What's up, Barb?
Silliness, really. Had a story idea last night while I was watching the ice dance (no, not a skating story).
My immediate reaction when I woke up this morning was "Oh God, NO, it's a freakin' paranormal/urban fantasy type story and it's actually a pretty good idea and... GAH!"
Lewis spent most of the morning torn between laughing at me and shaking his head that I get depressed at the thought of a good idea because it's not good on the terms I want it to be on.
Clearly, I have some sort of whacked out allergic reaction to potential success.
Feh.
Also, do they make the ladies or men do compulsories anymore?
Nope. Dropped them in 1990, which, if I'd bothered reading further, I would have seen that Hil already answered.
I loved compulsories and I'm glad ice dancing still has that portion.
What terms?
I desperately want to sell an adult novel, but I want it to be a women's fic, which is my passion. I just have this fear that if I sold a paranormal, I'd be painted into that corner and wind up writing it indefinitely.
Which is RIDIC, of course, and well do I know it, but try telling that to my subconscious.
I loved compulsories and I'm glad ice dancing still has that portion.
Maybe not for long. There's some talk that after this season's meetings, the Compulsory Dance may be removed from the competitive schedule.
I desperately want to sell an adult novel, but I want it to be a women's fic, which is my passion.
You know my position. If this is a story you want to tell and can tell well, then it's a book you should write no matter what genre it falls into.
No worries, Kat! I always have the same mailing issues. We're not watching skating. DH introduced me to The United
States of Tara and we're mainlining it.
If this is a story you want to tell and can tell well,
Yeah, see... it's that last part that's also giving me fits. Because I have absolutely NO confidence I can tell it well and with it being paranormal, I feel like it makes me look like some loser jumping on a bandwagon, especially since I haven't been able to sell in WF yet.
Brain iz stoopit.
Oh, oh! Speaking of mail, Kat, did you ever get our package of jean shorts? With its bonus item for Noah?
Barb, just write it! (Easy for me to say.) But publishing is fickle enough anyway; you should write what you damn well please, and maybe the market will come round to you.
Curling joke I didn`t make because Hank Hill wouldn`t approve: "Go hard!" "That`s what..."
Your work nemesis would drive me mad with that because I would be constantly forced to construct increasingly elaborate scenarios in my brain to make the initial statements work as sexual innuendo. Hee.
