Warning: Some Violence and Much Strong Language.HE WROTE: Not Dead Yet
We did see Spamalot in New York, courtesy of our wonderful agent, Meg, several months ago. So the quote above seems apropos. Jenny send me this last night:
On Feb 22, 2006, at 7:59 PM, SIFIAUTHOR@aol.com wrote: book done yet?
Jenny: Oh. You're back. Yes. Shane elopes with a fluffy little Hooters waitress named Bubbles . . .
At least Bubbles has evolved from a kitten to a Hooters waitress and I just can't wait to hear the comments on that. I've only been in Hooters once when it was the restaurant next to the hotel I was staying at for a conference. Very bad food. Sort of like the strip club for guys who can't be caught in a real one. LaFavre, JT Wilder's best buddy, wouldn't be caught dead in a Hooters, although he might get caught alive in one.
We're slogging away on Agnes, well, Jenny is as she has the master. We hope to have a draft of Act One done within a week. Then we get to start Act Two. But the good part then is that we both can work on it at the same time as we each get one act. One of us, probably me, presses forward into Two, while the other, probably Jenny, goes back through One and does all that layering, YECCY stuff.
I"m trying to organize my Chase notes today because sooner or later I have to run this by Meg to see if I'm in the ball park. I'm doing the usual cutting back on way too many characters and consolidating them. Always a smart move.
This weekened we do South Carolina Book Festival in Columbia. Drive up there tomorrow, pick Jenny up at airport and we go back to talking about Agnes. My head already hurts.
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I think that sticking with emailing each other is probably a good idea. I mean, you can be in the same car but she could sit in the back seat with a laptop. OR the Cherry Guides could be sold to fund the purchase of a van with two padded, self contained compartments and an email link, plus chauffeur.
Was Meg your agent pre-Jenny-partnership? Is she taking over your multi-psuedonym+self books now? Is that switch (if there is one) because you were unsatisfied with the job your previous agent was doing or just because it makes things easier?
Sorry for the questions, but inquiring minds and all that.
Holly
Glad I happened upon your blog. I love to read about the writing process from all different angles and looks like you all have a unique one going here.
It's nice to see how your partnership works. Especially for the reader out there (like me).
The last time I saw Hooters waitresses, they were actually a bunch of guys in bad wigs, tight, beer-gut revealing t-shirts, and orange satin shorts with holes cut out in the seat to show butt cheeks.
Never be surprised at what people will do during Fantasy Fest in Key West.
(-: After Jenny's lyrical post about Spamalot on her site, I got the cast CD -- and "Not Dead Yet" now runs through my brain at least five times a day (-:. My kids are learning to whistle to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life". And we're corrupting the piano teacher with "The Song That Goes Like This." Beware! That musical is an alien life form that is taking over brains!
Run Away!
Bob, if that's your real email address, then posting it in the blog might mean you get spam, a lot (sorry for the pun, couldn't resist).
Does the fact that Bubbles mutates from a fluffy kitten to a fluffy waitress make it more or less likely that she will be eaten by Moot?
Or, given the fact that "man bites dog" is a better story than "dog bites man," what is the possibility that Bubbles (in either incarnation) will eat Moot?
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