- Pick a couple from your novel, manuscript, or WIPs
- On December 3, 2012 go to each of the judge's blogs to gather the question for your couple to answer (There will be a total of five questions).
1. Victoria H. Smith http://twentysomethingfictionwriter.blogspot.com/
2. Jade Hart | http://www.dreamwritepublish.blogspot.com/
3. Jaycee Delorenzo | http://blog.jayceedelorenzo.com/
4. Chelsea Cameron | http://www.leftandwrite7.blogspot.com/
5. Magan Vernon | http://thepunchingbagfightsback.blogspot.com/
On December 10, 2012 post your couples five answers and "hop" around the other participants blogs to comment on their couples!
Optional: Participate in the reader voting round on December 14th to vote for the finalist couple that you feel stood out the most :)
EJ NOTE: If you have a good time here and want to read more entries, click the hop button above to go to the official page--a list of the other participants is at the bottom. I'll post a reminder on the 14th, and of course I'd appreciate your vote!
Okay, that's the dirty, but here's where it gets tricky. I don't really have a traditional 'couple' of the romantic variety in the Moonsongs books (yet ;). So I'm going to get creative and introduce you to Jenny and Marshal, a couple of friends forced together by proximity and circumstance, and bound by their appreciation for each other's ... uniqueness. Here goes:
The Odd Couple...
Marshal: Can't you just pause the game? Ask the other players to wait or something, it'll only take a second.
Jenny: *glances at Marshal* You can't pause an Online match. It ends when you die--Son of a bitch! Thanks, you just got me knifed from behind by the worst guy on their team. They're going to crush me on the message boards for that one...
Marshal: Great, now you can help me answer these.
Jenny: *flips the controller onto bed, turns to Marshal* Oh sweet Jesus, what've you got in your hands?
Marshal: The latest issue of V came today! *squeezes magazine to chest in a puppy hug* And LOOK at what they did to poor Keira Knightley. She looks like a transexual-zombie-hooker! *shows cover and shudders*
Jenny: I'm starting another match...
Marshal: Wait, this is important! This questionnaire will tell us if we're a good relationship match.
Jenny: *rubs temples* What relationship? You're a smart dressing, highly sensitive, and civic minded gay man. I'm an anti-social, emotionally calloused chick who takes pride in her collection of vintage t-shirts. Tom & Jerry had more of a natural relationship than us--and they tried to kill each other.
Marshal: *waggles eyebrows* I'll pay for the pizza tonight. C'mon, it'll be fun!
Jenny: *falls back onto bed, stares at ceiling* You're lucky I'm broke ... and starving. Just get this over with.
Marshal: *grinning like a Power Ball winner* First question--
Tells us about a memorable experience you shared together.
Jenny: Like the time I didn't kill you in some horrible way for subjecting me to bullshit surveys?
Marshal: Be serious! I'll go first - When we were nearly eaten by a werewolf.
Jenny: *furrows brow in thought* Yeah, I can't top that one. Next.
Marshal: You go first this time. Question number two--
What would you do if the one you wanted was terrified of your feelings and pushed you away?
What would you do if the one you wanted was terrified of your feelings and pushed you away?
Jenny: Die alone--and probably happy.
Marshal: *sighs* Well, I'd be heart broken. You know how hard it is to find a decent guy out here in West Texas ... Next question--
What is one of the roadblocks standing in the way of you getting together?
What is one of the roadblocks standing in the way of you getting together?
Jenny AND Marshal: *uncontrolled laughter*
Marshal: *wiping away a tear* Moving right along--
How would you describe the other person, using only one word at a time?
Jenny: Ooh, I'll start this one! Absurd. *grins*
Marshal: *frowns* Shabby.
Jenny: *glances at camouflaged sweatpants and shrugs* Peacock.
Marshal: Oblivious.
Jenny: *points* Proud. Jerk. Who. Thinks. He. Is. So. Pretty.
Marshal: *shrugs* Stubborn. Ass. Who. Thinks. She. Is. So. Clever.
Jenny: Next?
Marshal: Right--
What was the first thing you noticed about each other?
What was the first thing you noticed about each other?
Marshal: *laughs* Your hair. Purple mohawks were cool in 1983--for like a week.
Jenny: *looks away* Your confidence.
Marshal: *puts magazine down* Really?
Jenny: Sure. You were the first person brave enough to talk to me when I moved out here to the sticks sophomore year. And I knew you were different--not by how you dressed or anything--just by how you behaved. You were genuinely proud of who you were. That takes a lot of confidence in a small town. Hell, in any town.
Marshal: *touches Jenny on the shoulder* That's seriously the nicest thing you've ever said to me...
Jenny: *turns to Marshal and grins* Can we get breadsticks, too?
Marshal: You suck.
That's my entry! Do you think Jenny and Marshal make a good couple? :-D
Be sure to give Jaycee's book a read as well. The early reviews have been outstanding!
~EJW~
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