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00:00:04I never want to be the one, to pull the trigger on the gun, when it's time
00:00:16I'm really good at holding on, even when I know it's wrong
00:00:22At least it's my island, I always seem to get out of track, picking up all the slack
00:00:32I know it doesn't, sadly, bittersweet, distraction, making you, standing to my, harmful
00:00:51Change reaction, I'm beating myself out all the time
00:01:08Maya sat on the edge of the dock, her bright blue eyes searching the night sky
00:01:15She wondered if a purpose was something you were born with
00:01:18A calling that tugged at you from deep inside
00:01:21Or if it was simply the name you gave to whatever it was you ultimately fell into
00:01:26To lend it an importance it might not deserve
00:01:29She hoped it was the former, she liked to believe she was meant for more
00:01:42Um, right here, green jacket
00:01:43Uh, hello Sky, um, I read that publishers had turned away your books for five years before
00:01:49you finally wrote Maya's Ball
00:01:50I'm a writer, or at least I'm trying to be
00:01:52I was wondering if you could talk for a little bit about how you keep going in the face of
00:01:56Rejection
00:01:58Prove them wrong, make it happen by any means necessary
00:02:03And then forward them your sales numbers anonymously
00:02:07Okay, next question
00:02:09Um, you here, lady
00:02:12Hi
00:02:12Hello
00:02:13When are you going to write the sequel?
00:02:16There are no plans for a sequel
00:02:18But, uh, I have a new book
00:02:21It's called So Dark the Waves
00:02:22I just finished it
00:02:24Uh, I really hope you'll give it a shot
00:02:25It is the best thing I've ever done
00:02:28So it just ends there?
00:02:29You're really going to leave Maya like that?
00:02:32She didn't even make it to Albuquerque
00:02:35Um, we grow attached to these characters and their lives
00:02:39And sometimes it's hard to say goodbye to people you love
00:02:42Um, let's see
00:02:45Ah, I'm sorry, we're all out of time
00:02:48Thank you all for coming
00:02:49And let's hear it again for our guest tonight
00:02:51Author Sky Chased
00:03:00I usually get paid as soon as the event ends
00:03:03Oh, I'm sorry, we don't cut the checks here
00:03:05They go out from the main office
00:03:06But you'll have it in five to ten business stores
00:03:09Can't you make an exception?
00:03:11I'm sorry, it's store policy
00:03:13But please, um, help yourself to anything that's on the table
00:03:44Shh!
00:04:57I am done with the tourists, Chelsea.
00:04:59I barely break even.
00:05:01So dark the waves, let's just set up a virtual session.
00:05:06They're passing.
00:05:10What do you mean?
00:05:12They didn't like it.
00:05:16Maya's fall made them a lot of money.
00:05:18I know.
00:05:20They won't even put an editor onto it?
00:05:26I don't know.
00:05:27Pretentious.
00:05:28Convoluted.
00:05:29Nonsense.
00:05:31Written by a sociopath.
00:05:33Oh, my God.
00:05:34That one was off the record.
00:05:36Just ignore that last one.
00:05:41Can't we just take it somewhere else?
00:05:43That was three different publishers.
00:05:45Look.
00:05:48It's a sophomore slump.
00:05:49It happens to the best of them.
00:05:51I spent two years on that.
00:05:52You can't take it personally.
00:05:54I bled for that book.
00:05:55Everything on those pages is me.
00:05:57How am I not supposed to take this personally?
00:05:59Look, there's one recipe for continued success.
00:06:02Repetition.
00:06:03When you find something that works,
00:06:05you need to give them more of the same.
00:06:07You mean a sequel.
00:06:08Or better yet, a trilogy.
00:06:10Maya's return.
00:06:11Maya's revenge.
00:06:12Send the kids to the moon for all I care.
00:06:14And Jesus Christ, can you deliver a love interest?
00:06:18It's like you don't know your readers at all.
00:06:20The guy should be brooding.
00:06:24But give him a puppy.
00:06:25How about I just make him perpetually shirtless?
00:06:28Now you think.
00:06:30Chelsea.
00:06:33I am dead broke.
00:06:36I don't know how much longer I can get by.
00:06:39You need money?
00:06:40Get me something that will sell.
00:06:42Simple as that.
00:06:57Sorry.
00:06:58I didn't mean to scare you.
00:07:03Did you need something?
00:07:05I thought maybe you'd recognize me.
00:07:08Can't say that I do.
00:07:10I was at the reading last night.
00:07:11At the bookmark.
00:07:14Did you follow me here?
00:07:17No, no.
00:07:18I was just walking and I saw you.
00:07:20I'm a really big fan.
00:07:21I wanted to say hello last night, but I chickened out.
00:07:24I'm not great with crowds.
00:07:28Don't beat yourself up over it.
00:07:30It's just I traveled a really long way to see you and I have a million questions.
00:07:34Do you maybe have a little time to talk?
00:07:37I just spent two weeks in ten different cities.
