Stacy from Dayton asks: “Have you ever thought about writing a stand alone book? And if so, what type?”
Yes, I have thought about it. I’d love to write either a paranormal romance with a unicorn as narrator, or a cookbook.
No. Joking. Note to my editor: If I just made you spit coffee on your screen, I apologize.
But I certainly do think about writing standalone novels. I have a head full of book ideas, and not all of them involve Jo Beckett or Evan Delaney. Any standalones would be thrillers — maybe involving international intrigue, or a heist that goes horribly wrong, or global disaster.
You know, fun stuff.
Ken asks: “Apart from the obvious, such as butter and its substitutes, what do you put on your toast in the morning?”
Jam. I slather it on, the better to imagine my characters stuck in one. Then I think about how they’ll get out of it. Or in the case of certain characters named after contest winners, how they won’t.
How about a cookbook full of recipes for unicorn entrees?
Hopefully you don’t think worse of me because my book is a paranormal romance (although it’s not narrated by unicorns).
Had to say, you almost had me until I read the unicorn part, though!
Unicorns? You don’t worry about voice appropriation?
Stacy: Paranormal romance is a hot genre. Go for it!
Susan: The unicorns in my story would be mimes.
My favorite line from a comic strip is when the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert says, “Let’s blame it on the mimes. They won’t talk!”