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What Shall I Write Next?

Here’s something that might be fun: For the next-next Serial I will write (the next one following Chasing Daisy is a fun Harlequin-type parody featuring 7 or 8 writers you might recognize… like, oh, Ann Aguirre, Kate Rothwell, and a couple of others if we can convince them to come play with us — the organizer of all this, of course, is the ever brilliant and wonderful Tumperkin and the irrepressible Lisabea) <--- (god that was a long parenthetical and my original train of thought has since been derailed) ermm... where was I? Oh, right. Since y'all are receiving Chasing Daisy quite well, I’d like to write another Serial — only I want you guys to help me with it. How, you ask?

Simple! I haven’t come up with an idea yet, so I would really appreciate some suggestions. If you have some, just go ahead and put it down in that there comment box. Oh, and if you want me to incorporate some bit of dialogue or line that you think would be awesome to read in a romance novel (no matter how ridiculous it is, I’ll make work it in somehow), stick it in the comment box too. I got this brilliant idea from Tumperkin, who with her last Harlequin-type pastiche, introduced us to this line, “To her consternation, Molly’s nipples hardened.” It still makes me giggle every time I see it.

Anywhoo, help a sister out. If the post above sounds like a rambling bit of nonsense, I’m going to have to blame the lack of caffeine and sleep. Love you all and kizzez.

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25 Responses to “What Shall I Write Next?”

  1. lisabea
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:29 am
    1

    I came, roaring my pleasure.

  2. bam
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:57 am
    2
    Author Comment

    wait a minute… if it’s a 3rd person narrative, that would have to be a bit of dialogue, wouldn’t it?

    Can you imagine the hero saying, “I came, roaring my pleasure”?

  3. bam
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 8:58 am
    3

    … to the heroine.

    Or to his friends, over a pint of beeeeer.

  4. Tumperkin
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
    4

    Between you and Carrie there are no secrets, are there?

    Alright - I would like a serial with that Supergeek character I liked so much. Y’know, with the Cougar? But can he pls have real superpowers? And a big willy?

    Thank you.

  5. bam
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
    5

    WAIT, that was a SECRET?

    Aw crap.

    *shame-faced*

  6. Jill Sorenson
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
    6

    Can’t wait for another parody! Can there be sheikhs this time? I would also like to roar with pleasure.

    Enjoying Daisy, too.

    Hey, bam, you should do a virgin hero. A supergeek? I don’t know what Tumperkin is talking about but I like it. Someone nerdy with glasses and a hot bod.

  7. ms.isabella
    Posted: Aug 15th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
    7

    I know I’m dumb, but I’ve been trying to work this one in somewhere myself, so maybe you’ll do better:

    Female: “I love you!”
    Male: “Um, maybe we should just get to know each other a little bit, first.”

    (Said by Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October during Stephenie Meyer’s concert in LA. [seriously, made me laugh out loud].)

  8. Tumperkin
    Posted: Aug 16th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
    8

    Snot a secret! Just kidding!

  9. Lorelie
    Posted: Aug 16th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
    9

    If there’s slots available for the Harlequin pastiche, I am totally available!

    As for your story, I’d like to see a heroine with a big, furry tarantula as a pet. And a hero who has arachnophobia.

  10. Jill Sorenson
    Posted: Aug 16th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
    10

    I tried to click on the link for lisabea and found the Hellraiser guy. How did you do that? I almost died laughing.

    (Is it supposed to be funny, or have I lost my mind?)

  11. bam
    Posted: Aug 16th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
    11
    Author Comment

    My bad, Jill.

    Link fixed.

    And yes, it’s supposed to be funny.

  12. lisabea
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2008 at 7:06 am
    12

    What? Hellraiser? I’ve been writing by m/m love fest and reading shifted dog porn all weekend.

  13. lisabea
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2008 at 7:21 am
    13

    My m/m love fest. Not ‘by’.. sorry…

  14. bam
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2008 at 8:09 am
    14

    Lisabea, if there is a broken link on my site, it leads to a picture of Pinhead from Hellraiser.

