User blog:TDIwriter/Idea and Contest

Okay, hello everyone. I haven't been around as much lately. Honestly, I've been in the ER/recovering at home. Haha, but that's a story for another blog. Anyway, I had an idea, and a contest to go along with that idea.

Okay, so, I don't really write audition tapes for my characters, and never really have. I honestly don't have too many ideas for tapes, but I'd like to have them. So, I was thinking you, the users, could take a crack at writing the audition tapes for my Pacific Island characters. If I like your idea, I'll use your audition tape (possible slightly edited for grammar/minor details) on the character's page. You would be credited, of course. To make this a 'contest', I've decided to offer a prize beyond your tape being chosen. Who doesn't love free advertising? I know I do. Now, if I choose your tape, I'll find a way to advertise one of your stories/characters/you in general, whether it be through blog posts/reviews of your work/cameos or references, ect. I'd keep the cameos and references to a minimum, just because I don't want my story to become a star vehicle. Most likely, I'd review your story or something like that.

If you'd like to take a crack at writing an audition, just go ahead and leave it in a comment below. After about a week/I figure no one else will comment, I'll either make a blog announcing the chosen tapes, or just leave a comment on this blog. It'll depend on how many submissions I get.

Some other things I wanted to talk about, was a lack of Pacific Island updates. It's been a while since I posted a new chapter, I realize. The reason being, besides my hospitalization, was that I was writing a non-TD story. It's a zombie story, called And When I Die. I named it after the song that plays during the end credits of Final Destination. I gave a preview to JLOM and TAU on wiki chat, like a week ago. Unfortunately, since it has no TD-connection, I can't post it here. Now, I know blogs can be about anything, but I can't really post it in a blog for two reasons;

1) Length. It's about 10 pages long, at this point, and the zombie apocalypse hasn't even happened yet. I'm still building up the main characters.

2) Violence/language. Pretty self explanatory. I could edit the language, but it would lose a lot of its impact that way, which, as an author, I am not willing to sacrifice.

If anyone wants a preview, I guess wiki chat's PM is an option.