If only i had a cat…

It’s fun writing fantasy, if only because I can arrange things so everything works out grand in the end for my protagonists! It’s not so easy in real life, as anyone can tell you. There’s no skipping ahead to read the end, making sure that everything’s gonna be okay: the good guys win, the bad guys lose and the girl really does get the guy of her dreams. Nope. Real life is messy. Some days are great: everything is going grand, all seems hunky dory. Other days, I can’t see to pull myself out of the dumps to save my soul. Those days I really wish I had magic…some way to pull all the pieces together and make everything all right. It’s not gonna happen though. Those days, there’s only one thing to do: embrace the suck and keep on keeping on. The only way out is through. There’s a song about it: If you’re going through hell sung by Rodney Atkins. Now, if only I had a cat like Raven’s…