Comments on: Why Writers Must Enjoy the Game of Writing

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:27:06 +0000

Jenn, I found your zombie story. Crazy. Funny but also disturbing and oddly inspirational (in a kind of reverse psychology way). Thanks for sharing!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:26:23 +0000

Al, hilarious! especially “the urban vigilante dressed to the nines” and especially the “thwocking.”

Every superhero needs to give a good thwocking sometimes.

The answer to the jumbled title: No. But a whole lot of us try to do it.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:33:26 +0000

In case you didn’t discover it, the zombie story is already up there, a few posts down. I posted, like, four things on Saturday.

By: Al Hsu

Al Hsu — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:17:58 +0000

I love these. I remember a few years ago I came up with a list of book title mashups that resulted from funny juxtapositions of IVP books on my office shelves. So “Should I Home School?” + “God the Almighty” ended up being “Should I Home School God the Almighty?”

Let’s see if I can come up with anything . . . how about:

The Daredevil Wears Prada
A radioactive dirty bomb sent to a Manhattan magazine blinds the editor but grants her supersensory powers. She becomes an urban vigilante, dressed to the nines in red leather, kicking badguys’ butts with her Manolos and thwocking them with her enhanced Prada handbags.

Okay, that was kind of lame. Best I could come up with off the top of my head.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:06:38 +0000

Matt, I love it! And I’m glad you broke out of the sci-fi/fantasy mold. Although that is the specific requirement for the contest, it’s pretty arbitrary.

Sketchers in the Rye is my personal favorite. You should send in A Hard Day’s Knight. Hilarious!

By: m chesnut

m chesnut — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:55:16 +0000

One more, and just realizing the need for sci-fi/fantasy…

A Hard Day’s Knight – John, Paul, George, and Ringo are used to avoiding screaming mobs, but they usually don’t have torches and pitchforks! The Fab Four parade through Medieval England, desperately fleeing hoards of confused and enraged villagers looking to destroy this satanic rhythm music and the hellspawn responsible for it.

By: m chesnut

m chesnut — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:47:30 +0000

Green Eggs and Hamlet – A whimsical yarn about young Hamlet’s refusal to digest oddly colored pig slaughter and chicken abortions and his quest to reveal the truth about his usurping uncle, who has probably poisoned the food.

By: m chesnut

m chesnut — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 04:38:35 +0000

Sketchers in the Rye – Holden Caulfield is mopey…to the extreme! Now he must win a skateboarding competition all while putting on airs and sulking in this action-packed adventure!

By: Marcus

Marcus — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:58:15 +0000

Jenn, I’m honored. Let me think a bit. (Rim shot.)

And I’m excited about your “zombies” post. Everyone loves a good zombie story!

By: Jenn

Jenn — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:01:45 +0000

Whoa. I think my brain just blew a fuse. I’ll come back if I think of anything, but in the meantime, you might want to jaunt over to my blog to view something relevant to you, as well as a story about zombies. Sort of.