One of Chris, Lily, Tam and mine’s fave reads… for some unknown reason. 😉
Is Stephani Hecht really ready for my awesome choose your own m/m story game?
We’ll see. *MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!*
How to play: Step 1. Peeps choose different elements to be included in a story. Step 2. After counting the votes, I let you know the results and… Step 3. Hand it over to Stephani, who has agreed to write the short story incorporating your choices in about 4 weeks time or less depending on how much of a life she has. 😛 The story prompts: 1. the setting
a) an ice hockey game
b) a snowed-in airport
c) a locked bank vault
d) a small town bar which is more than it seems 2. some background to one of the main protags
a) one of the main characters hates ice hockey – and any kind of sport
b) one of the main characters is BFs with Steve Yzerman
c) one of the main characters has always known that he would fall in love at first sight
d) one of the main characters’ father is a drag queen 3. another character/s
a) a weird arse janitor who keeps turning up
b) a security guard who thinks he is John McClane
c) a cook who looks like Elvis Presley
d) a female gay romance writer who keeps watching and taking notes 4. a conflict
a) a missing blonde wig that once belonged to a famous B-grade movie star
b) a suitcase spills open revealing large sized women’s underwear
c) a team bus breaks down in the middle of “bumfuck nowhere” ( <- you have to use that phrase)
d) one of the main characters has numerous family members who keep ringing his phone at… inopportune times 5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
a) a tshirt which says “I support Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and anyone else who plays against Steve Yzerman of the Wings”
b) a tshirt which says “I support Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals and anyone else who plays against Steve Yzerman of the Wings”
c) a tshirt which says “I support Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks and anyone else who plays against Steve Yzerman of the Wings”
d) a tshirt which says “I support Eric Staal of the Carolina Hurricanes and anyone else who plays against Steve Yzerman of the Wings” Leave a comment with your choices or email me at krisngoodbooksATgmail.com. You have until midnight Thursday 2 September (Perth, Western Australia time). Do me proud and make Stephani’s life hell!
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1d – small town bar that is more than it seems
2a – one hates ice hockey and all sports
3d – female romance writer
4c – team bus breaks down in the middle of “bumfuck nowhere”
5a – yada yada yada
Have fun, Stephani…..
I have enjoyed her books and can't wait for this story.
1. a Bar
2. d Drag queen dad
3. b John McLane wannabe
4. b Suitcase with underwear
5. a Sidney Crosby Tshirt
Suzi
“stephani hecht is going down”
Will there be video of this later on Xtube? Just checking. 😀
Okay, my choices are:
1. a) hockey game
2. a) hates hockey
3. d) Romance writer
4. c) bus breakdown
5. a) Sidney Crosby because the kid would kill me if I chose anyone else.
Looking forward to this one Stephani.
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. oh come on! I don't know who any of these people are!!
If you could have only seen my face when I read the choices. I don't think I've laughed that hard in ages.
Jase, you and I need to go to a hockey game and I'll explain all the rules to you and point out the good players. You can help me sneak into the locker room after the game.
1d – small town bar
2d – drag queen dad
3a – weird arse janitor
4c – bus breaks down
5 – no clue here sorry
I love Stephani's books..looking forward to this one
b) bank vault
d) drag queen
d) romance writer
d) inopportune times
a) any… i have no idea who any of those ppl are.
Well, now, I'm all for sneaking into the locker room!! 😀
My daughter will be happy to point out the cute ones Jase.
She actually provided the names of the players.
Me: Give me the names of GOOD, WELL KNOWN players on other teams.
Her: Rattling off some names.
Me: I said “WELL KNOWN”
Her: But they're cute.
Me: The point is not cute, but good.
Her: Sigh and eye roll
Yay. It's sooo good to know I've been there, done that. Now I can be as mean as I want.
Welll:
1. D – Small town bar – sooo many possibilities!
2. D – Drag queen – And I hope he will show up
3. D – female gay romance writer – taking notes AND commenting
4. A – blonde wig – Oh yes!
5. B – Ovechkin is the only name I recognized
Good luck, Stephani!
veriword: obile – Oh, bile!
Google is your friend, people, or we could just ask Tam's kidlet to supply cookies of them all so that we can all make an informed decision. 🙂
Stephani: *gasp* You laughed?! I'm pretty sure that's not allowed.
Oh, and if Jase get's into the locker room there had better be pictures.
