I love this story, because it made me laugh. Right now, I prefer that to intellectual pursuits, so I feel a bit of kinship with the king. I think he might like to hear stories about cats that play magic pianos, or perhaps tequila that drinks itself. I like the working title just fine, although Rosa’s idea is good. Random things…oh, a million and one buttons, a coconut or two, a tree that sings in the dark….

@Melissa: Yeah, I met a Jane last weekend. I just read a blog post from someone who wrote a novel with main character named Jane. And then you mentioned Jane. I thought that’s enough reasons to call her Jane. And I am totally not being hard on myself. Instead I am just making sure that I have all the freedom to make the stories as dumb as possible and get away with it.

Oh, I am really bad with endings too, so what I am going to do is keep the story going. If it doesn’t ever get to the conclusion, then I don’t have to deal with it! And of course, I can also use a very stupid ending, haha.

Shagua actually means idiot in Chinese, by the way. I picked it because it sounds like something from an unknown origin but has a different layer of meaning built into it anyway. My plan is to avoid races, ages, facial features, etc. until I feel like writing about it (or until I actually figure it out, rather).

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