“Where the heck have you been?”  My main character asked me as I sat down to write.

     “I’ve been busy.”

     “That’s a fine thing.  You go haring off to deal with your life and leave me stuck here up to my neck in trouble.”  She stands with arms crossed over her chest.

     “It’s not as if your neck is flesh and blood you know.”

     She begins to pout.  “Oh, yeah?  Hey, you keep that attitude up and I’ll walk.”

     “You’ll only do that if I give you legs and a place to go.”  I reached for the delete key.

     “Don’t get hasty, you know you like me.”

     I pulled my hand back.  “You’re the one who jumped on me not the other way around.”

     “Okay, I apologize.  Don’t get your panties in a twist.”

     “Let’s see if I can get you out of your little situation.”

     “If?  What do you mean by if?  You better get me out of this or you’ll have to write a whole new character to take my place.”

     “Quiet.  I’m working on it.”  Type, type, type…

     “Are you kidding me?  You want me to do what?  Who do you think I am Wonder Woman?”

     “Oh, for cryin’ out loud.”  Delete, delete, delete…