Excuse Me, Is This Scene Taken?

Yup, it's me. Enjoy it while you can folks, because unless you know where to look, this is about as current as you're gonna get for a photo of me. I'm not a big fan of having my picture taken, and there are exactly two more of them posted on the World Wide Web.

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Anyways, this post isn't about my beautiful, yet ancient mug. No sir, this is about a book. Specifically, my latest work in progress entitled "Line 21". For the past two plus months, I've been steadily chipping away at this bad boy every single day, either after work M-F, or all day Saturday and Sunday. Right now I'm in the home stretch, because as of this post, I have exactly one scene left to write, and the first draft of the book is finis.

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However, the scene in question is where I'm having a bit of a problem. The conclusion of the book takes place in a restaurant. To refresh your memory, the main character in this story has until Friday night to come up with a $2,000 payment to her loan shark. The payment is to be made at a restaurant.

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Here is the problem: I don't know what kind cuisine to have nor do I know what the characters should be eating. I'm never very good at coming up with dinner in my stories, just breakfast and lunch. But I did come up with a possible solution to the issue. If you're part of my Facebook circle, then you've already faced this question on Friday. For those who are not, then I have a proposition/contest for you.

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I'm soliciting ideas on what I kind of meal I should write. I already got a bunch of them from Facebook, and now I'm looking for a few from my blog. From now until the end of the week (because I do have a few readers that have relatively busy lives and thus don't get to me until later in the week), I will be collecting your dinner ideas. Specifically, your favorite eats.

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There is potential value to the prize, in the form of me using your dinner idea and writing you into the final scene, either as a member of the waitstaff, or as a customer, your choice. If you don't want me to write you into the scene, that's fine as well, because there are always other ways for me to acknowledge your contribution to my story.

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Also, as an added bonus, I'll put a link up to your blog for one calendar month on my front page, specifically, right below the Followers widget.

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So put on your thinking caps and give me your best foodie idea, and who knows, you and your idea just might wind up in the conclusion of my book, "Line 21". I will announce the winner a week from today.

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Good luck to one and all.