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I am starting Lucy's Diary as I dabble a little in some fiction writing. I posted my first entry a few days ago and confused some of you. I am working on organizing my time better so that I can get more posts up. I am just not good at organizing my time when I am not sure which days of the week I am going to work.

I am on call at one job and my other job is about to end. They asked me to stay for a few more weeks but that will be over by mid November. I also have a ton of resumes out there and have had a few interviews.

My hope is that once things calm down and I have a regular schedule again I will get a post a week up for Lucy. I have had this character in my head for years. I have probably thought up enough material to make ten characters. I want to use these posts to bring her to life and eventually write some short stories with her in them. I don't think I would be much of a novelist but short stories I think I could work with. I have not been feeling very creative lately. I have had trouble getting a few post together for another blog I am writing for when I though that would be easy. I think exploring some creative writing will help me get out of this funk.

The first post can be found here or just below this post. I hope you enjoy the Lucy's story as it unfolds.

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Lucy's Diary

Entry 1 October 17th 2010

I woke up this morning...well more like this afternoon with a pounding headache and a serious need for coffee and lots of it. I had my favorite breakfast burnt toast with peanut-butter..... I wonder if burning the wheat toast takes away the nutritional value of my whole wheat bread. Oh well at least the peanut-butter will give me enough protein to survive the next few hours.

Ritualistic murders and demon hunting until dawn really put some stress on a girls body. Training for the next few hours is so not what I want to do either. I won't survive if I don't keep fit and train my senses. My gift won't allow me to rest now that it awake within me. Not sure why I was "chosen" to do this work but being able to sense a demon has some serious drawbacks.

I am not sure what all the benefits are yet but I seem to be immune to just about anything demons can dish out. When they use a human to do their dirty work I usually get hurt but I heal quickly. I am not sure I if I can die, or if I have died and been resurrected. I am not a human or at least I am not all human and I want to know why.

I probably should not write any of this stuff down it could bite me in the ass later, but I don't know any other way to do my soul searching. I want to know how I got to be this way and document what I have been through thus far. If I do die maybe they will think I am crazy or maybe someone who can also see the other-world will find it and it will be of value to them.

 I found a mentor whose name I wont write here. He has been valuable to my training as he believes in things that most people don't. He thinks on his feet and he is a master at any number of martial arts and combat training. I don't ask a lot of questions I just ask that he helps me learn to stay alive and out of the mental institution.

I really have to get to training but next time I need reflect on the past, I need to remember anything I can about my childhood.

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