"That's the way it crumbles... cookie-wise."

I happened to watch parts of Billy Wilder's The Apartment this weekend on PBS. It starred Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine and won an Oscar for Best Picture in 1960. I loved the satire of the film and found it helped with my novel... procrastination-wise.

Speaking of which, consistency has been a problem this past week... writing-wise. I either have lacked the motivation or have been easily distracted by computer problems or Lost podcasts. The result has been three zero-word days. The nice cushion I built early in the month is gone. Today, I'm hoping for some heroics to get ahead of the daily quota again.

Over the last couple of days, I've been thinking about my novel... description-wise. I've been searching for the perfect "something meets something" label. As far as I can tell, my novel is The O.C. meets Timeline meets The Da Vinci Code. With any luck, it will all meet the Recycle Bin in another week.

Just in case I don't get another chance to post today, I wish you all a happy and tasty tomorrow, Thanksgiving-wise and turkey-wise, respectively. I leave you with one of my other favorite quotes from the movie.

"Ya know, I used to live like Robinson Crusoe. I mean shipwrecked among 8 million people. And then one day I saw a footprint in the sand and there you were."