I started writing both “Supersize Girl” and my mermaid story today, which I’m tentatively titling “The Siren’s Song.” I’ve decided to make “Siren’s Song” a bit more traditional fantasy than my other manuscripts. Of course, it will still be a romance — I can’t abandon my first love — just with a bit more fantasy than the usual love story. I haven’t quite finished with the outline; the end still needs…something. I just don’t know what, yet. I’ll have to sit down this weekend and just think, which, sadly, takes a lot more work than one would hope. ((sigh))
“Supersize Girl,” also a tentative title, is going swimmingly. I love Mindy as a character–she’s sarcastic and funny and real. At least in my head. She really has a thing for frilly underwear and the varsity wrestling captain — in that order. In the beginning of the book, anyway. She’ll probably change her mind later.
But, fear not! I have not abandoned “Silver Bullet” (is anyone else noticing all the S’s in my titles? Sheesh!) I printed out the rough draft. Holding it in my hands was a terrifying thrill! I’m currently reading it over, correcting this, tweaking that, expanding here, trimming there. You get the idea. Fun, fun! Working on all of this is my weekend plan. Yeay!
Closing thought: My best friend–let’s call her M– phoned yesterday to inform me my fish sex post cracked her up — and that the idea was still tweaking her melon. ((shudder)) I think she’s gonna bust a gear loose over this one. Everybody STAND BACK! For your own safety, of course. She’s calmer about the mermaids than she was about a certain idea I had for lizard people romance (I called them dragon people, but M’s a stubborn wretch sometimes). And no, I’m not even gonna start trying to explain that story-that-wasn’t.
Have a lovely weekend!
