I thought you
might like to see how I visualize Chief of Police Ari for the United States
Colony on Mars. And beside her is Dr. Robb Otts, the doctor, medical examiner,
dentist, and surgeon for the U.S. colony. Don’t they make a nice couple?
I’ve been on
fire with my writing for NaNoWriMo! In the first four days, I banged out almost
12,000 words, way ahead of schedule. As of this posting, I am sitting at 11,832
words. However, this morning, you can count on me being at the keyboard adding
more to the tale. By the time you read this post, I expect to be approaching
15,000 words. That’s only 3168 more words today.
So what? Every
year I am so stuffed with ideas that it’s like my head explodes on the keyboard
and gets uploaded to my pages. Admittedly, I have hit more words this year than
usual by this time, still to lift a phrase from GOT: I know that “winter is
coming.”
The dreaded saggy,
soggy middle, exacerbated by fatigue, means that a slow down is coming. I know
it, expect it, and fear it! Am I creating my own self-fulfilling prophecy by anticipating
the slow down. I bank words every year against what I see as inevitable—days when
I come nowhere near the daily 1,667 words that, if averaged daily, will result in
“winning” National Novel Writing Month. Maybe this year will be different.
But to take my
mind off the coming (maybe) slough of despond, I have a job for you to do. Help
me out here. I need different title. Murder
on Mars is so BOOORRRING!
Think of this
as book one in a trilogy of “Mars Murder Mysteries.” What title would grab science
fiction and mystery lovers? What shall I call this book set 100 years in the
future on another planet?
Please offer
suggestions in the comments below. If I choose your title, I’ll name a
character after you in book two. How’s that for an incentive? Put on your
thinking caps! And thank you for taking a whack at my dilemma.
Now, back to
writing!
