Baton Rouge
July 11, 2008
25 Words or Less: Middle-aged married woman in Louisiana is being haunted. Through counseling sessions with her priest, we get closer to the truth about her marriage.
Background: Another Idea I’ve had floating around in my head for years. I’ve tried on numerous ocassions to write up a first draft, but always tend to get stuck on momentum issues, among other specifics of the story.
The Prince’s Favorite Son
July 11, 2008
25 Words or Less: Brooklyn Slacker breaks up with his girlfriend and suddenly becomes the metaphysical center-of-the-universe. He risks up-ending the universe to get her back.
Background: I got the basic idea in Santa Monica 10 or 11 years ago, and have fiddled with it through many incarnations ever since. I’ve gotten through the second draft of what I hope will be the basic final form. The title comes from a long-forgotten Dog’s Eye View song that I got my first speeding ticket to, and which inspired the story after some incubation.
