Friday, September 7, 2012

Suitable Topics for a Blog Post

I find myself staring at the blank computer screen once again, with Friday on the way. I turn my eyeballs inward, seeking a topic to bloviate upon for a few paragraphs. What to talk about?

Dinner. I could talk about what I expect to serve for dinner. Alas, I have no idea, except that a can of beans will be involved.

Politics. No, I have sworn off talking about politics until after the election. You all know who you want to vote for, you all know what's at stake, and nothing I say will have any effect. I will remind you to be sure you're registered, and to be sure to show up at the polls on election day. That's all I have to say about that.

Movies. I've seen some corkers since I got Turner Classic Movies up and running again. I'll tell you about some of them later. Not right now.

The triumphs of the writing life. Yes! I finished Monkeystorm (huzzah), and to my eye at least it is good. Harold, a connoisseur of trash fiction, tells me it fulfills all the requirements for a thriller. One of my other first readers found a plot hole which I quickly filled up with blood and gore. But it's short, a mere 55,000 words. I'm not sure I have the nerve to send it to my agent like that.


And yet it occurs to me that Monkeystorm, a story about a video game (among other things), might be packaged with a copy of the actual video game. That way 55,000 words would be plenty. Or not. I'll see what my agent has to say.

Kate Gallison

3 comments:

  1. Love that word Bloviate!!! My faithful Webster's tells me it was pop. by W.G. Harding ... now that is a project for Madame Research King! How did Harding use the erudite word??? T.J. Straw

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  2. Kate, congratulations on finishing Monkeystorm. Some wags are actually sayings--in the age of the eBook--that shorter is better. But then maybe they are just bloviating.

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  3. Annamaria, it's tempting to think so. I don't know what final form Monkeystorm will take; if digital, then wordcount is no doubt less important. Thelma, I could bloviate all day on the subject of Warren G. Harding, but that would be talking politics, which I have sworn not to do until after November. I probably got the word from my father. Much of my vocabulary comes from him. He could insult you six ways from Sunday and never use a cuss word.

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