I've been researching today. I have this one part in my book where a neighbor comes by with his new car and I realized I know nothing about current cars let alone antique cars. Why oh why did I put this scene in my book? So I've spent the last two hours researching old cars and what makes them different and how often people would see them and on and on. I just pry I got it all right. Luckily I know someone who restores classic cars and will be able to tell me if I have the details right. And for an hour before that I was researching the Boswell Sisters, a trio that came out of New Orleans in the 1920s.

                      

I went and saw Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist last Friday and LOVED IT! I am kind of obsessed with that book, so I wasn't expecting much from the movie; in fact, I was kind of expecting to think they ruined it. But then I was watching an MTV special about it and saw and interview with David Levithan, one of the coauthors, and found out how pleased he and Rachel Cohn were with the movie (and he actually meant it, it wasn't just some PR spiel). I figured I could give it a try and love it too. And boy did I love it. Have I mentioned how much I loved this movie? Because, really, I think I am almost as in love with this movie as I was with the book. Hooray for making a movie about teenagers that doesn't feel like a formulaic movie about teenagers.

Okay, back to the grindstone with me. I have so much more research and writing to do before the night is over. I am going to get this novel finished before the month is out if it kills me.