And, yes, that cookie is a bribe for her.
You’re welcome.
You’re welcome.
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 Angelia, who has agreed to produce the short story incorporating your choices in about four weeks time.
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 Angelia, who has agreed to produce the short story incorporating your choices in about four weeks time.
The story prompts:
1. part of the setting
a) an abandoned mill Don Quixote style
b) a Peter Allen karaoke night
c) an anger management retreat at a monastery
d) a snowed-in ice station
2. some background to one of the main protags
a) one of them has had a succession of jobs including a dog walker, a forensic lab assistant, a trapeze artist, an accountant, a zoo keeper, a courier and a fluffer
a) one of them has had a succession of jobs including a dog walker, a forensic lab assistant, a trapeze artist, an accountant, a zoo keeper, a courier and a fluffer
b) one of them is petrified that ginger-haired people are going to take over the world
c) one of them has a piece of string tied around his finger to remember something, but can’t remember what it was
d) one of them is convinced that they’re going to imprint on someone
3. another character/s
a) a chorus of male dancers who all have the same name
a) a chorus of male dancers who all have the same name
b) a lost – extremely precocious – toddler
c) a pig farmer who has a such a strong accent that it makes him/her hard to understand
d) an alien who has run away to Earth to become a cheerleader
4. a conflict
a) an internal voice that suddenly develops a personality of its own
a) an internal voice that suddenly develops a personality of its own
b) a ghost gerbil that keeps on moving things
c) a malfunctioning shrinking machine
d) xray vision
5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
a) a panda bear costume
b) ‘an avalanche of …. [insert your choice of what here] …’
c) a sex education class for virgins of all types
d) a red velvet cupcake corset
Leave a comment or send me an email with your choices by midday Tuesday 5 April (Perth, Western Australia time).*
go, GO, GO!
*Closed early because apparently I’m a doofus. I hate that.
*Closed early because apparently I’m a doofus. I hate that.
Kris + Books = Good. *Sometimes*. 
Ohy yay. Good luck Angelia.
1) Anger management retreat
2) fear of gingers of course
3) toddler
4) ghost gerbil
5) red velvet corset and cupcake
Have fun.
Good luck Angelia!
1) c – Anger management retreat
2) c – Piece of string tied around his finger
As a redhead (ginger you might say unless you wanted to live), I am taking over the world & so b is obsolete.
3) c – Pig farmer (I'm from the land of unintelligible accents)
4) b – Ghost gerbil
5) b – An avalanche of dildos
1. C
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. A
I think Angelia is going to need all the luck she can get on this one. Good luck!
Oh this should be good!
1C
2B
3C
4D
5C
Best of luck, Angelia :).
OMG I love Angelia!!! 😀 SQUEEEEE *pantpantpantbreathebreathebreathe*
1 – Abandoned Mill
2 – Imprint
3 – Male dancers (visions of fluffy dancing hyenas come to mind)
4 – x ray vision (what did he swallow?!)
5 – sex ed
I am waiting with bated breath… but blue is a good color for me. 😀
1. C anger management
2. B Gingers scare me.
3. D Cheerleading Alien
4. B Ghost gerbil
5. D I love a boy in a corset & I love red velvet cupcakes!
1. part of the setting
c) an anger management retreat at a monastery
2. some background to one of the main protags
c) one of them has a piece of string tied around his finger to remember something, but can't remember what it was
3. another character/s
a) a chorus of male dancers who all have the same name
4. a conflict
a) an internal voice that suddenly develops a personality of its own
5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
d) a red velvet cupcake corset
1 D
2 B
3 D
4 B
5 A
1. C
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. C
Totally, totally awesome array of choices from which to choose!
1. Setting – A
2. Background – C
3. Another character – D
4. Conflict – B
5. Object/phrase – C
Looking forward to the story!
Awww, look at you all picking on Angelia. It brings a tear to my eye. It really does.
Mine too, Kris. Mine too.
You know you're getting eaten by something fangy and horrible in the next book, right next to Elizabeth Donald, right?
Promises, promises. *bats eyelashes*
D
B (because it IS inevitable)
D
A
C
You wish, mate.
1. a Peter Allen karaoke night (can I come too?)
2. piece of string around the finger
3. a chorus of male dancers
4. a ghost gerbil or the shrinking machine (what could get shrunk? the mind boggles)
5. a red velvet corset
Mmmhh, Kris, so many things I'd love to see in the story! Congrats, you evil mastermind, and good luck Angelia, you'll need it 😉
1. part of the setting:
b) a Peter Allen karaoke night
2. some background to one of the main protags:
b) one of them is petrified that ginger-haired people are going to take over the world (and of course they will 😉
3. another character/s
a) a chorus of male dancers who all have the same name
4. a conflict
a) an internal voice that suddenly develops a personality of its own
5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
d) a red velvet (cupcake) corset
1- c) an anger management retreat at a monastery
2- c) one of them has a piece of string tied around his finger to remember something, but can't remember what it was
3- a) a chorus of male dancers who all have the same name
4- a) an internal voice that suddenly develops a personality of its own
5- d) a red velvet cupcake and/or corset
Good luck, Angelia!
1) C
2) C
3) D
4) C
5) C
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C
Suzi.
1. part of the setting
c) an anger management retreat at a monastery
2. some background to one of the main protags
b) one of them is petrified that ginger-haired people are going to take over the world
3. another character/s
d) an alien who has run away to Earth to become a cheerleader
4. a conflict
b) a ghost gerbil that keeps on moving things
5. an object/phrase to be mentioned in the story somewhere
d) a red velvet cupcake corset
I just realised that I got a wee bit ahead of myself re: closing the choices down.
Whoops??
*head desk*
You realize we're so confused by the time difference that we'd never notice…
Well, shit. *double head desk*
THAT'S going to leave a mark.
Poor Kris. *pets her sore little head*
Don't worry, Chris and Eyre. An internal ultrasound took my mind off it.