00:07:39I am tired and hungry and I just want to get home.
00:07:43There's an address on my website.
00:07:44You can send any questions you have there in a self-addressed stamped envelope.
00:07:49If you're hungry, I can buy you breakfast.
00:07:56Holly, is that with a Y?
00:08:00How else would you spell it?
00:08:02There was a woman in Duluth who spelled Catherine with a Q.
00:08:06Now I always ask.
00:08:15The main difference between a cat and a lie is that the cat has only nine lives.
00:08:21Truly yours, Sky Chase.
00:08:25Isn't that how Mark Twain signed his books?
00:08:28Yeah.
00:08:31But he's dead now, so I figure, you know, he's not using it.
00:08:42I'm sorry, did you want one?
00:08:44No, that's okay.
00:08:54Oh, I didn't realize they were selling those.
00:08:56Oh.
00:08:58I, um, I had it made.
00:09:01You really are a fan.
00:09:03The biggest.
00:09:06There's something else I wanted to ask you.
00:09:09Yeah.
00:09:10We're on your dime.
00:09:11Ask away.
00:09:13I'm a writer.
00:09:15Well, not like you, but...
00:09:17I feel like there's a story I need to tell.
00:09:20And I was hoping you could help me.
00:09:24I have a book.
00:09:26It's almost done, but I'm having trouble writing an ending.
00:09:31Yeah, I'm, I'm not really sure what I can do for you.
00:09:34You can mentor me.
00:09:36Give me notes.
00:09:38Your author's bio said you used to run writer's workshops.
00:09:41I don't do that anymore.
00:09:44Plus, once you start publishing your own stuff, you just open yourself up to all kinds of lawsuits.
00:09:48Give notes on some terrible script.
00:09:49Next thing you know, you're being sued because yours takes place on the same planet.
00:09:53So, no thanks.
00:09:55But I can, I can recommend someone.
00:09:57I think I, um, have a number.
00:09:59I don't want their opinion.
00:10:01I want yours.
00:10:05I could pay you.
00:10:10It's gonna take a lot more than lunch.
00:10:12I have money.
00:10:14From what?
00:10:14Your paper route?
00:10:16I've saved $2,000.
00:10:19$2,000.
00:10:20But you're currently in possession of $2,000?
00:10:32Okay, kid.
00:10:34But I do not copy edit, okay?
00:10:36My grammar is trash.
00:10:37Thank you so much.
00:10:39Really, this means the world to me.
00:10:41Mm-hmm.
00:10:45All right, I'm gonna go to the bathroom.
00:10:46You settle up the check?
00:10:48Okay.
00:11:02All right, we'll go to my place.
00:11:04I'll read your book.
00:11:05I'll give you my notes.
00:11:06You pay me, then leave.
00:11:08Deal?
00:11:09Deal.
00:11:14Are you okay to drive?
00:11:18I am inviting you into my home.
00:11:20This is an exercise of trust for all involved.
00:11:24Hop in.
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00:12:31Are you coming?
00:12:33Yeah.
00:12:34Guess I just can't believe I'm actually here.
00:12:42I'm going to go unpack and scarp off ten cities worth of filth, but you can start here.
00:12:49Go ahead and print off your draft, and we'll take a look at it when I'm out.
00:12:53Go ahead and print off your draft.
00:13:27All done?
00:13:55Go ahead and print off your draft.
00:14:11What are you doing?
00:14:13Oh, I was looking for my paper.
00:14:18It's not up here.
00:14:21Paper's under the desk.
00:14:27Downstairs.
00:14:46If you're going to be here, we need to establish some ground rules.
00:14:49The first being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:51The second being, don't touch my stuff.
00:14:53Who was that in all those pictures?
00:14:55It's Paul.
00:14:56It's Paul Walsh.
00:14:59How do you know that name?
00:15:01From the dedication in the front of the book?
00:15:04For Paul Walsh with blood?
00:15:05Right.
00:15:08What happened to him?
00:15:09That's none of your business.
00:15:12Bring it out when it's ready.
00:15:28Bye.
00:15:29Good answer.
00:15:42I'm going to take this.
00:15:43I don't know.
00:15:45Skye, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
00:15:50Sometimes I'm too curious for my own good, and I just have a problem with boundaries.
00:15:54But knowing that I upset you, it makes me feel really bad.
00:15:58Okay, stop.
00:16:09I think we could all use a little time out.
00:16:18I haven't dusted these off in forever.
00:16:23Don't get too many visitors out here.
00:16:26Middle of nowhere is great for writing, but terrible for company.
00:16:32And no one can hear you scream.
00:16:35Yeah, let's not do that.
00:16:43What do they do for fun and, um, uh, where are you from again?
00:16:49Alaska.
00:16:52Your family was okay with you coming all this way just to get a book signed?
00:16:57I don't really have a family.
00:16:59Been on my own for a while now.
00:17:02It's been a hard couple of years.
00:17:05My mom died, and my dad died shortly after.
