What are you reading mark II

[MsFish]

A Christmas Melody


And the main character's name was Melody.  

[Entsuropi]

I always thought it refered to it being high quality, uncut...

Dictionary.com:
crack cocaine
n.
Chemically purified, very potent cocaine in pellet form that is smoked through a glass pipe and is considered highly and rapidly addictive.

Guess I win.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

you win a point. What are you going to do with it?z

[House of Mustard]

This is not just a Christmas story. It's a touching novel of discovery, renewal, and commitment to eternal principles of love and faith. What Melody learns about Christmas--and about herself--is the greatest gift of all.

That sounds awesome.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

wow. I'm going to drop my own current manuscript and write a book of discovery, renewal and commitment to eternal principals.

It shall be about my navel.

[House of Mustard]

What you learn about your navel--and about yourself--will be the greatest gift of all.

[MsFish]

Haha.  Did you find the part of the blurb where it promises that you will be spiritually edified for reading it?
I mean, bad fiction and spiritual enlightenment too!

I mean, I must have enjoyed the thing.  I was up late enough reading it.  But that's what disturbs me.  I shouldn't enjoy something that badly written that I know is just subtley poisoning me against reality.  It's like chick movies.  It's addictive.  

I think I might be better off reading about SE's navel.  

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

it is the gift that keeps on giving. To everyone.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying smarmy, overly-sentimental crap (one of my mentors in life used to tell me that sentimentality is the enemy of art, however). Just as long as you recognize it for what it is.

[MsFish]

The book, or your navel?

Yeah, I'm just disappointed in myself for buying into the poisonous, female-directed, female perpetuated nonsense that I hate so much.  I could have read a book about people who act like people.  But no.  

But then, that's what the stuff is designed to do--suck you in and make you feel all girly.  It's a poor substitute for reality though, if you ask me.  No matter what that reality is, at least it's *real*.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I keep resisting the temptation to respond again so soon, but you keep adding on.

So I'll just say, my navel, primarily.

Next time, you'll be sucked into my navel. and you'll learn about love and faith.

[MsFish]

--I can't wait.  *note sarcasm

--Resistance is futile.

[House of Mustard]

The neat thing is that Anita Stansfield's website has the statement: "Romance with a real-life edge."

[MsFish]

HA!

While I was eating lunch just now I had a thought...

Apparently to write Mormon romance, you don't have to create a good plot, nor have believable characters, nor believable dialogue.  You don't have to write well.  All you have to do is be schmaltzy enough to convince poor unsuspecting Mormon girls that what you're writing IS reality...and that if they wait for prince charming long enough, he'll show up and be as perfect as the men in your book.  

Man, I'm trying to break into the wrong market.  

Of course, if I had written a Christmas for Melody I'd then have to jump out a window, and that might defeat the purpose.  

On the other hand I'd be making money, so really it's a question of how much I'd be willing to sell my soul for.

Jeez...I'm extra sarcastic today.  I need to cut it out.  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

mmm soul geld. I suggest a metric ton of gold wrapped in a platinum shell cast to look like a big mac, or a packet of chicken mcnuggets and dipping sauce.

[fuzzyoctopus]

Apparently to write Mormon romance, you don't have to create a good plot, nor have believable characters, nor believable dialogue.  You don't have to write well.  All you have to do is be schmaltzy enough to convince poor unsuspecting Mormon girls that what you're writing IS reality...and that if they wait for prince charming long enough, he'll show up and be as perfect as the men in your book.  

Oh, wait.  Is this is where I - the Married Mormon Girl - am supposed to jump in and insist to you (the Skeptical Single Girl) that it really DOES happen that way? Or something?

Sorry, i can't remember how it goes, I  haven't been able to stomach the idea of trying to read anything by Jack Weyland or Anita or any mormon romance-what-have-you since I was eleven or so.  or.

Though if my relationship were in a mormon romance novel, would J.T. have gotten been allowed to keep his beard and ponytail?

And is gotten a word?