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I'm done with sawing and roof crapentry, yay. I hate replacing rotten wood. Coughing sawdust nightly reminds me of the Hilton Hotel nightmare. So now, it's back to normal shingle-laying and if the weather cooperates, I'll finish the job by Friday and get paid, yay again! One thing about being a self-employed roofer and writer--the pay days are few and precious these days.
Of course, if I were holding Yahoo shares, my payday would suck too, since it fell 15 percent today due to Microsoft walking away from a deal on the table. But hey, I'm sorta glad the merger didn't happen. I have enough problems with VISTA--do I really want to figure out how to do a search with MSNYahoo? It'd probably involved a lot of unneccesary clicking.
So, since the housing/roofing business is down, down, down (and I need income), my agent wants me to start writing some proposals that are non-thrillers so I could expand my writing career, become MSNGennita. Urban fantasy or paranormal, maybe? I have some cool Chinese legends in me that I might find interesting to explore. People are always asking me to write humor but I have no idea how to do that at 100,000 words. Anecdotes and short stories are easy, but a whole book? Scary. Maybe I'll write a book about a BAD PUPPY WHO BITES WHEN SOMEONE WASHES HIS BUTT. Is that title too long?
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Post #2: Expansion Pros and Cons
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No idea how to write a comedy? You're one of the funniest people I know! I keep coming back to your blog because it's zany and it makes me laugh. Maybe your heroine could be like you? Just a thought.
yeah that elephant story was pretty funny, you could write comedy, you could write just about anything.
Agreed. I would buy your doggy butt washing book. :P
BTW, why is everyone I know having problems with VISTA? What are you people doing to your poor computer? Ours has been great since the day we bought it. My dad keeps it squeaky clean. lol
aw but i found you because of the thrillers, actually your books were why i started reading romance, i didnt know romantic suspense existed, i thought it was all like the old 80s harlequin stuff my mother read with fainting maidens and the stupid "great misunderstanding" sigh... ok ok you talked me into it, ill give anything you write a read ;) esp old chinese stories
I'd second the comedy. You were also pretty funny when live-blogging the Oscars. You could do i as a series of essys, or the best of your blog. Hey, Wil Wheaton (he of Star Trek fame) has done it, and it sold. Why not you?
And Chinese legends? Haven't seen many books based on those, so that could be a real fertile field for you. Most fantasy I've read is based on Western legends/creatures. You could start a trend!
I'm fortunate, since I won a computer business that's a jack-of-all-trades (web design, repair, custom programming, security, etc.) which helps. It also helps that regardless of the economy, business computers have to work, or the business can be an ex-business.
yovana88, most of the Vista problems I see are with businesses; things like try to connect to servers or working with special applications. But I did have a home user whose computer we could never get to stop crashing every day or two, or stop having programs suddently cease to work even more often. Had to send the computer back.
Uhh, I didn't "won" the business, I "own" the business.
I don't see why you think you can't write urban fantasy. Also, lot of the UF books out have a chuck of humor. Put your spin on Chinese/Malay legends, and your trademark Gennita Low humor, et voila!
Fanciful Fern,
Thanks ;-). I think I'm only funny in small doses, heehee. If my heroine becomes like me, the romance critics will start saying I'm writing a Mary Sue.
Lady Zannah,
Hmm...a book about elephants, yes!
Yovana,
I have so many great programs on my old laptop with IE that VISTA would NOT recognize. It's a pain. I'm also trying to find a way to move all the programs from one laptop to another with no pain....it's a dream, I know.
Kim,
No, I'm still be writing my thrillers, sweetie, but in this business, I can't write the same kind of books for two publishing houses. To sell more books, I'll have to write in another genre too so my agent can shop it around to other houses. Makes sense?
Vince,
Yes, you have the dream job! Heh. Okay, dream Pay job. I love my jobs, don't get me wrong, but the pay can be scary for those on a budget. I've been very fortunate with my roofing business because of the years of growth in Florida that has given me the chance to save enough so I can own a home, etc.
Thanks for the vote of confidence in writing humor ;-). I'm not sure whether any publisher would be interested in my blog entries, though, LOL. They'd have NO idea what a sexy vege is!
Kath,
Yeah, I'd love to write a new version of those old Chinese legends. We'll see. 21st century snarky Chinese female supernatural being...hmm...can't think of any...LOL.
Kwan Yin with snark and steel-toed boots?
Kath,
That wouldn't work. ;-) Kwan Yin is the embodiment of love and non-violence (she cried when cows were slaughtered and that's why the cow is a sacred animal). Also, there can't be romance because she's...well...she's the Goddess of Mercy! Can't kick ass when you're the Goddess of Mercy, heh.
What do you mean "can't kick ass when you're the Goddess of Mercy"? What happened to tough love? LOL
Well, choose another Chinese deity! Surely there are more? =)
Kath,
LOL. You obviously don't know the Goddess of Mercy, heehee. She's like the female Gandhi, man.
Most "naughty" Chinese goddesses and gods are of a lesser tier, usually young kid-like beings. We'll see. I'm not truly convince I want to do Chinese gods for mythology. I'm more into the kungfu and flying hair stuff depicted in the Chinese kungfu soap operas (you know, magic swords, etc.) than naughty beings using magic.
But it sure is fun to think about all the stories my grandma told me!
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