00:17:10Damn.
00:17:12Finding the book, it helped me get through them.
00:17:18When I looked at Maya, I saw myself.
00:17:22It was like things finally made sense for me.
00:17:27You've just had such a profound impact on my life, and even if it meant selling everything
00:17:32I owned and leaving everything else behind, I knew I had to meet you.
00:17:50Shoot.
00:18:00Paul is my fiancƩe.
00:18:06We met at a writing retreat I was running.
00:18:12He proposed to me over there under that tree.
00:18:20Six months later, he walked into our living room with a gun and put a bullet in his head.
00:18:36So I packed up every piece of him and put it in the attic.
00:18:43You've got to screw him, right?
00:18:48Okay.
00:18:50No title.
00:18:52I haven't thought of one.
00:18:54Okay.
00:18:55Fantasy, YA.
00:18:58It's sort of a mystery, I guess.
00:19:01How far along are you?
00:19:04There's three chapters left to write.
00:19:06And you're stuck?
00:19:07I don't have a resolution.
00:19:11If it's a mystery, you really need to have the end of mine from the start.
00:19:15Oh.
00:19:17I guess I thought I could just wait and see how it all turned out.
00:19:22That's a bold strategy.
00:19:24No title, no ending.
00:19:26Where are all my damn pens?
00:19:34I'm doing everything wrong, aren't I?
00:19:37Your first novel is supposed to be bad.
00:19:40You need to just get it out of your system.
00:19:42The next one will be good?
00:19:46Uh, no.
00:19:51You have a really beautiful house.
00:19:54Thanks.
00:19:58These are cool.
00:20:00Where'd you get them?
00:20:03Oh.
00:20:04They belong to the previous owner.
00:20:05He was pretentious.
00:20:08So why'd you keep them up?
00:20:11I am also pretentious.
00:20:15How long have you lived here?
00:20:18A few years.
00:20:20Was it hard to stay after Paul killed himself?
00:20:25Sharing time is over.
00:20:26That subject is officially off limits.
00:20:32What's your book about?
00:20:36Huh?
00:20:37The new one that you mentioned at the reading?
00:20:40So Dark?
00:20:42The Waves.
00:20:44So Dark, The Waves.
00:20:45It's about guilt, loss, the intrinsic dishonesty of the human condition.
00:20:54Well, what's that mean?
00:21:00I'm trying something different.
00:21:03Is there a reason you don't want to write another Maya book?
00:21:06There are a lot of reasons.
00:21:10Do you not have any ideas?
00:21:11I have a great idea.
00:21:13How about we stop talking about this?
00:21:16Sorry.
00:21:18I'm just a little nervous.
00:21:20I'm nervous.
00:21:26All right, Holly with a Y.
00:21:30Let's see what you got.
00:21:32Let's go.
00:21:42Let's go.
00:21:49Let's go.
00:21:55Let's go.
00:22:42What do you think?
00:22:46It's pretty rough.
00:22:48Oh.
00:23:03But it's not unsavocable.
00:23:07I think with a lot of work, we can lift this thing into shape.
00:23:11Yeah?
00:23:12Thank you so much.
00:23:21It's getting pretty late.
00:23:23I should find a motel.
00:23:25Well, um...
00:23:32Sorry.
00:23:34It's just, um...
00:23:37Yeah, it is getting late.
00:23:39So why don't you just stay here for a few days?
00:23:43You know, we can roll up our sleeves and...
00:23:47really whip this thing into shape.
00:23:50I only have the $2,000.
00:23:53We can figure something out.
00:23:57That's very generous of you.
00:24:02The guest bedroom is upstairs, the first door on the right.
00:24:07So...
00:24:07Do you have any questions for me before I go to bed?
00:24:09Like where the clean towels are or...
00:24:11No.
00:24:12Great, because I don't think I have any clean towels, so...
00:24:16Actually...
00:24:18Could I stay down here for a while?
00:24:21And listen to some of those?
00:24:24Yeah.
00:24:25Knock yourself out.
00:24:28The turntable's on the piano.
00:24:30Thanks.
00:24:32Thanks.
00:24:46Thanks.
00:24:47Thanks.
00:24:59Thanks.
00:25:18Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:25:46Chelsea, I'm working on something new.
00:25:51I'm working on something new.
00:25:53I'm working on something new.
00:26:01Not that one.
00:26:10Just pick another one, okay?
00:26:13Did I do something wrong?
00:26:37Skye?
00:26:52I'm waiting.
00:26:54I'm screaming.
00:26:59I'm waiting for you to let me go.
00:27:05This week, distraction.
00:27:11Waking you.
00:27:13Tending to my harmful chain reaction.
00:27:20I'm bleeding myself out all the time.
00:27:25No.
00:27:33No.
00:27:34I don't know.
00:28:15I don't know.
00:28:34How did you sleep?
00:28:36I made a log.
00:28:39Glad to hear it.
00:28:42Are we okay?
00:28:44I feel like I keep making these mistakes.
