C.: Hi,d.c. I was so grateful for your help yesterday that I decided to help you with the laundry.
d.: WOW! Thanks, Cal.E.
C.: Yes. All you must do now is sort it, put it in the washer, put soap in the washer, and turn it on!
d.: I see.
C.: Yes, but I warmed it up for you!
d.: Thanks, Cal.E. Do you want to continue with excerpts from the book you are writing?
C.: No, d.c. The rest of the book I wrote during my..unfortunate incarceration in rehab. I wrote until I became too depressed, then you took over. It is just about the animals that I met while "inside" and their owners. It will be too depressing to continue with excerpts from my book.
d.: What do you want to do today, then, sing?
C.: Maybe later. Right now, I need some advice. I started on the book and was doing well. Then, I came to a point where it was hard to think of anything to write. IDK what to do or what to write now.
d.: Yes, that is called "writer's block. It is quite common.
C.: Then how do I deal with it?
d.: Different authors have different ways to deal with it. As you pointed out, Lewis Carroll and Edgar Allen Poe (among others) sought help by taking drugs...
C.: So I need some catnip?
d.: No, Cal.E. I would NOT suggest that. I would run, swim, or cycle when I had writer's block while writing my first book. Getting my blood circulating helped my mental process. Since I have had so many injuries, now I take Buddy Bones for a long walk. He is getting old, though. Soon, I may be dragging an empty leash!
C.: I would NOT do that in this neighborhood! Someone may think that you have lost your dog and call animal control. Then, you would be obligated to tell the animal control officer why you were pulling an empty leash.
d.: I was just trying to lighten the mood, Cal.E. I wouldn't do that.
C.: Okay, d.c. Maybe you could tell me about the book you are writing now. What is it about?
d.: It is about a detective who falls in love with a nursing school student that comes to the morgue at his precinct. She becomes very interested in the story behind a corpse that her instructor asks the cop about. The detective cannot tell anyone about the corpse, because the story is too close to him.
C.: What's it called? And how does it end?
d.: The name of the book is The Inert Ingredient. I cannot tell you how it ends, that would spoil the book! I can tell you that the story is told through the cop's eyes. He tells it to the nursing student after they get married and have a child. If you want to know the rest of the story, I will let you proofread the book when I finish writing and editing it.
C.:: When will that be?
d.: I don't know, exactly, Cal.E. I have the story in my head, but getting it down on paper is a little more difficult. I will let you know when it is finished.
C.: That would be appreciated, d.c. At least by me. Maybe you could open your head and let me see what is inside. That way, maybe I can finish MY book.
d.: No, Cal.E. I don't think so. I do NOT want a cat operating on my brain!
C.: WEEELL, I guess I will just suffer, then, until I think of something else to write (unless you have some catnip; that may be helpful.)
d.: Goodnight, Cal.E.
C.: Good night, d.c. Do NOT forget to do the laundry, since I worked so hard on it!
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