Good Luck Stephani. heehee
1. the setting
c) a locked bank vault
2. some background to one of the main protags
d) one of the main characters' father is a drag queen
3. another character/s
b) a security guard who thinks he is John McClane
4. a conflict
b) a suitcase spills open revealing large sized women’s underwear
5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
c) a tshirt which says “I support Joe Thornton of the San Jose Sharks and anyone else who plays against Steve Yzerman of the Wings”
Here, for those who want to choose by cuteness:
a) Sidney Crosby (Wins the cute twink award)
b) Alex Ovechkin (not gonna win a cuteness contest)
c) Joe Thornton (He's okay)
d) Eric Staal (his brother Jordan is on the left – also a cutie)
No excuses now, pick who's cutest. or eenie meeny miney moe works as well.
Are they twins?? Geezus, we will never see Jase or Matthew again. :p
They look like twins don't they? I think there's another brother or two who also play hockey. Quads anyone?
Could you not have just made them twins – Stephani has it easy so far!
Here goes:
1. d
2. c
3. d (awesome!)
4. d
5. d (poor Steve)
I love Stephani's books and know she will rock out something wonderful for us 🙂
1. small town bar more than it seems
2. father is drag queen
3. female gay romance writer
4. team bus bumfuck
5. all of them
1A- You know I have to pick an ice hockey game!
2C – Lurve at first sight.
3A – Weird janitor
4D – family phone calls
5 – Although I love hockey romance stories, I don't know who any of those hockey people are so can I vote for this hockey guy? He's delicious!
team bus bumfuck
Isn't that a porn site Wren? 😀
1. D – bar
2. A – Sports hater
3. D – Female romance writer
4. C – Gotta love a 'bumfuck' choice!
5. D – The yummy blond and his brother.
Good luck, can't wait for this one Stephani 🙂
*bites nails* You guys are going to make this rough for me. Maybe I'll go hide out in that locker room after all.
Stephani: Why do I suspect that you won't make it out of the locker room?! 😉
1. d
2. c
3. c
4. c
5. b (not twinky cute, but mmm)
Good luck!
1 d
2 d
3 b
4 c
5 a
Good luck, Stephani!
Neat! 5 confused me because it sounds like sports, which I know nothing about. I chose the one with penguins. I like penguins.
1.
b) a snowed-in airport
2.
c) love at first sight
3.
a) a weird arse janitor who keeps turning up
4.
a) a missing blonde wig
5.
a) a tshirt which says “I support Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins”
Here you go:
1B
2D
3D
4B
5C
I love how Lily casually threw in “and his brother” there. LOL
Wow, poor Stephani. Sympathy won't stop me from voting, though.
1. A
2. A
3. D
4. B (a hockey player in women's underwear? I'd read it just for that)
5. B
1. d a small town bar which is more than it seems
2. d one of the main characters' father is a drag queen
3. d a female gay romance writer who keeps watching and taking notes
4. c a team bus breaks down in the middle of “bumfuck nowhere” ( <- you have to use that phrase)
5. a randomly chosen since I know nothing about hockey
1 b – snowed in airport
2 c – love at first sight
3 b – John McClane wannabe
4 d – interrupting relatives
5 c – although I have no idea who Steve Yzerman is – I gather he plays ice hockey in the US?….
Oooh, let's see …
1. setting – b. snowed in airport
2. main protag – c. love at first sight
3.another character – a weird arse janitor
4. conflict – family members ringing at inappropriate times
5. object/phrase – uh, … (a) Pittsburg Penguins
1. c – a locked bank vault.
2. a – hate ice hockey and all sport
3. c – although it has to be the early version of Elvis 🙂
4. b – bus
5. no idea!
Good luck Stephani!
1. a
2. a
3. d
4. b
5. d
Good luck, Stephani!
The choosing is now closed and, YAY, I just realised that Val can be added to my victims list. Cool. *beams*
Brilliant idea, Kris!! 🙂
Lol, genius indeed. I am sure she had not thought about it and if she did,… the Mariana trench might be a good hiding place
*bows* Thank you. Thank you. She sure will get a surprise when I send her the link and say 'tag! you're it!' 😉
I so wish I'd known about this sooner. I LOVE Ice Hockey.
I'd have chosen: a, a, b, c, d
Adara: Bummer. I have been posting the links to this on the m/m romance group during voting time, but so much happens in that group that it 'easy' to miss something like this.