    Such as.

  15. Malin
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
    15

    I think someone in the serial should have a blog. The feisty heroine? And said blog should somehow get said feisty heroine in trouble.

    Or maybe not.

    (Yes, I’ve got blogs on the mind. I’m vaguely beginning to consider getting one of my own and polluting the net with what passes for thoughts in my mind… But maybe I’ll have pity on you all and forget about it.)

  16. shuzluva
    Posted: Aug 17th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
    16

    I know what Tumperkin is referring to…and I think it would be a fabulous idea. If you can rewrite!

    Was that mean? I’m sure it sounded that way, but Bam, you know I’m right.

  17. RStewie
    Posted: Aug 18th, 2008 at 6:09 am
    17

    I want to see Alex the Super Asshole Brother’s story!! Preferably with a smart near-virgin female lead that doesn’t like him and lets him know it, but who also has quite a bit of power herself and doesn’t have to take shit from him…

    And if you can incorporate the following line, all the better:

    I suddenly realized the benefits of self-medicating.

    I take Prozac, and I can’t stand it when people tell me I don’t need it, or shouldn’t take it, or that I should “work through it” or other bullshit like that. You don’t know me. You don’t know my mind or my circumstances. If I’ve determined (with my Dr.) that this is what works for me, BACK THE FUCK OFF.

    (Can you tell I’m a little peeved at that aspect of the story? Give the girl her Percoset and leave her the fuck alone!!)

  18. RStewie
    Posted: Aug 18th, 2008 at 6:11 am
    18

    Let me add a big lovey shout-out to my Hubby here, for helping me into that mindset and through all the hang-ups I had when I first realized the Dr. wanted me to be “medicated.” Kisses! Ur Kitty.

  19. lisabea
    Posted: Aug 18th, 2008 at 7:30 am
    19

    So you weren’t saying: Lisabea=Hellraiser?

    :)

  20. bam!
    Posted: Aug 18th, 2008 at 8:01 am
    20

    So you weren’t saying: Lisabea=Hellraiser?

    Why would I say that? I love you, man!

    I want to see Alex the Super Asshole Brother’s story!! Preferably with a smart near-virgin female lead that doesn’t like him and lets him know it, but who also has quite a bit of power herself and doesn’t have to take shit from him…

    Don’t you worry none… I’ve got something planned for Alec… oh yes, I do… mwahahaha.

    I know what Tumperkin is referring to…and I think it would be a fabulous idea. If you can rewrite!

    Was that mean? I’m sure it sounded that way, but Bam, you know I’m right.

    I don’t know if I can ever revisit it. It brings bad, horrid memories of terrible writing. The pain, the pain. Where is my Percocet?

  21. LeaF
    Posted: Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
    21

    I think that pinhead Hellraiser guy should be sent for a MRI of the brain, and I want to watch.

    How about a story where the heroine is a 40 something sexually deprived executive woman type and the hero is a young stud muffin. The hero teaches the heroine a few “moves”.

    Oh, and the hero is the heroine’s son’s best friend.

    The line would be: “She launched herself from the bed as he emerged from the bathroom with a razor in one hand and a can of whipped cream in the other.”

  22. LeaF
    Posted: Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
    22

    Well, you asked Bam.

    By the way, waiting for my ‘Daisy’ fix…

  23. bam
    Posted: Aug 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
    23

    The line would be: “She launched herself from the bed as he emerged from the bathroom with a razor in one hand and a can of whipped cream in the other.”

    NICE!

    oh, hey, if you want to read an older-woman, younger-man story, check out Sharon Cullars’ The Object of Love.

  24. LeaF
    Posted: Aug 21st, 2008 at 10:09 am
    24

    Thanks for the suggestion Bam. I haven’t read that story and will check it out.

  25. heather (errantdreams)
    Posted: Aug 25th, 2008 at 6:26 am
    25

    Or to his friends, over a pint of beeeeer.

    Yes. There are many lines of dialogue in romance novels that would be far more amusing if spoken by the hero to his friends over beer!

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