00:28:46It's over. Forget it. I have.
00:28:49You're out of coffee.
00:28:51And eggs.
00:28:54It needs to eat, right?
00:28:56I found this in the back of the cabinet.
00:28:59I left you some, but there wasn't much love.
00:29:03I have business in town.
00:29:04I can hit the grocery store before I get home.
00:29:07So, any requests?
00:29:09No. Thank you.
00:29:12How long will you be gone?
00:29:15Most of the day.
00:29:19But this should keep you busy.
00:29:26Take a look. We can talk when I get back.
00:29:29It's a good start.
00:29:31You really think so?
00:29:32Wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it.
00:29:37You think I should add a love interest?
00:29:39Gotta know your audience.
00:29:43You trust me, right?
00:29:45Of course.
00:29:48Has anyone else given you any input on the draft?
00:29:52Oh, no.
00:29:53You're the first person I've shown it to.
00:29:56Perfect.
00:29:58Let's just keep it between the two of us for now.
00:30:01Till it's done.
00:30:06Before I forget, uh...
00:30:08the money you mentioned.
00:30:11Yeah?
00:30:13Could I...
00:30:15have it?
00:30:17Oh, yeah.
00:30:18Right, of course.
00:30:19One sec.
00:30:20Uh-huh.
00:30:48Uh...
00:30:50this is all I have on me,
00:30:51but I can get more.
00:30:54This is...
00:30:55fine for now.
00:30:58Do me a favor.
00:30:59Email me your file.
00:31:00I need to reformat it.
00:31:04Reformat?
00:31:06The margins are too wide,
00:31:07the font is too big,
00:31:09it's throwing off the page count.
00:31:11It's just the first draft.
00:31:12It's just the first draft.
00:31:14You want to do this correctly, right?
00:31:17I mean, I thought you said you wanted to be a writer.
00:31:19I do.
00:31:20Well,
00:31:21this is what writers do.
00:31:24You're paying me a lot of money,
00:31:25Holly,
00:31:26but if you'd rather,
00:31:27I just mail it in.
00:31:29No, of course not.
00:31:30I'll...
00:31:30I'll send it right away.
00:31:32Great.
00:31:37Leave off the title page for now
00:31:40until we can think of something catchy.
00:31:42Well, actually,
00:31:43I had some ideas I wanted to run by you,
00:31:45like, uh,
00:31:47Disappear,
00:31:47or Anchor,
00:31:48or,
00:31:49I don't know,
00:31:49maybe Fangirl.
00:31:52Good start.
00:31:55Keep thinking.
00:32:07Chelsea.
00:32:08Hey, do you have a minute?
00:32:09I never have a minute.
00:32:11I have a new book for you.
00:32:14I've been working on it a while.
00:32:15I didn't want to jinx it by telling you.
00:32:16You know I hate surprises.
00:32:18You'll like this one.
00:32:20I think it's really something special.
00:32:23No offense,
00:32:24but that was the pitch for your last book,
00:32:26and we all know how that turned out.
00:32:30Look, I'm sending it to you now.
00:32:31Drop whatever you're doing
00:32:32and read it, okay?
00:32:34Okay?
00:33:23Should be all of it.
00:33:25I really appreciate you grabbing this for me.
00:33:27Oh, what are neighbors for?
00:33:28You might want to read the one
00:33:30from the electric company.
00:33:31It's towards the bottom.
00:33:35I did not go through your mail.
00:33:37It's just the envelope is very bright.
00:33:40Orange.
00:33:41I think it's a final notice.
00:33:44I'll do that.
00:33:46Thanks again.
00:33:47I owe you one.
00:33:48Oh, since you offered.
00:33:50We're having a big fundraiser
00:33:52at the end of the month
00:33:53to send the high school football team
00:33:55off to state.
00:33:56Go both back.
00:33:58Anyway,
00:33:59maybe we can get a few
00:34:00of your autographed books
00:34:01to auction off.
00:34:03I'll pay for them.
00:34:05Sure.
00:34:06Okay.
00:34:06Oh, wonderful.
00:34:13Oh.
00:34:15You should look at the gas bill, too.
00:34:23It's just very bright.
00:34:28Jesus.
00:34:46Ah.
00:34:47Come on.
00:35:24Come on.
00:36:01Hey, I made a breakthrough in Chapter 21.
00:36:04What are those pictures doing out?
00:36:05Oh, I put them there.
00:36:07I thought it might help.
00:36:09What right do you have to meddle in my personal life?
00:36:13I'm sorry.
00:36:13You're here to fix your book.
00:36:15You're not here to fix me.
00:36:21I didn't mean to upset you, but it's not good to hold on to pain.
00:36:27Locking memories of him in the attic isn't going to help you heal.
00:36:31I'll never be able to move past what happened until you face it.
00:36:34I don't know.
00:36:37Maybe you wouldn't have to drink as much.
00:36:39I drink because I like it.
00:36:41Seems like you need it.
