Ok, so Barb, I reread Dorian. And this is a fairly significant departure from what you`ve been talking about. But if you wanted to do a genderswitch, the modern day corrolary I see is a statement on eating disorder. The way the mirror lies with its version of you, and how your own beauty and character can suffer for its grasp. Not a morality tale; you`d have to be super careful about how you handled it, but it could be done with or without supernatural at all.
Xander: I still don't get why we came here to get info about a killer snot monster. Giles: Because it's a killer snot monster from outer space. I did not say that.
'Never Leave Me'
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Liese S. - Jan 21, 2011 6:28:52 pm PST #3900 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Barb - Jan 22, 2011 5:48:35 am PST #3901 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Liese, that's actually a fascinating take and if I was going to take this YA, I think I'd seriously consider it. But I think I'm really leaning towards making it adult, making it a bit gothic (Southern, no less, with setting it in New Orleans) and giving it a touch of paranormal with the great psychological underpinnings that the story lends itself to.
I have no idea if I have the chops to pull this off, but we'll see.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 12:46:08 pm PST #3902 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
So last night's sleep was filled with dreams where Matthew Gray Gubler was helping me write the Dorian story by drawing dinosaur creatures with glasses. I told him I didn't write fanciful dino stories, he told me to roll with it.
My subconscious: subtle, it ain't.
Liese S. - Jan 23, 2011 12:59:58 pm PST #3903 of 6690
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hee! Love it.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 1:47:00 pm PST #3904 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
IOwritingN: I have to come up with a blurb that Adrienne can use in the pitch for the new YA proposal I just finished a couple weeks ago.
I love writing, synopses are hard, but not bad, all things considered, but the blurb is my Waterloo.
Laga - Jan 23, 2011 1:47:43 pm PST #3905 of 6690
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yay blurb!
Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2011 6:44:04 pm PST #3906 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Cooling a Fevered Planet manuscript out to Betas. Barb, send me synopsis and I'll see what i can do on blurb.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 6:50:08 pm PST #3907 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
Insent Gar. Thanks.
Typo Boy - Jan 23, 2011 7:11:34 pm PST #3908 of 6690
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Barb, forgot to ask min and max word limits. Sent a first sentence. Need that range to go on.
Barb - Jan 23, 2011 7:14:46 pm PST #3909 of 6690
“Not dead yet!”
It just has to be something short and punchy-- 3-4 sentences. An elevator pitch on steroids, if you will. I'm playing with something right now as well.