conversation.

This image is actually completely relevant.

mum: It's really, really good and heading towards lovely, which is better than great.

me: well. thank you. it's the lovely part that has me worried--it's really nice all up there in my head, but translating that to paper is proving difficult.

mum: Oh, yeah, that thing called writing.

me: All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

        Hemingway.

mum: And figure out a way to do that without making a mess.

            Leeches?