So I’m hard at work on Saving Grace (not!), and I think I’ve finally reached the point in my writer’s life that I can admit I might need help. Valium, prozac, something. See, I’m bored. And a bored writer is a scary writer. Case in point.
Meet Rosco P. Coltrane.
Yes. The gator. The brothers in Defending Serenity and Saving Grace are kind of the dark, broody, sexy as hell versions of Bo and Luke. And they needed a mascot. Hell, the whole neighborhood (they live on the Chatahoochie River in southern Alabama) needed a one-armed, gator mascot. Doncha think?
The scary part is when I started writing ol’ Rosco in I was thinking, oh I’ll cut him out later. But now I kinda like him. In fact, he may end up the hero and take out the bad guy. See? I need help.
So what do you do people? When the flying monkeys take over do you let them go or throw it all out and start from the beginning? I’m thinking Rosco is gonna stay. He’s kinda cute. *g*
October 12th, 2006 at 6:28 pm
For something that looks like he’s eyeing up my legs for dinner, he’s not bad lookin’.
I love the name, too.
but maybe I’m just a nerd…
I tend to stop writing when I get stuck. I go back to the manuscripts a couple months later and finish them up then. It’s not a good system, I dont recommend it…
October 12th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
That sounds great Dayna…
Loribelle, just compromise with the flying monkeys, lol
October 12th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
Hmm I don’t think I’ve ever had a Rosco type mascot in my books. Maybe…hmm…no. You’re one of a kind Lori!
October 13th, 2006 at 4:24 am
Yes, you’re one of a kind. LOL…that picture is too funny. When I get stuck, I usually just skip it and go to the next chapter or another scene until I figure a way out of it.