Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 13, 2015
Transcript:
Lucy: Why are you staring at your laptop? Danae: I'm writing. Lucy: What are you writing? Danae: A book. Lucy: Cool! What's it about? Danae: Don't know yet. It just needs to be a best-seller and fetch a seven-figure movie deal. Lucy: Hmm...maybe start with a catchy title. Danae: Good idea! Got any suggestions? Lucy: How about,"The cart before the horse"> Danae: Thanks...now I know I don't need a collaborator.
StCleve72 almost 9 years ago
How about; Vampire Zombie Celebrities from Outer Space?
Argythree almost 9 years ago
I love a horse offering a book title about ‘cart before the horse’ as a snarky comment on counting one’s best seller chickens before even ‘laying an egg’…
Varnes almost 9 years ago
The heart before the course?
Can't Sleep almost 9 years ago
Whatever she writes, Johnny Depp will star in it (if he gets to wear silly make-up).
bagbalm almost 9 years ago
1,000 Shades of Beige
cdward almost 9 years ago
I like the title – maybe just spice it up a bit. Something like: “The Cart Before the Warg.”
Ermine Notyours almost 9 years ago
The 50 Foot Woman vs. The Booger Brained Boys.
dabugger almost 9 years ago
Oh Danae, better look around. You still need a collaborator. Someone with horse sense.
Rarely almost 9 years ago
It’ll be interesting to see what Danae comes up with before throwing in the towel on the project. Lucy once again throws the wet blanket of reality on a Danae scheme.
goweeder almost 9 years ago
I one decided to write a novel. It started, “It was a dark and stormy night….”
I couldn’t think of a line to follow that, so eventually, I lost interest. Guess just wasn’t cut out for that.
luvdafuneez almost 9 years ago
“Catcher in the Wry?” That’s for YOU, RSR…love your comment! :-)
Ernest Lemmingway almost 9 years ago
“Not all great readers are good writers, but all great writers are good readers.” – my junior year English teacher—so by that logic, Danae is already doomed. When was the last time she read anything of substance?
puddlesplatt almost 9 years ago
The worse hangnail in space…(in color of course)
Mokurai almost 9 years ago
Somebody suggested she try horror. How about Inside Danae’s Mind? Agoraphobia, anthropophobia, alethephobia (Fear of the outside, fear of people, fear of truth)… She could compete with unwitting horror writer Ayn Rand, who actually did write some two-dimensional movie scripts. Or maybe not. Danae does not inspire horror in anyone who knows her at home, in the neighborhood, or in school. Irritation, yes; pity, definitely.
Every novel is Inside the Writer’s Mind, of course. It is just roomier, better lit, and better decorated inside the better writers’ minds.
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member almost 9 years ago
She needs to change her last name to Kardashian if she wants to write a book without putting effort into it.
caligula almost 9 years ago
Aside from which that title is already taken. :-)