I can't find anything at Borders that tickles my fancy, so maybe someone will do up a custom job for me? An evolving list of what bits I want in a novel right now:
-220 pages. 178 even better. 178 pages is my favorite length.
-Gothic mouth feel
-Black comedy
-GREEN and shadowy. Belize? Ireland?
-Discovery in a box of photographs YES, in a box of documents NO
-Characters who make decisions
-Characters who are smarter than me
-Characters with physical features that could either bug you or turn you on, depending on your mood (broken nose, wonky eye, ape torso, etc)
-3rd person narrator fluent in wit and steam
-PIE. I don’t like pie in real life, but in novels I love pies
-Wrath, pride, lust, envy, gluttony. Greed and sloth not so much.
-Accidental interrogations
-Woman against nature
-Philadelphia Story with middle class psychopaths
-“Say something once, why say it again!?”
-Adult siblings with intense relationships YES, Dynasties with fearsome blank-riarchs NO
-Water—a lake or an ocean. Not a river.
-Beverages, patio living
-A long held secret that is not be about child abuse. geez
-Fortune, not fate
-A broad view, narrow focus
-Disorganized crime
-Unusual hobbies, explained quite a bit
-Jolly godlessness
-A genuine finish. There Will Be Blood, yeah?
3 comments:
You're rather demanding, aren't you?
wv: galat
"organizing piles and lists reeks of desperation" -- Le Scott
Desperate times, evidently, call for desperate measures.
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