Figured out the end to a story

The woman shoots Bear in the gut when they’re down in the desert after they’ve run away and she says I’ll see you at that Burger King in the sky and it ends noir style with him looking out in the desert bleeding to death.

Rat Face discontinued + other thoughts

Hey nerds, I don't write here often and you don't read here often. It's a fairly egalitarian relationship. I started the episodic Rat Face story series in March and rekindled it at the start of the fall semester. Rat Face is the tale of the rogue assassin in fictional semi-post-apocalyptic West City and the powerful forces competing to control him. Now that I have 10,000 words and 23 parts, I am taking Rat Face off the air, so to speak.  I want to hone it into something worthy of publication. I also don't want to spoil the ending on the Internet. 

What else? 

I got a migraine this morning which is why I am writing a blog instead of grading student work. 

It's an unseasonably cold wet Wednesday in Albuquerque and these conditions create the space for contemplation and reflection. Write more. Write well. Publish. This is my mantra for the rest of 2020. 

Hope y'all nerds are well.

Note to Self / Prompt #1

What does Luz do on a normal day? Put Luz in a grocery store.

Put any character you want to learn about into a grocery store. =

• What do they buy? 
• What aisles, if any, do they avoid? 
• Do they read the ingredients? Do they check the price tags? Do they do mental math? Or are they guided by hunger and impulse?
• Do they use a cart, a basket, their curled up t-shirt bottoms, pockets? 
• How do they feel in a grocery store -- joy, fear, anxiety, comfort?
• (By the way, what kind of grocery store is it -- fine foods, standard ole, granola co-op, bargain bin?)
•  How do they pay for their food?
• Coupons? 
• They're now in the parking lot. What do they do with their groceries?

"Sinclair" - Excerpt

"Dude, there's a camera right there. Right there in the corner. I can't help it if you don't see it. It's right there. I see it. They're filming you right now. So, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna steal my car, or are you gonna get the hell out of here? They're filming you talking to me right now. Make up your fucking mind."

The guy runs, I get gas, there's no camera.