Dang, I missed Thursday again. That sucker just flew past with no regard for my blog. Ah, well. Better late than never. I really had intended to do better this year. Derp.
I read a FB comment this morning where someone was saying how much they enjoyed a particular suspense novel and, at the end, they said 'may contain triggers for some people'. Ummm... I would reckon that everything contains a trigger for some people. I would also reckon that if a book contains nothing that would make anyone uncomfortable, it's not a very interesting book. Jus' sayin'.
I wrote a book about a serial rapist - FERTILE GROUND. Did I put trigger warnings on it? Nope. It's right there in the blurb. For the record, though, the book contains no actual rape scenes. I didn't feel the need to be explicit in order to keep the pedal to the metal on the suspense. And I made the end ultra-satisfying. Well, I found it satisfying. :evil grin:
This entire week has been one big slam-fest at work. I thought I was busy before, but this week made a lie out of that. I drank a pot of coffee yesterday just to keep up. Man, I was flyin'. Woohoo. Too much more of that and I might actually turn into diffuse ball of charged particles. So, if I disappear and you just see a glow hovering over SW Missouri, that's me.
Huh, I just noticed it's Friday the 13th. Make sure you leave milk and cookies out for Jason Voorhies. Eh, I'm not a suspicious sort, but it fun to joke about. Of course, if today turns out to suck, I can blame the date. LOL
I actually got to use my writing skills this week. A big important letter needed to go out and they handed it to me to edit. I took the general gist of it and rewrote it (after I told the original creator I was going to rewrite it and got his okee-dokee.) I received much praise for the end result. Yay.
For the record, everything I say I've done, I've actually done. Jus' sayin'. And yeah, I know... many of the things I've done were a couple decades ago. I must be rusty, but I still have the chops.
Okay, I should probably wrap this up and go about my day, so you can go about yours. Have a great one!
All the days are just sneaking past, Thursday included! Sorry for the suck-fest at work. Getting slammed is tough but you got this! Yeah for editorial and writer-chops! You got that, too! FYI, LOVED FERTILE GROUND!!!! Like damn and whoah. The suspense was amazing and the finale? Oh yeah. Totally satisfying!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say I was productive this week. I wasn't. I did laundry. I helped LG with some minor stuff. I sort of cooked. I hibernated. Life is.
Have a great weekend! Later, tater.
That explains why Missouri has been glowing on the radar!
ReplyDeleteYay for your rewrite success! You got the chops, lady!
I loved Fertile Ground, too! Seeing the subject, I was almost afraid to read it, but it didn't "trigger" anything in me.
I think triggers are nonsense, too. Growing up is a trigger. Life is a trigger. I can understand them for people who have been badly hurt, but not for silly cowards like me.
I didn't notice it's Friday the 13th until the *second* time Mom pointed it out. Space case, here. ;-)