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EDIT: I'd rather the thread title be, "Last Mr. Writing Person thread, I promise," but I can't change it.
Since Mr. Writing Person seems to have a small group of fans here, I'm going to post updates. I won't keep making threads for them, though - that's just a little pretentious, even for me - so I'll just bump this one whenever I make an Ask Mr. Writing Person post. I'll try to do those on Friday, and then post a follow-up on Monday or Tuesday. Here's my main page URL:
Beth wrote something on another thread about how I troll for topics on Hatrack, and well, that's not exactly far from the truth. Various books on writing, Uncle Orson's Writing Class, some stuff from SFWA, and this place make up the bulk of my material. (How could I satirize good writing instruction if I don't know what "good" is?) So to you folks I owe a debt of gratitude, or at least lunch.
If you have any suggestions for future Ask Mr. Writing Person topics or follow-ons, I'd love to hear them.
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quote:Welcome back to Ask Mr. Writing Person, where the weather is a puppet and the characters are vexed! Joining us today is Bruce Boondocks, from Bitter End, Tennessee. He's a long-time fan of mine [Ed: two days, is it?], and just as excited as can be to participate. Isn't that right, Bruce?
quote:It's Ask Mr. Writing Person time, in which we discover the meaning of schadenfreude [Ed: which I feel all the time] and how to steam up the windows of any novel, no matter how tame. Hooper Harlitt joins us from Los Angeles, California. He has a question about writing romance novels:
Q. I want to get published by Harlequin, but all of my attempts at writing a romance novel fall flat. I keep getting rejection letters that say, "Not steamy enough." How do I steam them up?
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I am, but it snuck by me when I created this thread and I haven't figured out how to change the title. Is there a way to do it?
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I actually taught a real concept in this one, which is quite shocking. It's also a response to a real reader who had a real-ish question (okay, so his dilemma was completely made up), which is kind of a milestone, I suppose.
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I'm almost curious enough to go look, but I shall resist on the principle of not rewarding your shameless self-promotion.
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I'm currently sending invasive mind-control waves your direction. I hope you're wearing your tin-foil hat, because those actually amplify the signal.
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