The Back-up Plan
In light of NASA’s trouble with the Constellation Project and a possible end to his employment, Mr. Rochester informed me yesterday that he has a new plan for our financial future. Of course, this plan involves my labor and ideas, but who’s counting?
He informed me that I should be able to write something better than all the vampire fluff YA stuff* that is out there. He told me that instead of writing boring nonfiction books, I should just reuse an old story, slap some new mythology into it, and write a bestseller.
Sure, I said. I can do that.
The conversation then wandered into the publishing field and alternative ways to get a book published thanks to the power of the internet.
–Jane, soon to start working on a novel of fiction, tomorrow
*Mr. Rochester has a general disdain for fluffy vampires of the YA variety. He watched Twilight, but he is generally tired of seeing it EVERYWHERE. I tend to like vampire/fantasy/whatever, but we have had many conversations about how YA vampires (thanks to Meyer) are toothless. The Edwardesque vampire is gloomy and emo. We like our vampires edgy, brooding, and bad: Whedon’s version. Or perhaps you prefer Spike? Or perhaps even Jean-Claude who is definitely over-sexed but still very deadly.
Does that mean that when you are more famous than New Orleanian Anne Rice, I can claim “I knew her when …”?
I highly recommend the Reformed Vampire Support Group, about a group of Australian vampires who do not fit the usual mold.
David – I will add it to my list!
Michael – Yes and we can still drink beer together.
Spike all the way! I’ve also been sucked in by those silly Sookie Stackhouse books…because there are never enough trashy vampire books. Get to writing!