Bev, I like the rhythm, but I'm afraid its too cute. I'm trying really hard to avoid the cute on this one.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Susan W. - Sep 08, 2004 6:43:33 am PDT #6450 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Ginger - Sep 08, 2004 7:15:27 am PDT #6451 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I'm not really a fan of "The Lady and the Sergeant." One problem is the word sergeant, which can mean too many things. Also, I'm afraid it makes me think of a '40s movie with Mae West. Random brainstorming: A Soldier's Lady. An Unsuitable Alliance. The Last Campaign. Anna's Honor. Anna's War. A Separate Truce.
Polter-Cow - Sep 08, 2004 7:22:05 am PDT #6452 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Anna Get Your Gun
Susan W. - Sep 08, 2004 7:37:25 am PDT #6453 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
t thwaps P-C with the hero's bayonet to make him behave
Thanks, Ginger! I like A Soldier's Lady and Anna's War.
erikaj - Sep 08, 2004 8:12:41 am PDT #6454 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I suck at titles. I understand why "Friends" used titles like "The One With The New Apartment"
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:19:18 am PDT #6455 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
So, Tor has just purchased three future mystery anthologies from Mystery Writers of America. Of which, entre nous, I am a member in good standing.
They're soliciting stories from the MWA members only, between 3500 and 7000 words. Deadline is 15 December, which, if I choose to submit something, I can easily make (I work fast). The theme of the anthology is "mysterious relationships."
No idea what the pay is. Don't care. Idea is to get short fiction out there, as much as possible.
Question, as in, opinions: My immediate take is to stick with me usual crossover thing, a haunting, a crime, living to dead, solve the crime, set the ghost to rest.
Would that qualify as a "mysterious relationship"?
Ginger - Sep 08, 2004 10:24:47 am PDT #6456 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Or maybe in this case the ghost hangs around, so it's a continuing "relationship" like Dennis's with Cordelia. We have legends of bad sex with ghosts. Can there be good sex?
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:27:17 am PDT #6457 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Doubt there'd be sex, because honestly, necrophilia? Ewwwww. Sex with dead people, corporeal or otherwise, not good in my stories.
The submission guidelines don't say word one about any particular definition of "relationhip" - it doesn't have to be a romantic one.
He or she (living person) would interact with the ghost, feel sympathy for it, maybe empathy, find the truth out behind the ghost's death.
Wondering if I should bother.
Ginger - Sep 08, 2004 10:29:52 am PDT #6458 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I understand ewww for necrophilia with a dead body. With a spirit, NSM. It could be I was overly influenced by my childhood love of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:33:06 am PDT #6459 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Yeah, but that wasn't sex. Romantic yearning I get, but I don't write it.
There has to be a strong mystery element, which means a crime, which means said ghost died bloody, probably.