00:36:46Who are you to say that to me?
00:36:47You've known me two days.
00:36:49I've learned a lot about you.
00:36:51God, I totally get it now.
00:36:54No wonder you don't have any family.
00:36:56They probably couldn't get away from you fast enough.
00:36:59How could you say that?
00:37:01Yeah, not so fun, is it?
00:37:02When people make assumptions.
00:37:05Another valuable life lesson free of charge.
00:37:08You're nothing like I thought you'd be.
00:37:09I will never meet your idols, kid.
00:37:14Oh, damn.
00:37:17Is it a fuse?
00:37:20No, it's what happens when you don't pay the electric bill.
00:37:49No, I don't care.
00:37:50Oh, damn.
00:38:35I brought you these.
00:38:37Thanks.
00:38:42Just remember to blow them out before you go to bed.
00:38:44Of course.
00:38:50I'll call the electric company in the morning, work something out.
00:38:54I have a few more hours left on my computer.
00:38:56I'll just write by the candlelight like the pioneers used to do.
00:39:01You do that.
00:39:14Have you read it yet?
00:39:18Yes, I realize it doesn't have a title.
00:39:20Just, um, I was thinking maybe fangirl.
00:39:27Yeah, just, just read it, okay?
00:39:29It's going to be the book that turns my career around.
00:39:31I'll just, um, I'll just say one more time.
00:39:35Yeah, I'll just say one more time.
00:40:06How's it going, Captain?
00:40:08I'm having a bit of trouble here.
00:40:11You're not even building it in a bottle?
00:40:14I don't think you can do better.
00:40:16I know I can.
00:40:19Just need to have patience.
00:40:24Okay.
00:40:25See that right there?
00:40:26It's not helping my concentration.
00:40:30I don't know if we did it, though.
00:40:35What would you do without me?
00:40:39I don't want to find out.
00:41:17Hey, knock it off!
00:41:27Is everything all right?
00:41:33You tell me.
00:41:36Everything's fine.
00:41:41Okay, well, I'm going to need you to stop whatever it is you're doing in there, then.
00:41:46What I'm doing?
00:41:48The banging.
00:41:49What is with the banging?
00:41:52Huh?
00:41:53I'm not banging anything.
00:41:56Okay, well, then if you're not, then who is?
00:41:58It's not me.
00:42:00I didn't hear anything.
00:42:04Are you serious?
00:42:06What did it sound like?
00:42:10Like banging, loud banging on the wall.
00:42:15Honestly, I haven't been banging anything.
00:42:17I haven't heard any banging.
00:42:24No, don't even.
00:42:29Maybe it was the wind.
00:42:30Or some tree branches.
00:42:33Are you messing with me?
00:42:36What is this?
00:42:38No, no.
00:42:40I'm not doing that.
00:42:46I'm not really sure what you want me to say.
00:42:50Never mind.
00:42:53Just go back to bed.
00:42:56I'm not saying...
00:42:59No.
00:43:00No.
00:43:07You...
00:43:12No.
00:43:14No.
00:43:15No.
00:43:16No.
00:43:41Love in the Western world.
00:43:43Love in the Western world.
00:44:41Love in the Western world.
00:45:13Love in the Western world.
00:45:13Love in the Western world.
00:45:45Love in the Western world.
00:45:46Love in the Western world.
00:46:21Love in the Western world.
00:46:51Love in the Western world.
00:46:57Love in the Western world.
00:47:23Love in the Western world.
00:47:28Love in the Western world.
00:47:29Love in the Western world.
00:47:52Love in the Western world.
00:47:53Love in the Western world.
00:47:55Love in the Western world.
00:48:09Love in the Western world.
00:48:23Love in the Western world.
00:48:23Love in the Western world.
00:48:23Love in the Western world.
