Mad libbing through my fiction

As I write, I often will put in a bracket when I need to look something up. For instance, ” Watching riders do horse tricks had as much appeal as listening to a recitation of  [something really dull]”

Kurt Pankau is one of my readers for Without A Summer  and commented:

And totally off topic, I can’t help but play Mad Libs with your placeholders. Highlight: Watching riders do horse tricks had as much appeal as listening to a recitation of Plan 9 From Outer Space.

Feel free to play with that, by the way.

Meanwhile, Chapter 17 and Chapter 18 are up for those of you reading along.

 

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