tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post7298371256618847382..comments2024-01-12T11:26:35.176-05:00Comments on Working Stiffs: Bright IdeasWorking Stiffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270595837074553752noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-42729423573645153492008-03-07T21:14:00.000-05:002008-03-07T21:14:00.000-05:00Yeah, Jennie, it's the one I blurbed to you in an ...Yeah, Jennie, it's the one I blurbed to you in an email last week. Thriller about a serial killer who castrates his victims. He uses the same method used to castrate horses, but he doesn't give the patient any drugs before he cuts.<BR/>Not exactly the chick lit voice I usually like to write. It's taking me a long time to write, because I have to step away from it every so often.<BR/>As you can imagine, the teenages thought this idea was a hoot.<BR/><BR/>JamieJamie Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740517510088968876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-5541000995266787412008-03-07T10:19:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:19:00.000-05:00Thank you for stopping by, Martha. Yeah, new ideas...Thank you for stopping by, Martha. Yeah, new ideas are the best, aren't they? That tickle in the brain, and the kind of snowball effect as little things start coming together, kind of like magnets... Very cool feeling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-91386816519615098832008-03-07T10:17:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:17:00.000-05:00Hiya, Jamie! Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, I know ...Hiya, Jamie! Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, I know what it's like when the people around you start rolling their eyes and sidling away when you open your mouth. <BR/><BR/>You'll let me read the book inspired by the horses sometime, won't you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-73055630382791473462008-03-07T10:14:00.001-05:002008-03-07T10:14:00.001-05:00I love it when a new idea presents itself - first ...I love it when a new idea presents itself - first I get a tickle in my brain, a 'what if?' idea. Usually it comes from something I overhear someone saying, and then another small idea sticks to it, and then I realize that: 'Hey, I might have something here'. It's fresh, it's unfinished, and I love it.<BR/><BR/>Jennie, thanks for posting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-36992973418686934322008-03-07T10:14:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:14:00.000-05:00As you've probably figured out, I'm writing these ...As you've probably figured out, I'm writing these books pretty quickly. I sent revisions for Fatal Fixer-Upper back to my editor this week. Once she signs off on them, I'll definitely post a chapter to my website for all to see.<BR/><BR/>My colleagues turn up in my books sometimes, yes. Hopefully I've managed to change them enough so that they don't recognize themselves, but one evil, greedy realtor is much like another, you know. ;-) <BR/><BR/>It's common knowledge among people I know who the victim in A Cutthroat Business is. We'll look at her and snicker sometimes. No one has killed her yet, but I'm pretty sure it's just a matter of time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-72027040519363138832008-03-07T10:13:00.000-05:002008-03-07T10:13:00.000-05:00I hope I get to the point where someone asks where...I hope I get to the point where someone asks where my ideas come from. Right now no one gives a rat's woowoo. And the teens who work for me at my restaurant are sick to death of storylines, plotting, and character development. Heck, most of them don't even read outside of school.<BR/>But my last storyline did come from a conversation with the teens about castrating horses. And no the plot has nothing to do with equines. <BR/><BR/>JamieJamie Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740517510088968876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-3523602335377914822008-03-07T09:59:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:59:00.000-05:00Fatal Fixer-Upper is a fabulous title. Just wonder...Fatal Fixer-Upper is a fabulous title. Just wondered if your colleagues in the real estate business know you're a mystery author? Do they share any horror stories? Or wonder if they're going to turn up in one of your books? It is such a terrific idea for a series, can't wait to read it. Maybe at some point, you'll post an excerpt on your website???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-5755524613445852102008-03-07T09:46:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:46:00.000-05:00I forgot to mention that my friend and yours, the ...I forgot to mention that my friend and yours, the lovely and talented Miss CJ Lyons, is over on the Good Girls Kill for Money blog today, for Tasha Alexander's Virtual Cocktail party. http://www.good-girls-kill.com/ Go on over and check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-57967479265319099152008-03-07T09:44:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:44:00.000-05:00Hiya, Mary! There you are! Glad you got through th...Hiya, Mary! There you are! Glad you got through this time. <BR/><BR/>DIY#1, now officially named Fatal Fixer-Upper, is due in November of this year. No specific date yet, just sometime in November. A good time to pick up lots and lots of copies as Christmas gifts! Book 2, which is nameless, but which deals with a haunted house (or not), is scheduled for August 2009, and book 3, which isn't even a gleam in my eye yet, is scheduled for May 2010. No idea what that one's about. Thanks for asking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-4015525789999927502008-03-07T09:40:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:40:00.000-05:00Gosh, Ramona, that's just awful! Terribly thrillin...Gosh, Ramona, that's just awful! Terribly thrilling for you to be picked up by Encyclopedia Brittanica and all, but what a bummer, not to see a dime from it. Cautionary tale duly noted. