It said I'd be focused and productive on the 2nd. Nope. Far from it. That can mean only one thing. Time to start writing another novel. Not rewriting, writing. The choices are:
Act Like You Mean It (ACT): Contemporary fiction. Sandy, a marine biologist, and Leigh, a famous and difficult actress on the downside of her career, are forced together when Sandy discovers Leigh injured and is stuck with her until she recovers. They think (hope) the situation is temporary, but find they can't part company until they figure out who is trying to kill Leigh (considering her abrasive personality it could be any one she ever met). While Leigh recuperates is the perfect time for Sandy's family of step-children to fall apart at the urging of their live-in Russian speaking grandmother.
Red Planet Revolt (RPR): Set in 2953. Retiring chair of the Department of History, Victoria, is more at home in her world of Greco-Roman antiquity than in the world where she lives. Her alien husband, Tiananmen, is a bio-chemical engineer who is constructing a post-Civil War biosphere on the blighted planet. Ordinarily not one for off-world travel, bored with retirement Victoria visits her husband. The report that the Civil War is over was greatly exaggerated. The transport ship departs hastily while under hostile fire, leaving Victoria marooned on the distant planet. Not well suited for wilderness survival, Victoria heads for the city in search of Tiananmen - straight into the heart of the Civil War. (Note, she lives on Earth; the Red Planet is not Mars.)
Which story do you want next? Leave your vote in the comment section. Anyone can vote. If you are shy, you can email me. The story with the most votes will be the next book I write.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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Both? Start with RPR - I love sci fi.
ReplyDeleteAct like..... would be my choice but then I cannot write sci fi and rarely read it - To transfixed with earthly stuff I guess.
ReplyDeleteYup, Act Like....
ReplyDeleteHey! Thanks for the response. I'll leave the voting open for a while. You can get your firends to vote and stuff the ballots or keep voting. I can go either way, I've written the first chapter of both.
ReplyDeleteI could post the first page of each, if that helps. I know RPR is a Greek tragedy and won't be dripping with SciFi stuff. Not sure what is happening with ACT.
Ooooh, I like both, but you know me..."Act like you mean it" gets my vote - hands down.
ReplyDeletePlus, I think, in your little 'blurb' you've encompassed more of a plot with it, than you have with RPR.
Just my two cents worth (and you know how much that's worth in my currency.lol)
Hugs
Cathy
Not Sci Fi-way too much thinking involved! This can't be fun if I need a cheat sheet to keep up! Tiananmen sounds like something from China. I love a good mystery-go that way!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Act Like You Mean It, also...I like more down to earth stuff, but RPR sounds like a lot of research time, which might be interesting for you...Nah, keep ME entertained, go for Act...Luv ya, cuz!
ReplyDeleteThis cracks me up, visitor 2001 - and we probably aren't doing RPR. I love your input. Writing is a grand thing, but having you guys involved takes it over the moon. You are the best-est! I love ya!
ReplyDeleteNadine
Looks like Act Like You Mean it is a clear winner... and you've posted an excerpt, GREAT!
ReplyDeleteWow - I like "Red Planet Revolt!" I can relate to this as my husband is an alien. Ha ha ha ! It sounds exciting and full of intrigue - Victoria heading "straight into the heart of the civil war" really grabbed my attention.
ReplyDeleteGo for it Nadine !!
Hi Marsha,
ReplyDeleteI'll post the draft of the opening scene to RPR on Friday. You and Carrie can stuff the ballot box!
Sorry we missed each other when you were in the US. Maybe next time.
Red Planet. :)
ReplyDeleteMy vote would be for Act Like You Mean It. (How do you keep all these characters and ideas and storylines and all in that little head of yours!?!?)
ReplyDeleteAct Like You Mean It gets my vote....love a murder mystery.
ReplyDeleteAnswers #1
ReplyDeleteUm...donno. Maybe there's nothing else in that space, 'cept stories? After these two books there are about 8 more bouncing around in that little brain of mine. Then, we'll have to make up some more.
Answers #2
ReplyDeleteMurder? I was going to say I don't know if anyone actually dies, but considering the trilogy and that at least one person dies in KB, two "deaths" in HT, and three in SS, maybe I shouldn't say...
If you need a mystery to hold you over until ACT is finished, try Storm Surge. Oh! by the way, I know someone dies in RPR saving the city. Someone very important, but might not be Torie (Victoria).
Red Planet revolt sounds like a whole lot of fun and will prepare you for the book after that, a historical fiction about the first Europeans to discover America, the Welsh, of course in the 6th centuary!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.rense.com/general28/weks.htm
Here you go.
Jason
Hi Jason!
ReplyDeleteI replied by email and forgot to make a note here. I wouldn't want anyone to think I was ignoring my Welsh friend.
Ta!
Nadine
I like RPR....seems like is mixes a lot of things that interst me...history or past with present and future... scifi... romance... drama.... sounds like a great read!
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