So the Smart girl is home safe and sound - that's good. Sometimes it's nice to see a happy ending in the real world.

I just really really hope they never make a "made for TV movie" of her story. Please - I beg of you. Don't do it. It will come out all wrong, I promise.

Books: No happy endings in my book right now - just more scheming. I'm worried the chapters I'm working on now are, in fact, slow and boring. That's what I need beta testers for! Comment from one of them, just in today: "It's a tightly knit story. Not all character have a clear cut background, or even appear to, but that's the way it shouldbe. They're evolving nicely."