ChiKat! Woo hoo and congratulations.
You like ships. You don't seem to be looking at the destinations. What you care about is the ships, and mine's the nicest.
Kaylee ,'Serenity'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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sumi - Nov 11, 2011 6:46:35 pm PST #4849 of 6706
Art Crawl!!!
sj - Nov 12, 2011 4:29:10 am PST #4850 of 6706
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Chikat, that is wonderful!!! Congratulations!!!
Anne W. - Nov 12, 2011 5:39:04 am PST #4851 of 6706
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Way to go, ChiKat!
Beverly - Nov 12, 2011 7:58:29 am PST #4852 of 6706
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Congratulations, ChiKat! Woot!
erikaj - Nov 12, 2011 9:13:07 am PST #4853 of 6706
Always Anti-fascist!
Good for you, Chikat!
Amy - Nov 13, 2011 4:57:12 pm PST #4854 of 6706
Because books.
ChiKat, that's so awesome. A playwright! Very cool.
I'm working up the brain to list the four ideas I have to choose from for a new proposal, but in the meantime, for those of you who've read Cold Kiss, I'm doing some outtakes/new scenes for the blog.
What do you think of the scene where Danny cuts Wren's hair? It's a throwaway line early on, but I think it would make a nice outtake. Yes? No? Maybe?
Strix - Nov 13, 2011 5:37:07 pm PST #4855 of 6706
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Yes, I do. Men working with women's hair is always rather intimate, IMO, and could work v. nicely as a snippet.
Amy - Nov 13, 2011 5:38:50 pm PST #4856 of 6706
Because books.
That's what I thought! And a few people wished for more Danny, so this is one way to do it.
Strix - Nov 13, 2011 6:10:42 pm PST #4857 of 6706
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It's already working out in MY head, so I say go for it!!
Amy - Nov 14, 2011 6:42:26 am PST #4858 of 6706
Because books.
Okay, proposal ideas. Vote for one! Based strictly on what you'd want to read most, I guess.
1) A muse is tired of only inspiring others. When she asks for her own life as a human, her wish is granted -- but life as a human is more difficult than she imagined, and she learns that even if your gifts/talents aren't the ones you wanted, it doesn't mean they're not valuable. (There is also A Boy, of course, and the girl who was her charge as a muse before she became human.)
2) A (fairly spoiled, but also cynical and lonely) boy's father moves them to a house on the beach so he can (write or try photography or something). Boy is angry and resentful -- he feels like he has nothing of his own, not even his own life. (Parents are divorced, half sister and brother don't have a lot of time for him, blah blah). When he discovers a girl on the beach, he falls hard -- and then discovers she's a selkie.
3) Identical triplets are one of the star attractions of a Depression-era carnival. There's nothing actually unusual about them, despite the carnival's claims of their future-telling skills (or something like that), but some evilish person is interested in them for his own purposes. This would be a trilogy, and I'm thinking one book from each girl. (It obviously needs more thought, but I love the era and the triplet angle.)
I thought I had four, but the fourth one needs some more thinking.
So, 1, 2, 3, or tickybox? Thoughts? Help.