I have several people who have indicated interest in possibly taking her, but nobody has used a firm, committed tone of voice when discussing it yet, so I'm considering her still up for grabs. If I'm unlucky in my search, she'll be going to the no-kill shelter I've started helping with. It's kitten season, and the shelter already has a dozen or so kittens that need good homes. I hate to add her to the mix when she's such a little stand out, but I hold out hope that it won't be necessary.
The Socialist presented me with my birthday gifts over the weekend: CD's by Lucy Kaplanski and Richard Shindell. I had intended to bring them to work with me today, but was in such a rush this morning I forgot. Ah well, there's always tonight. I can use them as background music while I complete my homework assignment for the novel class.
This second part is relatively easy, in that it can be slapped together with relatively little forethought. It will be difficult to do if I actually decide to put real work into it. We have to complete three "Idea Summary" sheets with the following information:
Working Title
Mainstream or Category? If Category, list category.
List three Main Characters' (protagonist, antagonist, major supporting character) names, primary goals, and most notable personality traits.
Setting
Main complication of story
Primary obstacles preventing main character from achieving goal
And ... this one's a doozy ... summarize story idea (We've been provided an 81/2 by eleven sheet to do this, and allowing for the entire blank back of the sheet I have about 1.2 pages to do the summary on)
See what I mean? The assignment will be as hard as I make it. I have been playing with two story lines in my head for years, and will probably give them both full write-ups. I suspect I'm just going to blow through the third one though, so I can say I did it. Who knows, though? Inspiration might strike me, and I might end up with an idea for the last summary that beats out my other two. Anything's possible. But I'm not holding my breath.