La Vie Boheme

Another 500 words on "The

Another 500 words on "The Girl Behind the Counter". I'm starting to get into the feel of this story now, but I'm still not quite sure where the storyline is leading me. Our hero is just starting to discover the oddness around the corners. Interestingly enough, and I posted about this over at the AHADD page, my hero -- who's a writer -- gave me an idea for a story. He briefly mentioned something he was working on, and it occurred to me that it was a pretty damn good idea for a story. As I've asked elsewhere, is it plagiarism if you're stealing from one of your characters?

I'm thinking about what I'd like to do after I finish this story. I'm thinking maybe I'll try to outline "Heaven's Orphans" as a novel, and see how far I get into it. As far as really really long term goals go, I want to get one good draft of a novel, and -- dare I say it -- start possibly looking for an agent. The more I read, the more it seems that to get a foot in the door with a larger publishing company, you gotta have an agent. Most big houses won't even look at an unagented submission anymore. Then there's the possibility of trying a small press too... I dunno. But for the first time in my life I actually feel like I have ambitions. It's a little scary.