00:48:51hello i see you finally got your act together what the book
00:48:59so you like it oh i love it no it's way better than that other crap you were trying to
00:49:06peddle
00:49:06okay let's not go crazy no no seriously it's really great really inspired stuff
00:49:13it's not a sequel but there's a market for this is it something you can sell
00:49:20are you kidding i already sent the first few chapters to the publishers they're all eating
00:49:25crow we officially have a bidding war and based on the success of your last book
00:49:31we're talking six figures maybe higher can you make a conditional
00:49:38on what that they publish so dark the waves sky it's got to be both all right i will run
00:49:47it by
00:49:47though how soon before you finish this one
00:49:58have you have you ready yes i realize it doesn't have a title i was thinking maybe
00:50:07damn girl sky just a couple days there's a few things i need to do first
00:50:27he's offering him only 18 i don't tell you ever figure out what that noise was
00:50:35yeah you know i think you're right i think it was just a branch
00:50:39still pretty windy
00:50:44are you going low tech oh wow my computer's almost dead i i found this in your office i hope
00:50:52it's okay
00:50:53sure
00:50:56the power should be back soon
00:51:00it's really beautiful out here
00:51:02i can see why you'd be inspired yeah
00:51:06you know it's easy to write when it's the only thing to do so
00:51:13look i've had a rough couple of days i i didn't mean to take it out on you
00:51:18no it's okay i understand
00:51:22i can be pushy
00:51:24i know that about myself
00:51:29and you know a lot about me too
00:51:32but i feel like i hardly know anything about you
00:51:37there's not much to tell
00:51:39i'm sure that's not true
00:51:43you have a boyfriend
00:51:48some strapping young moose hunter who is breathlessly awaiting your return
00:51:53i had a boyfriend in high school but we broke up
00:51:56when his family moved away
00:51:58oh man
00:52:00that's too bad
00:52:04well you know
00:52:06happy love has no history and all that
00:52:13it's de rouge month
00:52:15love in the western world
00:52:19i've read it
00:52:24so
00:52:28what do you do for work
00:52:32i used to work at a convenience store but i quit before i came out here
00:52:37why
00:52:39i don't know
00:52:40there was a couple of reasons
00:52:46it's ready to move on anyway
00:52:49when i saw you were going on your book tour
00:52:53i took it as a sign
00:52:56maybe it was time for a fresh start
00:53:00so you just left
00:53:03yeah
00:53:07that must have been hard
00:53:11leaving the place that you grew up
00:53:14leaving all of your friends
00:53:17i don't have any friends
00:53:19i don't have any friends
00:53:19oh come on everybody has friends
00:53:23you've always been kind of a loner i guess
00:53:26there must be someone
00:53:29someone who misses you
00:53:32not really
00:53:48sky yeah
00:53:51i was wondering if you could maybe drive me into town
00:53:54but you're hitting your stride
00:53:56you don't want to lose your rhythm
00:53:57no
00:53:59it's just i wasn't really planning to be here so long i
00:54:03feel bad eating your food
00:54:05you're my guest
00:54:08if i go into town i can take out the rest of the money i owe you
00:54:12i know you're good for it
00:54:15you're so close to the end why stop now
00:54:21power's back
00:54:55it made you some lunch
00:54:58thanks
00:55:05is this the last chapter
00:55:10most of it
00:55:13home stretch
00:55:16yeah
00:55:19keep going until you're done okay i don't want to have to tie you to that chair
00:55:29so
00:55:41so
00:58:37I brought the books.
00:58:40Oh, you have something I...
00:58:44Happens to me all the time when I garden.
00:58:47You know, right now is not a really good time.
00:58:49Oh, I'm sorry.
00:58:51Do you have company?
00:58:52No, no, no.
00:58:53It's just me.
00:58:54I'm in the middle of something.
00:58:55It'll only take a minute.
00:58:57I was just so excited that you agreed to help out with the auction.
00:59:00That I bought off the store.
00:59:02I thought we could get him signing right up on the website.
00:59:06Okay.
00:59:07Sure.
00:59:07Yeah, let me see that.
00:59:08Here you go.
00:59:09You're an angel.
00:59:10Okay, do you have a pen?
00:59:14Do you have a pen?
00:59:16I don't.
00:59:20Okay.
00:59:20Go.
00:59:20Let me go this way.
00:59:38I really do appreciate this.
00:59:41Sure, sure.
00:59:43Oh, could you make that last one out for my daughter, Emily?
00:59:46That's with two E's and two M's.
00:59:49What a beautiful name.
00:59:50You know, you really should come into town more often.
00:59:52We'd love to have you at the event.
00:59:54We're getting a band from San Dimas.
00:59:57Thanks.
00:59:57I will try to do that.
00:59:59All alone out here by yourself every day.
01:00:01I think I'd go a little stir-crazy.
01:00:07You need help with that?
01:00:08No, no.
01:00:09Okay.
01:00:27Who is that?
01:00:29No one.
01:00:30I got one clean up.
01:00:53I have something for you to look at.
01:00:58This is great.
01:01:01I was a little reluctant about the love interest suggestion, but I think it worked.
01:01:06It's a crowd pleaser.
01:01:09The puppy was a fun addition.
01:01:11I named him Boots.
01:01:13Why Boots?
01:01:16When I was little, we had a dog named Boots.
01:01:19Well, write what you know, I guess.
01:01:24I'm glad you decided to keep those up.
01:01:30I realized you had a point.
01:01:47What's the lip and oar?
01:01:51Who knows?
01:01:52Who cares?
01:01:55I think you do.
01:01:59You act like it doesn't affect you, but I think it matters to you what people think.
01:02:06You've got me all figured out.
01:02:10Seems like you resent it.
01:02:12Maya's fault.
01:02:14It was supposed to open the door and not define my career.
01:02:19Is it really so bad if it does?
01:02:22I mean, it's touched so many people.
01:02:26No one wants to be a one-hit wonder.
01:02:36Can I?
01:02:39Sure.
01:02:42Sure.
01:02:43Sure.
01:02:44Sure.
01:02:44Sure.
01:02:47Sure.
