cornerofmadness

well since I hadn't had one in two weeks and with the surgery tomorrow, I'm not sure if I'll be able to do any in the near future I thought I'd better tuck one in here.

You've already heard this week's big news about Ghost of Jupiter selling.

As for the writers' group stuff I talked about a couple weeks ago, needless to say I still want to do it but I also will need a few weeks probably to get myself ready for it. Maybe in July. Sorry about that guys.

I have several original fiction projects in mind.

I started Scott Westerfield's Leviathian. Several people recced it as good steampunk but I had been shying away for one reason, I am so tired of the girl dressing as a boy trope. While I know that there have been real world cases of girls dressing as boys (pirates, stagecoach drivers, even Calamity Jane was thought to be male foryears), I just have to wonder how the hell they pull it off. I'm not talking about the boobs. In thirty years, it's a rare occasion when there isn't an accident during my period. Either I'm extremely unlucky (hush it) or these dress as boy girls are lucky (or even a bit odd physiologically, which has been the case that some of them have been intersexed). I'm thinking even with pads that glue to the panties and/or tampons, versus something like rags wadded up/tied down that would have been the available protection in these stories days, this is dicey.

ELD reminded me that periods don't seem to exist in the written world unless it's a plot point.

Anyhow what is the point of period babbling? I was just thinking (since I'm not mentally up for serious writing talk). I'm curious just what tropes you're tired of seeing.

1. girls dressing as boys. I guess I just rather read stories where girls don't have to hide

2. the snarky assed heroine. Okay i like a little bit of snark and it was fun with Buffy and most of my heroines are snarky too but I'm talking about the ones who every word out of her mouth, every thought, is some snarky bullshit. A little snark is good. 300 pages is wearying.

3. zombies. I know I know someone who writes vampires doesn't get to talk about the overuse of zombies. I guess i just don't get why they're the hot new thing.

4. dystopias. I should just avoid them or learn to write them. I like angst right? I should love dystopias. I guess deep down I want happiness in my reading

I'm sure the list could be longer but I have to go get mom so i'll leave you with my yearly word count

36292 / 125000 words. 29% done!