The is the end of our first chat. Long suckers aren’t they? Yes, we’re going to be editing them severely in the future, but we though you might like to see how we set the book up the first time. And then changed everything later. Argh.

Anne S. What about the bar?
Anne S. If we’ve got a bouncer and a deserted bar …

Jenny C. Abby’s bar?

Anne S. Yup.

Lani D. Does she turn it into a full bakery?

Anne S. Couldn’t we tie that in with something?

Jenny C. The six of them open up a bar called Dogs and Goddesses.

Anne S. Maybe. Or a restaurant (she likes to cook things other than pastry).

Jenny C. I would go to a bar called Dogs and Goddesses.

Anne S. Oh, I like that!

Lani D. I would, too.

Jenny C. A restaurant bar.

Anne S. Ok, let’s burn down Gracie’s.
Anne S. Because we don’t want them in competition.

Lani D. NO!
Lani D. LOL

Jenny C. Or . . .

Anne S. And a good fire (arson from Mina? A mistake from Kami) is always fun
Anne S. Why not?

Lani D. Gracie gets a happy ending.

Jenny C. Maybe the bar is next door to Gracie’s.
Jenny C. And there’s this guy who always comes in to Gracie’s

Anne S. That could be. And they could combine them both.

Jenny C. One of the professors out at the school
Jenny C. he’s loved her forever and then her husband die

Lani D. Why is the bar not being used? In a college town? Something wrong with it?

Jenny C. died and he’s been waiting for the right moment
Jenny C. and then he eats the pastry . . .
Jenny C. It got closed down.
Jenny C. Selling booze to minors

Lani D. Oh, how cute! A guy with a crush on Gracie.

Anne S. People keep buying the bar and start to renovate it and then run out of money.

Jenny C. so Abby takes her entire net worth and buys it.
Jenny C. Oh, there was a fire in it.

Anne S. Because it’s meant to be Dogs and Goddesses.

Jenny C. The inside needs work.

Lani D. But someone else would buy it up and open it in a college town.

Jenny C. Abby got a deal.

Lani D. Oh - so she’s in the process of doing something with it. Okay. I get it.

Anne S. <g>

Lani D. I keep forgetting she just got to town.

Jenny C. Gracie owns it.
Jenny C. She hated the guys who had it

Lani D. So she put everything she had in the bar and has nowhere to live.

Jenny C. so all the people who try to buy it from her
Jenny C. are going to put up another drunk college bar
Jenny C. until Abby shows up
Jenny C. and she has Ideas.

Anne S. That would work. Maybe her husband ran it and when he died she couldn’t bring herself to sell it?

Jenny C. A Zen bar.
Jenny C. I like that.

Lani D. Right. But she didn’t want to lease it to anyone but the right person, and refused every offer until Abby showed up.

Jenny C. Her husband’s ashes are in an urn on the counter, Krissie.
Jenny C. Beside the tip jar.

Lani D. Next to a parrot.
Lani D. Named Garfunkel.
Lani D. Her husband was Art.

Anne S. Oh, I love it. Can Christoper put the tip in the ashes?

Jenny C. LOL.
Jenny C. He means so well.

Anne S. He’s too arrogant to pay attention to details.
Anne S. He’s going to get his comeuppance, though.

Lani D. OH, that would steam Abby.
Lani D. I love that.

Jenny C. So Abby moves into the bar next door.
Jenny C. Does she buy or rent from Gracie?

Lani D. She’s next door, she’s baking.

Jenny C. Buying or renting?

Anne S. I’m not sure, because she’s a wanderer who just found her home but she may be afraid to make the commitment yet.

Jenny C. Because I like the idea that Gracie turns it over to them before she runs off with Sweet Guy.

Anne S. I’d say renting at that moment.

Jenny C. So she’s renting.
Jenny C. Paying her rent with baked goods?

Anne S. She could. Gracie’s nice like that.

Jenny C. Would Gracie let them change the name to Dogs and Goddesses?

Anne S. Having never met Gracie.

Jenny C. Plus the baked goods are magic.

Anne S. Once she retires.

Lani D. Well, Dogs and Goddesses is the bar next door, right?

Jenny C. So to speak.

Lani D. So the Jeff would still be the Jeff.

Jenny C. That works.

Anne S. But run together
Jenny C. We’ll have to make the bar wonderful in it’s messed-up-ed-ness.

Jenny C. Okay, we good to go on all of this?

Anne S. Yup.

Lani D. As much as I love the idea of Gracie running off, it seems cleaner if we just make it that they all go into the business next door with Abby and call it Dogs and Goddesses.

Anne S. I’m starting in the morning and I’ll be sending stuff.

Jenny C. Great.

Anne S. I can’t wait!

Jenny C. We don’t want them competing with Gracie.

Lani D. That sounds great. I’m looking forward to seeing Abby!

Jenny C. I can’t either.
Jenny C. SO much fun. So glad you’re here, Krissie.

Anne S. All right, I’m going to bed.
Anne S. Talk to you guys in the morning.

Lani D. But it’s a cafe and a bar. Ah, that’s for later, anyway.
Lani D. Goodnight!

Anne S. <smooch>

Jenny C. Yep.
Jenny C. Goodnight.

Anne S. has left the room

Lani D. night, babe.
Lani D. has left the room

Jenny C. Good night, sweetie.
Jenny C. has left the room