At What Cost?

Last night I knuckled down and started thrashing out the first few pages of "The Hunter" when, out of the blue, there was just a stronger image I couldn't shake. Three people, huddled together in a rickety old shack, arguing over whether shoving a hammer through their attacker's skull would have killed it. One is adament it's worked: the other keeps pointing out the fact that it was dead before.

So, out of curiosity, I found myself scrapping my original plans all together to see what Zane, Adrienne and retired defense attorney McQueen would do to get out of a tight spot - both to their attacker, and to each other.

And I think I've given away too much already, but let's just say I'll let you know how it turns out. I'm not even sure which of them are strong enough, or sly enough, to avoid becoming the devil's food.

My heart's set on this story now. All that's really important is that it's out before the deadline (next week Tuesday). Guess what I'm up to this weekend.