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01/14/2006: "All Sorts of Things"
Sorry about the lack of bloggage yesterday. The computer burped and then we were gone most of the day, so…
I'm pondering the flash for my new Blaze series. It's not easy - mostly I come up with names that are all Intrigue-y, meaning they hit on the suspense aspects but not the Blazey goodness. I suggested Shadow Something-or-other, but I can't figure out that pesky second part. The thrust is that these people are living in the shadows, under the radar, until they can expose the people who are trying to kill them. They've had to abandon their old lives and everything they knew to live this secret life. And they have lots of great sex.
Did I mention I have a name for book 1? It's CLOSER… I'm dying to know what they're going to do with the cover. Please, please, let the cover gods smile, because, damn this book is (too?) important to me.
I don't know how many books there will be in the series yet. I know at least 2 more, but I'm not sure after that. I can go all the way to 6, but I might combine some characters. I must say, it's really, really fun to do the whole suspense thing in a Blaze. The trick for me was to make sure the suspense didn't overshadow the romance.
We're leaving Monday for Vegas and plot group. Which is a good thing. An excellent thing, because I need a lot of brainstorming on the over-arching story, and the individual books. Thank goodness I have brilliant friends who know all about the plot. (Not to mention Sushi! Thai! Indian! Foods that are unknown in my little tiny town!)
Oh, I forgot to mention - Finally saw SERENITY. I loved it! Man, that Joss Whedon is some brilliant dude. Wonder if he'd like to come to my plot group?
Which leads to…if you could have any three writers come help you plot, who would they be?
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on Saturday, January 14th, Diana said
Well, since you already claimed Joss, I guess I'll take Jane Esponson (one of his right-hand writers), Orson Scott Card, and... hmmm, do they have to be alive? If so I'm sticking with the devil I know, my CP Cheryl Wilson. Or maybe Dan Brown.
But if they could be dead, and to shake things up a bit, I'd go with Edgar Allen Poe, Dumas and Shakespeare. 
on Saturday, January 14th, Alison said
Oh, God, I LOVE Closer as a title! I'm so jelly!
Oh, and I bought this just because it seemed like I needed to have it to absorb Joss's secrets:
http://www.writersstore.com/product.php?products_id=2945
on Saturday, January 14th, Alison said
And I want JJ Abrams and Javier Grillo-Marxuach and the part of Paul Haggis that wrote CRASH. 
on Saturday, January 14th, dotes said
Tough one - William Gibson for his basic concepts, Dan Simmons for his plotting, maybe Tony Hillerman for his sense of place. This could change tomorrow. Jo Leigh for her ability to write the blues (in the sense that the blues are a 3-chord structure and the ability to create something new within the structure is an art in itself) and Jo certainly does this with Romance.
on Saturday, January 14th, Jo said
Oh, I want all of yours, too. As the day goes on I keep adding people to my plot group: Harlen Coben for twists and turns, Wes Anderson for his particular brand of weirdness, Seth Green, because he's everywhere else, why not my plot group?
And Alison, I so want that!
*ps-how sweet is dotes???? ::sigh::
on Saturday, January 14th, Jordan said
Joss would definitely be one, although I'm sure he'd kick me out the second I opened my mouth. *ggg* James Cameron for anything epic. PBW for help with my paranormal novels to make sure I have enough world to go with my dialogue. LOL! Angela Knight to help with the hot stuff. And you and Alison to help with the romance. :o) I'm not greedy. ;-)
on Sunday, January 15th, kim said
great title. good luck and have fun. jerry brukheimer, joss whedon and curtis hanson of la confidential, love that movie 
