Yet another round of Favorite Things in response to Travis Erwin's and Clare2e's challenge...
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Agents who ask for our manuscript pages
Friends whose eyes tear up in all the right places
Sons who fix laptops and daughters who ken
These folks climb high on our list of top ten.
Spouses who get why we're hunched over keyboards
Winking their eyes when we mention the mortgage
Stories that come without outline or tears
These cause our voices to ring out in cheers.
When the plot thins
When the drive dies
When we're feeling had…
When turned down by agents for pitches too dry
Just give us a pen and pad.
Cobwebs that don’t show when we dim the lighting
Old Trader Joe's for meals while we're writing
Web-wired cafes and keys that don’t stick
These all restore when our brains are too thick.
Deer in the side yard who forgo a nibble
Guests who don’t quibble when we forget dinner
Dreams that inspire a great turning point
These set us right when our world’s out of joint.
When the plot thins
When the drive dies
When we're feeling had…
When turned down by agents for pitches too dry
Just give us a pen and pad.
Have the happiest of holidays...may your ink flow fair.
-Lois
Sunday, December 23, 2007
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9 comments:
Y'all are putting mine to shame.
My song, would be set to the tune of "I'll Never Smile Again," and called "I'll never post again."
My blog-mates and our visitors are just too talented.
Don't be "aw shucks-ing" us, Travis, you know you're good!
Terrie
Aw-shucks-ing?
is that a verb?
And okay, I'll admit I thought my little ditty was witty which is why I posted it on the blog, but mine was a direct ripoff of the original song line by line verse by verse. At this point six or seven different people of several different blogs had have with the idea and did their own thing and everyone of them has added tweaked and put more into than I did.
I was lazy and spent something int he neighborhood of ten minutes on it after copying the original so I could use it as an example.
So any awshucking aside, my admiration of the efforts after mine is genuine.
How do you like that, first I rhyme ditty and witty and then mine and genuine? I just might turn myself into a poet yet.
And I'm gonna steal awshucksing as a word and use it in Plundered Booty. It will fit in nicely.
May you all have a wonderful holiday!
The thing is Travis, you originated the idea, inspired and delighted us all. We had fun with it. Happy happy holiday.
Merry Christmas Lois and here's to a terrific New Year. :)
Travis- Trailblazing points are awarded liberally. False modesty points are not.
Being of southern extraction, I flood aw-shucks into every part of speech where it can fetch up.
Lois- Love it! Our long-suffering loved ones deserve a mention as much as Trader Joe's. Mmmm, the macaroons...
Okay, you put me over the edge. I'm now going to copy all of the Favorite Things that come my way. Put them all together and you're singing my song!
Thanks!!!
Thanks for visiting my blog!! I need an audience, I am starting to get addicted to comments...
Your rendition is great... I will have to read more of your posts!
And you're welcome back anytime =)
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