Allegories,
thinly veiled
Daughters,
supernaturally inclined
titles including the word
troubled relationships with
How-to Guides,
comedic*
financial*
Mash-ups,
"funny"
presidential
Victorian
zombie
Nazis,
alternate histories of
modern
romantic relationships with
Self Help,
any variety of*
Sisters,
see Daughters
Vampires,
angel-related
angsty/misunderstood
demon-related
ridiculous pompadours of
super hot
teenage
Wives,
long-suffering
see Daughters
Working-class men,
alcoholic
familial and interpersonal problems of
mid-life crises of
road trips of
*Ignore if you are a D-list celebrity or have survived some unspeakably terrible life event.
The important thing is not really *what* you write about, though, it's *how* you write it. ;)
ReplyDeleteRight?
Lydia, you're so right! That's why nothing can dissuade me from finishing my 500K comedic yet touching mashup masterpeice "How to Understand the Misunderstood Alcoholic Nazi Zombie Vampire's Daughter Sister Wife and Meet the Man of Your Dreams!"
ReplyDelete(The Vampire is a Symbol for the financial crisis and the Nazi part represents how to avoid men like Jesse James.)
Lucy! You've thieved my book idea!
ReplyDeleteNow I'll have to rely on my backup plan, which is a fiction novel (per Janet Reid's new guidelines, heh!) about super-hot vampires who battle equally super-hot zombies, all while keeping their ridiculous pompadours perfectly sexy and working through their alcoholism and the angst that goes with having a romantic relationship with Nazis.
I call it "Undead Midlife Crises. And Zombies"
It's the next blockbuster! Everyone will love it! Oh- and it's part of a nine-book series, too :)
I love my tri-focals! I read "high fullutent wit" as "high flatulant wit."
ReplyDeleteI feel like the only failing would be not writing about ALL of those. In the same book.
ReplyDelete@Bethany: Sounds like Lucy and Kimberly already have it covered. I'm definitely buying copies of both of those and making them bestsellers.
ReplyDeleteIn all seriousness, though, Lydia Sharp is right. You can write about any of those things and do well, so long as your take is original enough and your story well-told. Of course, this is easier said than done.
http://kristinlaughtin.blogspot.com
Based on PW, this stuff is still being bought and selling, so there! :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree with Lydia. It's the "how" that puts a new face on old themes. But, I also want to add "show." Showing is just as important since we all see things differently.
ReplyDelete...what's wrong with alcoholic vampire Nazis? Some of the finest ppl I've ever whipped have been drunk, blood sucking facists...
ReplyDeleteOops, too late. My next book has "Daughter" in the title. Luckily it does not have anything to do with Vampires, road trips or Victorians.
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