01:02:51Do you want to hear a story?
01:02:54Always.
01:02:56It's been a while.
01:02:57I might mix up some of the details.
01:02:59I'll keep that in mind.
01:03:03Around 1200 AD, in a small Chinese village, this man was found dead in a wheat field.
01:03:14He had deep, deep, deep slashes here and here.
01:03:28He bled out in the field.
01:03:31Makes sense.
01:03:33They determined the murder weapon was most likely a hand sickle, but in a village full
01:03:39of wheat farmers, almost everyone had one.
01:03:42There was no obvious suspects, no witnesses.
01:03:45There was no obvious suspects, no witnesses.
01:03:47What did they do?
01:03:49The town's magistrate had all the farmers line up their sickles against the wall and leave
01:03:53them out in the hot sun.
01:03:56By the end of the day, by the end of the day, one of the sickles was covered in flies.
01:04:03The blood?
01:04:05The blood.
01:04:08And even though the blade had been wiped off, Tracy still remained.
01:04:13The owner broke down and confessed.
01:04:16I think they hung him.
01:04:19I'm not sure.
01:04:20That part's fuzzy.
01:04:24My dad told me that.
01:04:28That's a hell of a bedtime story.
01:04:31It always stuck with me.
01:04:35It's a good reminder.
01:04:38Of what?
01:04:40That no matter what you do to fight it, the truth always has a way of coming out.
01:04:48So what do you think?
01:04:50About what?
01:04:52The chapter.
01:04:54Does it work?
01:05:00It's getting there.
01:05:03Here, try these.
01:05:08Let's go.
01:05:34Let's go.
01:06:04Let's go.
01:06:38Let's go.
01:07:04Let's go.
01:07:07How about a game of bocce?
01:07:12Isn't it kind of dark out?
01:07:16I have, uh, floodlights in the backyard.
01:07:23Come on.
01:07:28Can I be rad?
01:07:32I'll even spot your points.
01:07:36We just need to get the set from the garage.
01:07:40How about a drink first?
01:07:44I thought you were too young.
01:07:47It's a special occasion.
01:07:49I think I've earned it.
01:07:51I think I've earned it.
01:07:55So that's the grudy toast with.
01:08:00Can't go wrong with bourbon.
01:08:04This one is a fun label.
01:08:07Will it work?
01:08:08Yeah, it's all good in my book.
01:08:20You can, you can, you can fill it up more.
01:08:23You're living dangerously, right?
01:08:26Right.
01:08:42To, to your first book, this guy chased.
01:08:48You're the reason this is all happening.
01:09:04You're the reason this is all happening.
01:09:08Just, uh, one, two, three, and down the hatch.
01:09:14Come on, don't overthink it.
01:09:16And after.
01:09:19I, I really can't wait any longer.
01:09:22I want to show you what I've done.
01:09:37Ta-da.
01:09:40All right, it's a big moment.
01:09:42You, you, universe?
01:09:44No.
01:09:45Not anymore.
01:09:56What, what is this?
01:09:59The book.
01:10:03Do you think this is funny?
01:10:05No.
01:10:07I don't.
01:10:08Oh.
01:10:11Is everything okay?
01:10:12I, I, I'm just, uh.
01:10:19What is you?
01:10:38Oh.
01:10:38I, I, I, I, I, I...
01:11:14Sorry, I didn't think you'd be out this fast.
01:11:17The back of the bottle didn't say how long you'd be out, so I wasn't sure.
01:11:22I wasn't just going to sit in here with you and wait.
01:11:25That would be weird, right?
01:11:28Found the key to the garage in your purse.
01:11:31Seemed like a good place to talk.
01:11:34Although I suspect you had another use of mine.
01:11:38I found this, too.
01:11:45No screaming, all right?
01:11:55What do you want?
01:11:57Money? I think it's pretty clear I don't have any.
01:12:00I told you at the start of this, I have a few questions.
01:12:03Okay.
01:12:06I want you to tell me what happened to Paul Walsh.
01:12:11Paul?
01:12:13What does he have to do with anything?
01:12:17How did he die?
01:12:21This is some sick fantasy of yours.
01:12:23You want to know every tiny detail of my life?
01:12:25How did he have to do with this?
01:12:27How did he die?
01:12:31I told you how he died.
01:12:34We'll start from the beginning.
01:12:37Paul Walsh bought that .357 and shot himself.
01:12:44Wrong.
01:12:45You killed Paul Walsh.
01:12:49Paul Walsh.
01:12:52You shot him, and you made it look like a suicide.
01:12:58You're crazy.
01:12:59No, I'm Maya.
01:13:08Maya's not real.
01:13:12You know that, right?
01:13:14She is real.
01:13:15She's me.
01:13:17She's me.
01:13:41You didn't put the bullets in.
01:13:44I thought they were in there already.
01:13:46You didn't check first?
01:13:47What did he do?
01:13:52Ah.
01:14:03Ah!
01:14:06Ah.
01:14:08Ah.
