Blog Hop Apocalypse

So my friend told me that there was going to be an exponentially increasing Blog Hop each Wednesday. “What on earth is a Blog Hop?” I asked. The answer I received was vague — perhaps a rudimentary knowledge of blogging was required to understand the concept; perhaps my friend assumed I knew more than I do. For someone who only signed up on WordPress to avoid the censorship police at FanFiction.net, looking for a free internet domain in which to post smexxxy stuff, blogging is a nebulous subject at best. But there was a list of questions for my “current in-process story” so I can at least answer those below.

The “exponentially increasing” part I shall have to forego, however, since I don’t know four other people I could in good conscience ask to participate (who haven’t already). The idea is, I would find four people willing to do the same sort of thing the following week on their blogs, then they would find four more people to do it the week after, and so on until the entire blogosphere — nay, the entire human race — was forced to post an entry on their blog, to the point that perhaps even the internet would break down and in any event there would not be enough people not busy writing their blog to bother reading the ones already posted. If that isn’t the approach of the Bloggie Apocalypse, I don’t know what is. Come to think of it, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse might just be the Four Bloggers one must recruit… Surely, coming so close to the predicted demise of the universe according to the Mayan calendar is not just a coincidence. And I really wouldn’t be able to sleep at night with the weight of the increasing bloggo-entropy of the universe upon my shoulders.

The Four Alpacas of the Alpacalypse

So without further ado, I shall try to “blog” about my current in-process story and pray to what internet gods there be (a cute middle-aged gentleman with glasses somehow comes to mind) that my paltry participation will not hasten the downfall of bloggern civilization. Since I have many in-process stories which have already been partially posted for your critique and (possibly) reading pleasure, here are the stats on one that exists only in my head at this point in time. When it will actually be penned (or typed into the ephemeral existence of a saved MSWord document), I cannot say; the only certainty is that I have vowed to update most of my already-started works, one chapter apiece… Oh, and there is one other certainty: I am notoriously bad at keeping my vows when it comes to writing…..

1. What is the working title of your book?         “More in Common”
2. Where did the idea come from for the book?         The show “Person of Interest” on CBS as well as seeing Jim Caviezel on “The Wonder Years” (on YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaxzkJzI4G0).
3. What genre does your book fall under?           Gay Romance (Hurt/Comfort)
4. Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie?        Jim Caviezel, of course, and Michael Emerson.
5. What is a one-sentence synopsis of your book?          A substitute English teacher and a high school senior — who have experienced similar tragedies in their lives — fall in love.
6. Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?          I hope Dreamspinner Press will be willing to publish it. At least I’ll be able to incorporate the lessons learned from “Two Trucks” so it should be a better story.
7. How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?        First draft? LOL! I haven’t even started it yet. 😉 Just hashing out ideas and sorting out the timeline at this point.
8. What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?           Not sure, although there is a plethora of high school student/teacher romances out there.
9. Who or what inspired you to write this book?             The main characters in “Person of Interest,” John Reese and Harold Finch/Wren/etc.  I wondered what might have happened if they had met much earlier in life and, because of their age difference (14~15 years), thought they might have been student/teacher at some point. Then the images and scenarios refused to leave my head. Once it gets so bad that I’m thinking up scenes for them all day, in every spare minute and even in a few that I can’t spare, I’m resigned to writing it out.
10. What else about your book might interest the reader?         There won’t be quite as much of an age difference as mentioned above, in case that might turn people off. Also, you won’t have to know anything about “Person of Interest” to enjoy the book (at least as long as I do my job properly). It will be set in rural Wisconsin, with the two main characters coming from Chicago and New York City. And yes, John Reese’s character will play basketball. 😉

My profound thanks to anyone who has bothered to read this so far; and to my faithful, patient (well, mostly patient), and beleaguered Narnia fanfic readers, I am currently working on the next chapter, in which Edmund figures out a way to fight the Harpy and destroy her for her wicked deeds.

— Thea

PS: In case we don’t survive until Christmas, let me wish you all a Merry Final Holidays of the Universe now.

Colored condoms never looked so good.

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