Writer's Blog: Cancer Jokes Aren't Funny . . .

. . . But Virgos make great punchlines. (Ha.)

The good news: My mother's surgery was a success and her tumor was removed!

The bad news: She still needs chemotherapy as the cancer has metastasized to her lymph nodes.

I'll be staying with her for the next months as Live-In Dog Walker/Official Beverage Fetcher, so everything posted here will be coming to you Live From Seattle. Despite the less frequent updates this month due to the hecticness of, well, everything, Mind Blind has made significant progress! Truthfully, writing is the only thing keeping me sane at times. It lets me process and release emotions that right now would otherwise swallow me whole.

Example: I used my waiting room experience during my mom's surgery to write a short story about John (which will be posted soon). I read a passage of the story to my mom on the car ride home, and it made her cry so hard that her stitches ached. I consider that a win.

Anyway, not everything posted this month will be doom and gloom, I promise! I have a half-written saucy side in works which stars Regency-versions of all the ROs. Gil's interview shenanigans will be continued, Chapters 6/7 will be posted together, and the survey for Chapters 8/9 will go up. I also have an idea for a story written from the perspective of Reese (mwhahaha, brace yourselves for Narcissism Personified).

For now, though, here's a list of quotes from the revised Chapters 6-9! Post your guesses for who said what below . . . The first person to correctly identify each quote with its speaker earns the title of Nick's Smartest Sibling (useable on the Sanctum discord, or just for bragging rights).

NB: All quotes are new lines by either an RO or a Wiseman.

1) “Desire is irrelevant without conviction."

2) "Newsflash: Sauron did it better."

3) "I am NOT a hobbit."

4) "Stop obsessing over my feet."

5) “Ah! What more arouses lust, than the seductive scent of Cheeto dust?”

6) “Macadamia nuts are dangerous.”

7) "I am surrounded by . . . No. To call you two children would be to insult infants."

8) "Threats are for those without the means to follow through. I'd say that I make promises, but that would be cliché." 

9) "Hit Me Baby One More Time." (sung in a Brittany Spears' voice)

10) "Your mom is terrifying; my mom is allergic to shellfish but also terrifying. Our mothers should team up together and fight crime."