More behind-the-scenes of my current work-in-progress, Top Secret Project #2…

The heroine of this story is the bookworm type.  Super smart, cute little glasses.  And I need a really great occupation for her.

I’m not entirely sure how it came about, but suddenly the word “museum” popped into my head.  (Too much Night at the Museum or Leverage or this season’s White Collar, maybe? :snowmanskiing )

Of course, I don’t know very much about the inner workings of museums, so I had to do a little research.  Should my heroine be a Museum Director, in charge of the entire museum & its workings? Or a Museum Curator, an expert in one type of collection (i.e. Ancient Egypt, palaeontology, Monet, etc.) & in charge of that one type of collection?  Maybe a Museum Registrar, who keeps track all the museum objects, maintaining records of ownership & borrowing—like a museum librarian, which sounds all kinds of fun to me. :lipstick   She could also be a Docent, who welcomes visitors to the museum and gives guided tours.

I just couldn’t decide!  So I took a bit of literary license & came up with something kind of unique…provided I stick with this, of course. :balloongoingup

My plan is to have the heroine work at a museum that hosts traveling collections.  You know how King Tut will travel the United States for a while, being displayed at a bunch of different museums across the country for a few weeks at a time?  Well, it’s going to be sort of like that, except that instead of simply hosting a traveling collection while also having a number of collections of their own, it’s going to be a museum that has very minimal items of its own, focusing instead on just the traveling collections.

Because of this, my heroine gets to be a bit of a Director, a bit of a Curator, a bit of a Registrar…all rolled into one.  In reality, something like that is probably a stretch, but for the story, I think it will be fun. :pinkdressdancingwoman   It will give me a chance to touch on a lot of different topics while also helping to show what a smarty pants the heroine is, having to know just about everything about just about everything. :womanshopping

What do you think?  Can I pull this off…or should I maybe have her work at McDonald’s instead? :animaprincess

Happy Sunday!

Well, this week I AM HAPPY—incredibly, unbelievably happy :pinkdressdancingwoman —that The Cold From Hell has passed.  Even though it was just a simple cold (not the flu, thank God!) it’s been so long since I’ve been sick, I didn’t quite know how to handle it. :loveslap

I only had nighttime cold medicine on hand, no super-soft tissues for my super-sore nose, no sickie-time foods in the cupboards…  Ugh.  I mostly just laid in front of the television taking nighttime cold medicine every 4-6 hours, then nodding off in the middle of whatever I was pretending to watch only to wake up 4-6 hours later & start all over again.  No writing, no reading, no thinking…& it was all I could do to drag myself into the kitchen a couple of times a day to feed The Kittehs.  Thankfully, they seemed to understand that something was off & for the most part were exceptionally good.  They didn’t even bug me for food when their dishes were empty, even though they normally bug me for food when they’re still full. :sundaeyummy

I AM HAPPY that we had a free preview weekend of Cinemax & HBO last week, which allowed me to both watch & record a bunch of new movies.  I watched Battleship & Rock of Ages just about every time they were on, then DVRed a bunch of other for later:  TED, Pitch Perfect, Admission, Parental Guidance, Mama, Oblivion…  Of  course, I didn’t have the energy to get on the Torture Cycle & watch any of them while I was sick, but I sure hope to make up for that now that I’m feeling better.

And finally—possibly best of all—I AM HAPPY that I actually  managed to get all of the prizes & goodies, etc. for you guys packaged & in the mail.  So if you’re expecting something from me, it should arrive soon. :snowmanskiing

I hope that ends up being one of the things on some of your Happy Lists this week or next. :snowmanheart

And what else are you grateful for, thankful for, & happy about this week?  We definitely want to hear all of your good news, so be sure to share! :kisssnowman

Remember In Living Color? If you were a fan (oh, so long ago) you’ll remember this character. And I must admit, as “Sexy Fail” as it is, it also makes me chuckle. :animlaughing