At the GOB ...

... Oddments. I once introduced Peter Straub at a book fair and he told the people assembled something I think was interesting, that the writer of fiction must pay attention to all of the characters in his tale, the peripheral ones as well as those the writer is planning to focus on, because from time to time, he said, you'll notice one of those characters on the sidelines waving his arms and shouting at you, "Forget about that guy! I'm the one you want to write about." And, Peter said, you'd do well to pay attention.