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Jan 20, 2010 16:38

I just reread my NaNoWriMo from November. It's nowhere close to being good, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be. Interesting. The worst parts were when things got serious and dramatic. So, I can write fluffy, quirky, slice of life but when things get serious I fail. I think my next book's going to be on time traveling koalas...that fight ( Read more... )

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innocentwater January 22 2010, 00:12:42 UTC

I think the protagonist of your next novel should travel abroad to sample daily fruits.

You could call it "Landscaping".

...No, "Laaaaaaaaaaaandscaaaaaping" is even better. :D

PS, coming to the show? I'll treat you if you like. Times are 3 and 7, tickets $15. I might be able to run by and snag you as well, but I'mma poke Jen and see if she wants to come. She seems to like the shows and this year we have new folks.

ktclain January 24 2010, 03:40:31 UTC

But I couldn't do it in first person then. No reader would be able to understand him. :)

nani January 22 2010, 01:40:17 UTC

I was actually getting kind of excited about the koala story. I would read that SO HARD. Especially if you didn't reveal until the very end that they were koalas all along.

ktclain January 24 2010, 03:38:23 UTC

Yes, at the end the reader will be thinking "what a twist! I should have seen it coming! So that's why they're described as eating nothing but eucalyptus leaves! That's why they keep their secret love child in a pouch! That...where my limited knowledge of koalas ends." I could have wikapedia-ed it but eh, too much work.

nani January 24 2010, 16:43:38 UTC

No, no. You could be all subtle:
"As Georgio ate his spinach and gorgonzola salad with a raspberry vinaigrette, he reflected on how different a leaf spinach was from his usually accustomed fare."
"Lucinda remarked on how small and perfectly-formed Josephus was as he clutched to her belly, seeking her warmth. 'My little Joey,' she cooed."
"Georgio reflected coldly how difficult it was to outfit a man who was only the general size of any other man's legless torso."
"Georgio inserted bifurcated penis into Lucinda's two lateral vaginae in hopes to impregnate either one of her two separate uteruses"'Damn!" Lucinda cursed in a very unladylike way, indeed. 'I can't solve this puzzle, Georgio. It's too hard! Can you?' Georgio looked at it intensely and slowly shook his head. 'No, darling, it is beyond me. After all, we both have severely atrophied brains with unconnected hemispheres that look like shrivelled walnuts as a way of compensating for our slow-moving lifestyle.' The exertion of making this statement caused him to fall asleep almost ( ... )