One. Day. To. Go. AARRGgghhhh!!

bushfire/cyclone.. cyclone/bushfire... I want it to be a cyclone, but if it's a bushfire, Gordon can become more interesting in his capacity as 'heatproof deity'

Those fuckers from the CWA haven't sent me those bloody cookbooks yet... bitches...

could the guy in the Haunted Bookshop be Nelly's estranged son who became a satanist? She moved to Australia because she knew he was here, but not where exactly... hmmm.

And there definitely have ot be a couple of cows called Ellfer and Emmfer (Ellfer Leather and Emmfer Milk.)

I tihnk I need to work on Nelly's motive for being there - Gordon could easily be an australian man moving from the big city, but Nelly, being from New Orleans - well, it's starting to sound about as believable as being from Haiti... and moving to Woopwoop.

Hang on... I can see it now.. do the Witness Protection Program send people overseas?

Ok, now I have a couple of set pieces... except if I write them now, I'll spoil it.. so you're gonna have to wait.

I'm thinking maybe crispin should be called gordon. Ctispin sounds too much like eating lettuce.

And *someone* needs to take care of all those people with "magic happens" bumper stickers.

I think Crispin should - being the devil - have some kind of super power - like being able to bear extremes of heat....
bbq scenario:
neville drops something into the bbq and crispin picks it up - neville says he must have asbestos hands, and crispin showing off, grabs a piece of steak from the grill, saying 'I can't hold it that long though" neville says "too hot" and crispin replies "no, I'd get bored" and walks off.

hmm, not so funny when I write it down. But still.

Yaayyyy!! I got a response from The Country womens association! they're goignto send me some old cookbooks.... must remember to thank Mrs Joy Weller in my credits.. :-)

of course, crispin could be totally delusional. then I won't have to kill him. hang on, who said I have to kill him? No one! HAH!

ok, so, my chapters so far.
1. neville watches nelly and crispin move into 2 new houses over the road from him.
2. neville and crispin start hanging out.
3. bea starts hanging out with nelly
4. life goes on as normal, we get an idea that crispins a 'bad' guy
5. nelly and crispin talk
6. neville attempts to talk to nelly but fucks it up.
7. bea gets nelly to join the CWA against her better judgement
8. nelly is trying to protect bea from crispin
9. conversation between cripsin and mbeke
10. the CWA trip to the city
11. crispin's trip to the bookshop
12. the devil and neville get drunk
13. disaster at the dinner table - neville and bea have a dinner party, with their kids terry and norelle, and nelly and crispin
14. cyclone!
15. denouement

today's theological discussion: did noah let lesbians on the ark?

The devil and god occasionally have a natter about stuff. One day, the devil calls up, and god has changed his name because whenever anyone says "oh god I dropped a cup" god has to listen (and the devil gets pestered with old fashioned english types wondering around saying 'what the devil are you doing here") God has changed his name to either Bob or Mbeke or something, the idea being that (at least with 'Mbeke' that it's only used by a tribe of pygmies in the congo to describe lianas or soemthing) he doesn't get bothered as much.
Mrs G is not pleased, and god/bob/mbeke has to go and live in the shed for some peace.

if god becomes mbeke, he can get irritated cause a british documentary team are in the congo and making everyone say mbeke in interviews a lot.

Maybe a huge hurricane/storm/flood thing would be a good climax. (she says, reading over past notes.)

Idea for a chapter heading: The Devil and Neville get drunk

god, I'm funny.