Writerly Ways

Sometimes the Mary Sue wins. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, just that it happens. This came to mind last week while I was reading J.D. Robb (i.e. Nora Roberts)’s In Death series. Not that Eve Dallas is a Mary Sue per se. It’s not too unbelieveable that she could overcome her horrific childhood and become a detective. It’s not even too out of the realm of possibility that she crossed paths with an uber rich man on one case and fell in love.

( the Mary Sue point )

As for me I edited zero (okay I’m up to my forehead in water summer school/prepping for fall.).

I did however write. Speaking of writing, I’m sending out an older short story about a demon to a new open call. It was about a hundred words over the original open call (which didn’t want it) and barely long enough for this new one. I could double it in size without fear so it probably needs expanding. It’s called Wolf in the Fold. Anyone want to be a beta reader?

And speaking of beta readers, anyone want to start reading Blood Red Roulette, the Vampires in Vegas story? It’s about at the half way mark. You could either read it chapter at a time or the whole thing to date at once. Both of these are M/M erotica.

I’ve also started another new story, another demon hunter type. This one is also set in Pittsburgh (what is it with me, Pittsburgh and demon hunters) only it’s set in the modern day. Like Nine’s story, it’s not for anything so I’m taking my time with it. I’ve decided the school was formed soon after the Revolutionary War and sits on top of Fort Pitt (i.e. right there at the confluence of the three rivers).

Also, if you like Caleb, Temple Agni and Li, come ask them questions. You can find the post here . I have two questions but two does not an interview make.

And I did a writing post on accents here for the interested.

Yearly Count -

97480 / 125000 words. 78% done!

I did it again

Bought too many groceries. In my defense, a lot of this can sit on the shelf for a long time AND they're organic AND they were on the take it away please shelf at more than half off. Who could resist? At least I passed on the ridiculously over priced roast. I bought more stuff to make my salsa verde since I ate almost all I made yesterday.

I'm also so in the mood for the cardiac arrest pizza from the glass nickel pizza in Madison WI, mostly because I was describing it in my demon hunter story (adding on green olives and pepper rings for extra added salt). I will make it tomorrow. If I die, you know why.

And I think I have FINALLY come a decision on my non-erotica pen name. Jo Evans. Nowhere near as exotic as I've always imagined but easy to spell and remember and my grandma was JoAnn and my great grandmother was Josephine. It would be a nice way to honor them. (Though I really do love Josephine's sister's name Auleria, that's Julius Caesar's mother's name).

Other than that the day was spent making tests, fixing last year's lecture notes and working on another chapter for this year and no one needs more info than that.

Finished the first week of the 21 day meditation challenge. One of the write up's they sent had this quote from David Simon that I liked “Love is a celebration of unity and a rejoicing in our essential interconnectedness" I think we forget that easily.

For reasons I don't know Dad suddenly just HAD to google earth Three Lakes/Rhinelander WI (where I used to live) He couldn't be bothered to visit me mind you (he was working then but he did get vacations). He's like there's a whole lot of nothing out there. Yeah Dad, that's exactly it. Nothing but glacial lakes and pines. It was nice.