It’s a good tip for writers either way

thebloggess

10 years ago

Victor: What are you doing?

me: Reading.

Victor: Shouldn’t you be writing?

me: I’m reading about writing.

Victor: That doesn’t really count.

me: This book says you shouldn’t be afraid to kill your characters.

Victor: You write memoirs.

me: Yes, but technically my memoirs would be more exciting if I started killing people.

Victor: Hmm.

me: I mean, I’d only kill off people who deserve it, obviously. Like people who interrupt me when I’m reading.

Victor: Point taken. Carry on.

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And in other news, it’s time for the weekly wrap-up:

What you missed in my shop (Named “Eight pounds of uncut cocaine” so that your credit card bill will be more interesting.):

Juanita Weasel Plate. For cupcakes and shit.

What you missed on the internets:

Kick-ass stuff I pinned.

This week on shit-I-didn’t-come-up-with-but-wish-I-did-because-it’s-kind-of-awesome:

This week’s wrap-up is brought to you by SilkWords, which is moving to a new reader-vote option. It’s like choose-your-own-erotic-adventure except you get to vote on what the character does next and then the author writes the next section of the story based on winning votes. This way you know you’re not the only person choosing the really questionable option. The latest one is here. You should check it out.