Day: February 24, 2009

More Titles from WordPress Tags

~ Scott W. Baker ~ Leave a comment

I looked at the updated list of WordPress global tags and noticed some more potential titles.  They amuse me, so here they are.

  • “Sex Sotfware”: That could go a lot of different directions, couldn’t it?  Anything from robots having sex together (for robot procreation…meshing software the way people mesh DNA to make a child).  Or a computer program to help guys score (Will Smith’s Hitch meets Windows).
  • “Fun War”: A party in every landmine.  This could be someone who loves the art of war in a very active sense or could be a war over types of recreation.  A civil war over what is the national pass-time?  Maybe too much.  Or it could be a reality show about war, the producers coming up with more ridiculous goals for the armies.  I’d hate to see that elimination round.  Or (one more) kids enlisted to the army based on video game prowess.  This reeks of The Last Starfighter, maybe even a little Ender’s Game.
  • “Faith Marketing”: They do it now, don’t they?  A story about a cult leader that preys on shopaholics, maybe even home shopping addicts.  Trying to buy your way into heaven is nothing new, but investing n heaven real estate or keeping up with God’s fashion do’s and don’ts or even an ad campaign about heaven.  Not too terribly speculative, but it can go somewhere.  I doubt I’ll write it.
  • “Musings School”: Could make a cute flash piece about a school for random thoughts.  How do you teach people to think?  It could be a dystopian society where thoughts are discouraged, but this underground school tries to get people thinking for themselves, starting small.  What do you think about licorice?  ducks?  your government’s oppression of its people by sanitizing the media and ostracizing independent thinkers?

That’s all for now.  Check the global tags for your own ideas or check out my previous post.  Happy writing.

-Oso

Sent out two

~ Scott W. Baker ~ Leave a comment

I went ahead and sent “Brother Goo” to Cricket today.  Duotrope suggests it will be 3-6 months before I hear back.  I’ll miss that story while it’s gone.  If it gets rejected, I’ll have to strongly consider a rewrite.  I haven’t posted my full version (submitted slimmed down version) to Critters for review, but I will.  There seems to be no rush.

I also posted “Leech Run” to the slush mesage board at Jim Baen’s Universe.  It’s a neat idea, posting stories to a password protected page (so there is no technical publication…same as Critters does) to get comments from readers.  Editors also peek at the stories, requesting rtf files from stories they find particularly promising.  I’m running it through the “Introducing” bracket, basically contending with other writers that haven’t breached pro level markets.  If you are a Baen’s Bar member, you can give it a read and post some comments, especially if they are helpful comments.

At any rate, I’m keeping my top-end stuff out there.  Even a blind fisherman gets a nibble or two, right?

-Oso