tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post2610914567396316046..comments2023-10-26T06:39:54.051-04:00Comments on get-your-zs: Madam Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00136166772469538966noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-23539810332267860672009-02-10T12:52:00.000-05:002009-02-10T12:52:00.000-05:00Tough audience you have here Z. I have been neglec...Tough audience you have here Z. I have been neglect in stopping by but while I was reading this I was think"Right on Madam Z is back" thinking your little bout of writers block has finally vamoosed. I STILL think RIGHT ON!Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628269009060185397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-71800934447701517972009-02-04T18:00:00.000-05:002009-02-04T18:00:00.000-05:00So, a Viking and a priest walk into a herring cann...So, a Viking and a priest walk into a herring cannery...fingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454337173248849766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-15718307542892429122009-02-02T20:55:00.000-05:002009-02-02T20:55:00.000-05:00Bill: The publisher called me already. He bought...Bill: The publisher called me already. He bought me lunch. After that, there was a lot of sex and violence.<BR/><BR/>Fingers: Get your fingers out of your ass and listen up! This was just a 20 minute extemporaneous riff, which was to include 4 random words, one of which was "Bulgaria." While it's true that I am "no lady," I was not beating up on Eastern Europeans. One of my favorite ex-husbands is a Polack. He's very smart and we both enjoy Polish jokes. My kids are half-Polish. They also are very smart and enjoy Polish jokes. I'm half Norwegian. Polish jokes *pale* in comparison to Norwegian jokes, which are told primarily by Norwegians, about Norwegians. I know absolutely nothing about Bulgaria or the Bulgarian language. In my story, I was joking more about "ugly Americans" than about Eastern Europeans. So lighten up awready!<BR/>(BTW, I did end up smoking the rat. It wasn't bad, after I got over the retching.)<BR/><BR/>Spartacus: I can't make up my mind about the title. Some contenders are: <BR/>Airhead in Camelrot<BR/>The Color Putrid<BR/>Days of Whine and DozesMadam Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136166772469538966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-50096382494606528342009-02-02T14:10:00.000-05:002009-02-02T14:10:00.000-05:00So what have you titled this wonderful vignette? I...So what have you titled this wonderful vignette? I would call it Contraband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-63601670121745501022009-02-02T01:10:00.000-05:002009-02-02T01:10:00.000-05:00Twenty minutes ??You'd completed the exercise afte...Twenty minutes ??<BR/>You'd completed the exercise after the first sentence. The rest of the essay was simply an intellectual beat-up on Eastern European cultures and airport staff in general.<BR/>You, Z are no lady.<BR/><BR/>BTW, you can smoke a rat once it's been properly dried...fingershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454337173248849766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-3097480842373294452009-01-31T02:13:00.000-05:002009-01-31T02:13:00.000-05:00"Z?, hi babe ... listen, I've been talking over yo..."Z?, hi babe ... listen, I've been talking over your book idea with the main publisher... yeah, that guy... Listen I know you got drunk at the Christmas party and gave him the what for - but he's got hide like an elephant. As long as the book sells, especially in New York and Chicago, he's happy." "Anyway, he took another look at your Bulgarian prison story and he wants a few changes. Lose the rat - it's a real turn off. Use a rock or something not so gross. And, listen, tell me again about the nude part... is she young or old... 'cause if she's too old you gotta fix that... think of the movie deal, ok?"<BR/><BR/>"And, babe, here's the deal... no more than 75,000 words, OK?" "Anything more and the price point per book will kick it into the too expensive category." "Keep it simple. play up the sex and maybe add some more violence ... yeah, I know, it's been done - but think of the movie and all that money you'll be making ... so, who do you want as the leading lady? I already got some feelers going with a few studios." "OK?" "What about lunch tomorrow, you're buying, right?"willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-59965256967481071202009-01-30T15:49:00.000-05:002009-01-30T15:49:00.000-05:00I like the idea of writing exercises because it do...I like the idea of writing exercises because it does make you focus. I like what you did with this one. So in your group, who gets to pick the words each time?lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-13807906730613238802009-01-30T11:01:00.000-05:002009-01-30T11:01:00.000-05:00Hey guys, I had to do this in 20 minutes! It wasn...Hey guys, I had to do this in 20 minutes! It wasn't meant to be the start of a novel! I wasn't trying to describe the setting in excruciating detail. The whole point of these exercises is to get our imaginations fired up. Sheesh!<BR/><BR/>If I ever get around to writing a serious story, it will concern a subject I actually know something about...like the futility of life.Madam Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00136166772469538966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-58063428790883314462009-01-30T08:48:00.000-05:002009-01-30T08:48:00.000-05:00great start..but does our heroin escape?? maybe yo...great start..but does our heroin escape?? maybe you could ask the gaurd about 'the plane' again and when he starts draggin you to his house, BAM! karate chop to the larynx and then sneak over the border into Poland..Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295610249897681952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-36649094828357649172009-01-30T01:03:00.000-05:002009-01-30T01:03:00.000-05:00What color was the cell, was it cold,cinder blook,...What color was the cell, was it cold,cinder blook, plaster, peeling paint, writing on the wall from the last prisoner, iron bars, window, was it a bed you sat on or a floor ??????<BR/><BR/>If you can see it it your minds eye, put it on the page. You are in control, control the vision. Don't let me see what I think you mean, make me see what you see.<BR/><BR/>I would give you a A plus for imagination (snicker) But a C for setting the vision of the story.<BR/><BR/>Well, that was my 2 cents.....breezmisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692540677595538973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35348628.post-63794657213247388732009-01-29T22:58:00.000-05:002009-01-29T22:58:00.000-05:00So, you and a few other writers get drunk several ...So, you and a few other writers get drunk several times a month? And the drinking game is certain words? ... I know that game. Bulgaria is not one of my drinking words. Children, that is MY children, is part of my drinking game. I digress.<BR/><BR/>Call me Sigmund, but is that how you plan to write the novel of your dreams? ... I think the drinking thing is supposed to come after fame and fortune... unless you're Russian, that is. Or from New Orleans. Or my home town.<BR/><BR/>Wait til you're jaded and still unfulfilled by success and your movie deal. I'm so sorry they picked one of those scrawny Olsen twins to play your heroine... ya know, that's demographics.<BR/><BR/>Where was I? Oh, yes, that dead rat thing is highly symbolic. Be careful of that stuff, most movie goers won't get it. Instead, ya gotta have big guns and exploding heads... that's were the real money is. The being nude in the prison cell is definitely a good thing. That sells, fer sure.willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15590217997145761582noreply@blogger.com