Comments on: Thanksgiving Dinner

By: Marnee Jo

Marnee Jo — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:47:26 +0000

Gillian - good luck! It can be very frustrating, trying to figure out the difference between eh and wow. I hope you figure it out and let us know the secret when you do.

By: gillian

gillian — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:10:16 +0000

I’m focusing now on revisions, and a bit of it is driving me nuts. I’m trying to analyze why some scenes are really good (if I do say so myself…) and some are just–so–NOT. It’s like the difference between technicolor and black and white. Or fat free sour cream (which I bought, why, I have no idea) and the real stuff.

Anyway, when I can figure out why something feels right to me and something else I’ve written doesn’t, then we’ll be talking major fireworks, pitchers-of-margaritas breakthrough.

By: Marnee Jo

Marnee Jo — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:31:23 +0000

ah. You may be right on that front, mate.

By: terrio

terrio — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:00:02 +0000

Wouldn’t that be DE-pants it?

By: Marnee Jo

Marnee Jo — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:35 +0000

I haven’t actually thought of it yet. *shrugs* I was actually going to just pants it and see what happened.

By: Sin

Sin — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:20:26 +0000

I fully believe you have to have a manmade orgasm before writing a sex scene late at night. That is of course if you can’t get the guy in bed variety. Or guy against a wall. My first sex scene ever written was against a wall. I’ve always been a little wild. LOL

By: terrio

terrio — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:04:37 +0000

I was so thinking of the CMC at Cheesecake Factory when I typed that. But the restaurant at Bilmore had a chocolate/peanut butter mousse one with a Reese’s Cup on top. OMG - better than sex!

And I wrote my first sex scene at home, in the dark, late at night. Sort of like method acting.

By: Marnee Jo

Marnee Jo — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:57:56 +0000

Ter - I bet that’s exactly how it’ll sound. I’ll be sitting in front of my computer, blushing my little Irish complexion purple.

By: Marnee Jo

Marnee Jo — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:56:55 +0000

Steph - I think word counts are a great method, though I do pages. Same I suppose. Go you!! Strawberry Rhubarb, another pie I’ve never tried. Perhaps I need to hit the bakery today.

Ter - Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake. Yummmm…. I love the Cheesecake Factory. They have a Coconut Chocolate Mousse Cheesecake I love. Maybe I’ll go there today instead of the bakery.

By: terrio

terrio — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:56:04 +0000

Yep, Sin, same time. And I’m 100 pages less than I was at this time last year. LOL! But one page further than last night!

Marn - I can’t wait to get the email you send right before that scene. If it goes anything like the one I sent it will be something like this…

“MY CHARACTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE SEX! WHAT DO I DO?!?! I CAN’T WRITE THAT!!!”