Win a Copy of Last Gasp
Sep. 3rd, 2010 05:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
erastesI was thinking about angst in books today, because I commented on Ruth Sims’ Counterpoint on my review on Speak Its Name saying that I wished it had some lighter scenes, rather than angst layered on angst. (Rather cheeky of me, really, considering how my books tend to start dark and get darker by the page). And then I was thinking, “Oh God, I’m the Drama Queen of Unremitting Angst” until THE WOODLANDERS came on the TV, (which makes Transgressions look like a week at Butlins) and then I felt better. Thomas Hardy’s webpage – if he were around writing today would have a tagline: “Life’s a Bitch, until you marry one, then DIE HORRIBLY” or something along those lines. Thomas Hardy: A Laugh a Minute. Not.
That got me thinking. If you fancy winning a copy of LAST GASP, (haven’t had a competition for a while) invent a tagline for an author (living or dead) who hasn’t already got one, of course. Purely subjectively judged by me, whichever one makes me laugh, and at least I can send it out, as it will be an ebook. Post your answer in the comments, either on my my Livejournal or on my website.
Pretty new hatchlings.
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Date: 2010-09-03 04:19 pm (UTC)Charlie Cochrane: Nice Guys Finish... but they don't rush things.
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Date: 2010-09-03 06:52 pm (UTC)Jane Austen: I invented the Regency romance.
J R R Tolkein: Never let the action get in the way of the songs in made up languages.
Nora Roberts: You want to read my backlist? Start now and hope you live to a ripe old age.
No disrespect meant. All awesome writers. :D
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Date: 2010-09-03 07:20 pm (UTC)I like to make my characters suffer too. But I'm also supposedly pretty good at comedy and witty banter. Obvious solution - characters who hide their pain behind witty banter! (The Chandler Bing.) Or if that won't work add a side character who can crack off a few one liners before the reader starts to think about shooting themselves.
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Date: 2010-09-03 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-03 09:46 pm (UTC)Dante: Because all the interesting people are in Hell.
Shakespeare: Everything you write. He got there first.
Emily Brontë: Eat your heart out, Edward Cullen. Unless Heathcliff eats it first.
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Date: 2010-09-03 09:53 pm (UTC)ps--I've read LG, not competing, just playing.
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Date: 2010-09-04 02:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-04 07:56 am (UTC)In 18th Century Cornwall, if disease or drowning doesn't get you, then it'll probably be a mining accident.
I blame Poldark entirely for my recurring belief that Travis was the real star of Blakes 7.
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Date: 2010-09-04 08:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-04 08:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-09-04 08:53 am (UTC)author taglines
Date: 2010-09-04 09:36 am (UTC)Megan Whalen Turner: first-person + reveal/twist = awesome when done right.
C.S. Lewis: should have steered clear from sci-fi.
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken, UR Not Getting It.
Oscar Wilde: should stick with witty plays.
Jane Austen: sekkritly hates the masses.
Re: author taglines
Date: 2010-09-04 09:45 am (UTC)William Shakespeare: most acclaimed and prolific fanfic writer.
Billy Collins: Poetry can make you laugh too.
Hans Christian Andersen: Must have had an angsty childhood.
Georgette Heyer: UR stealing mah Regency words. Dat's okay. Half of 'em are made up.