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90755417476674425282008-03-07T09:39:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:39:00.000-05:00Hi Jennie, I don't think this went through the fir...Hi Jennie, I don't think this went through the first time (if it's a duplicate, I aplogize!) I was wondering if you could give us the release dates of your DIY series?? I know it is going to be a huge success! best, mary kennedy Dr. Mary Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830775228121609168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90590593570972408402008-03-07T09:34:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:34:00.000-05:00Jenni, I wrote an article about Marie Antoinette c...Jenni, I wrote an article about Marie Antoinette called "Let Them Eat Cake!" for the juvenile magazine, Cricket. The contract offer was for all rights. Stupid me, I was so thrilled to get published in Cricket, a magazine I loved, I sold all rights.<BR/><BR/>That article was picked up by Encyclopedia Britannica Online and reprinted in other online educational publications. Did I see a single sou from all of that? Mais non! This is not bragging, but a cautionary tale: Never sell all rights. When I think about it, I could chop off my own head.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-16921796790677626752008-03-07T09:32:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:32:00.000-05:00Yes, it is!Yes, it is!Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-11126272950372832462008-03-07T09:23:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:23:00.000-05:00Is "Don't be afraid" the book with the nail gun as...Is "Don't be afraid" the book with the nail gun as the murder weapon? I've heard about that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-88527424398671711082008-03-07T09:16:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:16:00.000-05:00You don't scare me, tough girl. Besides, you don't...You don't scare me, tough girl. Besides, you don't know where I live.<BR/><BR/>Hey, Rebecca Drake really "nailed it" in Don't Be Afraid," huh?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oh, shoot, there are those squiggly letters, again...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90475757694466866802008-03-07T09:15:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:15:00.000-05:00French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in 1766.French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in 1766.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-12930253525628647532008-03-07T09:12:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:12:00.000-05:00Ramona, I did know that Marie Antoinette didn't sa...Ramona, I did know that Marie Antoinette didn't say 'Let them eat cake!', actually - it's in my book, as a matter of fact - but I didn't know about Dr. Guillotine. Thanks for sharing. You'll notice how extremely knowledgable you seem now! ;-) I'm sure you know the answer to this, but let's see if anyone else does: If not Marie Antoinette, then who really said 'Let them eat cake?'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-76587663934747356742008-03-07T09:02:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:02:00.000-05:00Nice blog, Jennie.I get most of my writing ideas f...Nice blog, Jennie.<BR/><BR/>I get most of my writing ideas from my family. They're all nuts. For nuttier ideas, I peruse Oddly Enough News on Yahoo. Most of that is stranger than fiction, but so is my family. Between those two, I don't know that I'll ever run out of ideas.<BR/><BR/>BTW, since you mentioned Marie Antoinette, did you know that she never said, "Let them eat cake." And Dr. Guillotine did not invent the head chopper? <BR/><BR/>I never run out of useless info, too.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-62189521245460128692008-03-07T08:57:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:57:00.000-05:00Lee, aren't you forgetting I'm trained in the mart...Lee, aren't you forgetting I'm trained in the martial arts? I might be old and rusty, but I haven't forgotten all of it!Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-17198942078814907482008-03-07T08:40:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:40:00.000-05:00My first idea - Slap around the person who added ...My first idea - Slap around the person who added those irritating squiggly letters. It's bad enough to have to do it once, but twice. Grr...Come over here, Joyce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-68824022393897736552008-03-07T08:34:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:34:00.000-05:00Be nice, Lee!Be nice, Lee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-68094151943902592432008-03-07T08:21:00.000-05:002008-03-07T08:21:00.000-05:00Gee, I wonder how I could come up with ideas for m...Gee, I wonder how I could come up with ideas for murders and murderers? Hmmm, let me think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-90072621632319910292008-03-07T07:41:00.000-05:002008-03-07T07:41:00.000-05:00Three more comments while I was writing mine...!Jo...Three more comments while I was writing mine...!<BR/><BR/>Joyce - no, I don't think I've read 'Don't Be Afraid'. I'll look it up.<BR/><BR/>Annette - idea trolls? Idea gremlins? I could get behind that. The idea of gremlins has certain connotations, doesn't it? Fairies seem nice and friendly, gifting you with quarters and ideas, while gremlins are doing it all to mess with your mind. I know that feeling only too well. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-60973583697020923642008-03-07T07:37:00.000-05:002008-03-07T07:37:00.000-05:00Hi, Becky! Thanks for stopping by. 'A very dark im...Hi, Becky! Thanks for stopping by. 'A very dark imagination' - that's not a bad answer. ;-) And that poor raft guide... he must have kept looking over his shoulder for the rest of the trip.<BR/><BR/>Tory - the idea fairies, huh? I haven't come across the term before, but I like it. <BR/><BR/>Gina - that little string of words, as you call it - a couple of lines of poetry, or the beginnings of a children's book? - sure is pretty! I think you should definitely do something with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33226151.post-28846394029538992552008-03-07T07:34:00.000-05:002008-03-07T07:34:00.000-05:00Here's an idea for you. A bunch of mystery writers...Here's an idea for you. A bunch of mystery writers and bloggers gang up to plot the demise of certain spammers who force them to type word verifications over and over again.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.com