Working out the kinks ...

I'll be interested to see what Hollywood does with the character of Stephanie Plum in the upcoming movie version of "One for the Money." It's based on a series of humorous action-romance novels from Janet Evanovich. Stephanie is a laid-off factory worker in New Jersey who begs for a job from her cousin - who owns a bail bonds office - so she can earn some money. She becomes a bounty hunter, but is horrible with a gun and doesn't even carry one half the time. Sometimes she manages to wrestle down her quarry (who is usually of the non-violent variety), sometimes she needs help from one of the guys she works with or her female ex-prostitute partner, sometimes she gets her ass kicked and the quarry runs off. I like her because she's funny, but she's also an extreme version of the person that any of us who've ever been out of work and desperate becomes in an effort to make ends meet.