01:14:09Ah.
01:14:10Ah.
01:14:12Ah.
01:14:13Ah.
01:14:13Ah.
01:14:14Ah.
01:14:15Ah.
01:14:16Ah.
01:14:17Ah.
01:14:25I don't know.
01:15:14I don't know.
01:15:17I don't know.
01:15:53I don't know.
01:16:17I don't know.
01:16:18I don't know.
01:16:35I don't know.
01:16:35I don't know.
01:17:04Holly, listen.
01:17:06Maya, my name is Maya.
01:17:08Maya is a character in a book I wrote.
01:17:13No, she's a character in a book, but you thought you had it all figured out, steal a dead man's
01:17:21book, no one would ever know.
01:17:23I don't know.
01:17:26How could you possibly know that?
01:17:28I don't know, because Paul Walsh was my father.
01:17:32He didn't have any children.
01:17:34He had a whole family.
01:17:36He had a whole family until he had a whole family until he left us.
01:17:39How could you walk out on a seven-year-old girl?
01:17:43What could you have done?
01:17:44What could you have done?
01:17:44What could you have done to make you want to leave?
01:17:47At first, he sent me?
01:17:49At first, he sent postcards.
01:17:50At first, he sent postcards.
01:17:51I tore them all up.
01:17:53Eventually, he stopped writing.
01:17:56Until a few years ago, he sent me an email.
01:18:02The very first draft of his very first novel.
01:18:06The one he told me I had inspired him to write.
01:18:12Maya sat at the edge of the dock, bright blue eyes gazing the night sky.
01:18:19Imagine my surprise when I passed the bookstore six months later.
01:18:25There in the front display was my fault.
01:18:28Only I had a different author's name on the cover.
01:18:31I thought it had to be a coincidence.
01:18:34I thought it anyway.
01:18:38Every word was the same.
01:18:59Don't move.
01:19:01There's bullets in it this time.
01:19:08I didn't kill him.
01:19:11I didn't know he was struggling.
01:19:13He never told me.
01:19:15He never said a word.
01:19:17I don't believe you.
01:19:19It's the truth.
01:19:21He killed himself with the gun you're holding.
01:19:24He told me he loved me.
01:19:27Yeah, he told me he loved me too.
01:19:31We had a plan.
01:19:33A future.
01:19:35But he did it anyway.
01:19:38You're a liar.
01:19:39No, wait, please.
01:19:40Just listen to me.
01:19:43When I came home, I found the manuscript.
01:19:46What, so you just took it?
01:19:48Yeah.
01:19:50That's his.
01:19:51That belongs to him.
01:19:54He left me.
01:19:56And he left you.
01:19:59I don't owe him a damn thing.
01:20:04I was angry and alone.
01:20:09But I didn't kill him.
01:20:14But you were gonna kill me.
01:20:24Sign it.
01:20:26I said sign it.
01:20:29It's a confession.
01:20:32Saying that you didn't write the book.
01:20:34And that Paul Walsh is the author of Maya's fault.
01:20:39Sign it.
01:20:41This won't bring him back.
01:20:43Shut up.
01:20:48I said sign it.
01:20:56Now get up and go sit by the window.
01:21:21What happens now?
01:21:24You shoot me.
01:21:27No.
01:21:28I'm not like you.
01:21:44Have a wonderful life.
01:22:00You shoot me.
01:22:10You shoot me.
01:22:16You shoot me.
01:22:18You shoot me.
01:22:20You shoot me.
01:22:20You shoot me.
01:22:20You shoot me.
01:22:21You shoot me.
01:22:21You shoot me.
01:22:23You shoot me.
01:22:25You shoot me.
01:22:27You shoot me.
01:22:31Let's go.
01:22:59Let's go.
01:23:29All right.
01:23:30I hope you all have found some inspiration here today.
01:23:35Oh, thank you.
01:23:42Jesse?
01:23:44Hi.
01:23:45I just wanted to tell you that I've really enjoyed your workshop.
01:23:49Oh, thank you, Beatrice.
01:23:52The epic fantasy, right?
01:23:54Yeah, yes, that's me.
01:23:55I think your sample's very good.
01:23:59Really?
01:24:01Yeah, I wish you had shared it with the group.
01:24:03Oh, no, I couldn't.
01:24:05I'm not that confident.
01:24:07I haven't shared it with anyone.
01:24:10Well, I hope that changes one day.
01:24:13I know the workshop is over, but I was wondering if you would help me with my book.
01:24:24I don't do private consultations.
01:24:28It's just a bad experience.
01:24:30Please?
01:24:31I'm very easy to work with.
01:24:33I do anything you say.
01:24:41Well, you've twisted my arm.
01:24:44Walk with me to my car.
01:24:46You can tell me all about it.
01:25:04Do you want to hear a story?
01:25:08It's been a while.
01:25:09I might mix up some of the details.
01:25:45I might mix up some of the details.
01:25:47But I think it says it's been a while.
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