Thanks to the lovely and effulgent bigsciencybrain...

I can has a method of male birth control that is supposed to be not only 100% effective, but also 100% reversible. And it can go 100% wrong at the most inopportune moment. FOR SCIENCE.

I've scribbled over 500 words today, between the novelthing and the new short story. I know, I know, it's Wednesday and I'm only supposed to be working on the short story, sue me. The scene in the novelthing sputtered to a stop anyway. I hate that I suck at the big emotional stuff. I can't help it, though--I've fixed Ben (for a certain value of "fixed"), so what do I do? Go back and hurt him some more.

Because that's how I roll.

Okay. Time to give my protag his Dream Job, marry him off to his Dream Girl, have him buy his Dream House...

And then have the wife end up unexpectedly preggers. *evil laughter*

Thanks to the lovely and effulgent bigsciencybrain...

I can has a method of male birth control that is supposed to be not only 100% effective, but also 100% reversible. And it can go 100% wrong at the most inopportune moment. FOR SCIENCE.

I've scribbled over 500 words today, between the novelthing and the new short story. I know, I know, it's Wednesday and I'm only supposed to be working on the short story, sue me. The scene in the novelthing sputtered to a stop anyway. I hate that I suck at the big emotional stuff. I can't help it, though--I've fixed Ben (for a certain value of "fixed"), so what do I do? Go back and hurt him some more.

Because that's how I roll.

Okay. Time to give my protag his Dream Job, marry him off to his Dream Girl, have him buy his Dream House...

And then have the wife end up unexpectedly preggers. *evil laughter*

Mwahahaha.

I can have an unplanned pregnancy.

In fiction.

See that face Harry's making? Yeah, that's about the reaction my protag is having right now. Inside. Because his wife doesn't know about his little deal, and he has to put on a happy face for her.

Now he's got eighteen years (plus a few months) to figure out a loophole or something. Good luck with that, fella.

Of course, I have...somewhat less time than that. I know something he doesn't know, but how it's all going to play out, I'm not sure. And I'm also playing with the notion that his friend Nick isn't who he says he is and this is a huge and elaborate practical joke.

Mwahahaha.

I can have an unplanned pregnancy.

In fiction.

See that face Harry's making? Yeah, that's about the reaction my protag is having right now. Inside. Because his wife doesn't know about his little deal, and he has to put on a happy face for her.

Now he's got eighteen years (plus a few months) to figure out a loophole or something. Good luck with that, fella.

Of course, I have...somewhat less time than that. I know something he doesn't know, but how it's all going to play out, I'm not sure. And I'm also playing with the notion that his friend Nick isn't who he says he is and this is a huge and elaborate practical joke.