Am I blogging...or am I pitching my existence?
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Monday, November 14, 2005 The Pitch: It's like Zombie meets Eddie & The Cruisers! Happily, my nanovel really doesn’t owe much to either Zombie or Eddie & The Cruisers, although I’m starting to think any story idea is greatly improved with the inclusion of, first, rock and roll bands and, then, zombies. (Rock and roll tour bus breaks down in Donner Pass, turns to cannibalism? Delightful! The rock and rock cannibals then become zombies? Sublime!)Alas, I only talk a good game. Once I come up with my hamstrung story idea and prop up my unlikely little characters, I’m loathe to change things once I set them in action. Unfortunately, I’m also loathe to have anything interesting even happen. This morning, for example, I put my protagonist and his likely love interest in the same house together—one’s worried about to what extent he’s responsible for the murders committed by someone in his road tour, the other’s worried about whether or not they might actually be in love with the other person and what that might or might not mean—and what do they discuss? Walmart! (Now, if the rock and roll tour bus had broken down during a snowstorm and had to take refuge in a Walmart? Delightful! And if the other people taking refuge from the storm had, by the time the rock and roll band and their entourage arrive, all become zombies? Sublime!) As I mentioned in my previous entry, I did indeed fall behind around day twelve. If I have a productive lunch hour, I may dig myself out from under. I hope so, because I’ve got a very busy week ahead of me with newsletter work and regular ol’ work-work competing for my time. How rampant overachievers do this sort of thing is beyond me. (Going home early and taking a nap? Delightful! Getting home and finding out my noisy next-door neighbor has been eaten by zombies? Sublime!) posted by Jeff Lester | 12:02 PM | |
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