What's in Your Toolbox?by Kate Fink Thank you, Capitol One® Every time I see your "barbaric" commercial, I think of my writing life. A bit disorganized? Some mental pillaging? Yes. The mob in my head coming after me with fiery torch and sickle if I don't sit down and write something worthy today? Most definitely. And that stooped, flannel-clad mad dog in the front with the lolly eye? Oh, sorry. [Note to Self: Today. Move writing desk away from mirror - yeow.] Maybe it's the time of year and all that frenzied Holiday Hoopla. Yesterday you shoved the wrapping paper and perky bows off your desk and did some serious work. Good for you! You ended on a brilliant cliffhanger, and you even scribbled down some snappy quips to keep that fevered momentum drumming. But now it's a new day. And like me, you can't wrap your mind around your current work in progress because of the psycho-jumble you have to clamber over to get to it. Those clever Post-it Notes(TM) have morphed into Sanskrit, and your manuscript has hightailed it to some foggy netherworld not accessible by MapQuest(R)! What now!?! This is why you deleted Solitaire from your desktop. But there is that chocolate souffle cake in the fridge--and you could surf the Web, you know, research... Snap out of it! This is a red-flag toolbox moment! Call it a New Year's Resolution. Call it revamping the camp. But call it, quick! This requires immediate and drastic action: Make a selection from the ... Tape Library! . . . Kate is the tape librarian for the Los Angeles Romance Authors and writes contemporary romance.
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