Arrant Nonsense

Still with the writing woes. Upload booze. I've got a better handle on my protag (he's very cute, in his "Joss Whedon Is My Master Now" t-shirt), but what he's going to do about the situation he's in is still being...problematic. Gah.

I also come bearing a fic rec: "Puppy Dog Eyes" by unsettledfic. Shameless fluff, in which Sherlock Holmes bonds with Gladstone the bullpup. I died of cute.

And a video from JustSomeRandomGuy: "I'm Twilight, and I'm True Blood."



Direct link.

Yeah, that "I Write Like..." meme?

Is advertising for a vanity press. Hell, I didn't even notice that stupid "how to get published" link. And, initially, he only had three women on the list. He's been called on his BS, and responded dismissively. I'm the last person in the world to scream about "white male privilege," but damn. jimhines has more.

Dammit, I hate being taken for a ride like this. That'll teach me to eye memes with a gimlet eye from now on. I've removed the badge and the link from my LJ.

In other news, I'm 650 words into the Framed!Werewolf story and still unconvinced that either the idea or the execution is any good whatsoever. And I have no idea where it's going. *grump*

I just realized that this entire story I'm writing is an exercise in mass cliche-ism.

I guess I need to figure out how to run it face-first into the Wall of Wrong.

Sooner would be better. *drums fingers @ Antubis*

Maybe. Although I feel kind of bad about fridging someone in the very first scene, especially since I know who she is now. But it gives my character (who is still nameless! *dies*) even more incentive to find out what really happened.

In other news, my (published) Mom pointed me at a blog post at Spinetingler, wherein we are shown, once again in living color, how not to behave as professional writers. Protip: If you've signed a contract with a publication, you can't just randomly pull out because you like your chances of getting more money elsewhere. That is a really crappy thing to do and could land you in legal hot water if they decided to pursue it. Also, if you've already sold First Rights, you can't turn around and sell them again, even if the story hasn't been published yet. It doesn't work that way.

And to burn a bridge with a well-respected publication (even if it doesn't pay much) is just stupid. Do you think they'll ever want to see another story by this author ever again? Editors talk to each other, too, so you can bet your ass that Itchy Feet's name is being bandied about in coffee shops and via email. Stupid, stupid move. Way to shoot yourself in your Itchy Feet, there, author.

I am apparently in the throes of post-finishing ennui and don't know it. Or something. My new werewolf isn't talking to me and I still don't have much of a Plot for him. Is it Saturday yet?

Really should get off this werewolf kick. But nothing else in the Bunny Hutch is pinging me right now. Alas.

No recent rejections to whine about, although I'm expecting one any day.

Oh, and I guess I should make a folder in my file cabinet for hitman!Ben.

Well. I have the first two lines of the New Thing.

And I have taken that rule about "never starting with a character waking up with amnesia" and completely trashed it.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. And why I seem to be stuck in a werewolf rut these days. This poor guy isn't even Ben, and it takes place in a completely different universe than his.

Oh well. Write what you love, I guess.

Or. Hm. Interesting thought.

"Dude, no, I never remember what I did as a wolf, and neither does anyone in my pack. You do?"

I've been scarce on LJ lately, hardly reading at all. Very sorry, you guys.