five minutes early. How long have you been here.”
“A John Howell’s Special, three cherries, two Snickers and a Reese’s ghost.”
“Ghost?”
“Curley has bags of peanut butter Halloween shapes.”
“Does he have a glass of Modelo?”
“I do, Dan. Nice and cold. Here’s the Specials menu, in case you guys are tired of pizza and stuffed mushrooms.”
“Like that could happen.”
“I don’t know, Dan. They have a couple of burgers on here that look pretty good.”
“I had a burger yesterday.”
“You came here without me?”
“No. I had to run up to Woodcraft.”
“And you stopped that the White Hut.”
“I did.”
“What’d you have?”
“A double cheeseburger and a mixed basket.”
“Mixed basket of what?”
“It’s a half-order of French fries and a half-order of onion rings.”
“That sounds pretty good. Did you wash that down with a beer, Dan?”
“They don’t have a liquor license.”
“So…?”
“Cream Soda.”
“I don’t think I’ve had a Cream Soda since I was eight years old.”
“I don’t drink soda very often. This was kind of a treat.”
“So, what are you up to now that November has landed?”
“Pretty much the same things I was doing in October, David. A little writing, a little woodworking and necessary yard work.”
“How’s that new book coming?”
“It’s not.”
“No time to write?”
“I have time, but I don’t like it.”
“Why not?”
“It’s boring.”
“How boring? Can’t you punch it up?”
“Remember the ‘I know’ part of ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ by Bill Withers?”
“Whoa. That boring?”
“Yes.”
“Well, if you don’t like your book, please don’t put it out there for me to read. Can you rework it?”
“Yeah, there just isn’t enough action for a novel.”
“So, a novella? That’s shorter, right?”
“Maybe a novelette. Maybe something shorter.”
“How about a pamphlet? Greeting card companies are always looking for input.”
“Thanks for the encouragement, David. Someone else might have said something sappy like, ‘don’t worry, you’ll figure it out.’ Glad I can count on you.”
“What about a story about two guys who meet up at a bar, and…”
“Did you read Poetic Justice? I gave you a copy.”
“Yes. I read it because you said a character was inspired by me.”
“Yes, Wilson Barcroft — he was inspired by you.”
“But you killed him in the first paragraph!”
“Yes, but his spirit lives on throughout the story.”
“Halloween was yesterday. I prefer living on in corporeal form.”
“Remember what Mick Jagger said.”
“Dan, Mick Jagger is something like two hundred years old, he said a lot of things.”
“I was referring to: ‘You can’t always get what you want.’ And I think he’s eighty-two years old.”
“Eighty-two? That’s almost my age. Maybe you could write a story about an aging rock musician…”
“It’s been done.”
“Hell, Dan, everything’s been done. It’s all just variations on a theme at this point.”
“I like to think we introduce new things.”
“We? Is that the Royal We? Getting kind of fancy, aren’t you?”
“I was referring to the indie authors I follow. If their books are variations on a theme, they’re darn good ones.”
“So, what are you going to write?”
“I’m working on a new Rascal Todd mystery.”
“When will you release that?”
“Not until this time next year, David. Don’t rush me.”
“You guys want another round?”
“We do, Curley.”
“And speaking of variations on a theme, maybe you guys would like to try our Hawaiian Pizza. It comes with Canadian bacon and pineapple chunks.”
“Dan, how about a story where Rascal Todd hears about a murdered bartender and is worried that the victim was her boyfriend.”
“Easy, David. One meat-lovers pizza coming up.”
And, if you want to know more about Wilson Barcroft…
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