Monday, February 16, 2009

Your New Word Of The Day? "Tranche De Vie"

Your new word of the day? "Tranche de vie."

It means "slice of life" in French, as in the genre which I have the hardest time writing about.

Well, next to romance, of course. Because I know how to rip those bodices off, I just can't do the required five page foreplay that has to come before that.

13 comments:

pattinase (abbott) said...

Neither can most men.

David Cranmer said...

Me gusta!

Cormac Brown said...

Patti,

I understand that there are more male romance authors out there than we know about, though I can only name Billy Mernit off the top of my head, and he hasn't done it in awhile.

Diego,

Absolutamente.

¿Uh...por qué nos estamos hablamos en español?

pattinase (abbott) said...

I was talking about foreplay in general.

And as a woman, I think I could do a better job with a western than a romance. That stuff's hard.

Cormac Brown said...

Patti,

"I was talking about foreplay in general."

See, I'm a 100% male, I've already gotten it wrong and am out of sync ; )

"And as a woman, I think I could do a better job with a western than a romance. That stuff's hard."

I think romance is like science-fiction, it is a genre that some can write capably, but few writers can write it truly well.

Of course the best compromise is writing a romantic comedy and that way there isn't the pressure of having to sustain a romance throughout the entire three hundred plus pages.

SkylersDad said...

So what is this "foreplay" I have heard about?

Cormac Brown said...

Sky Dad,

Well you see, when a man and a woman get together, and rent a theater...

Princess LadyBug said...

Sci-fi I can do. I'm not a fan of westerns, but I think I could manage. But a romance? Not so much.

Mostly because writing about it makes me giggle like I'm still in junior high. :P

Gifted Typist said...

Sounds like an Edith Piaf number. I love it.

Gifted Typist said...

Hey, you're back to the pill bottle avatar. I don't know why that coffee cup screams pill bottle

Cormac Brown said...

Princess,

In case of giggles, do not break glass, but disconnect yourself from your characters immediately!

Gifted,

Great, now Edith is warbling in my head-

Monnnnn tranche de vieeeee

"Hey, you're back to the pill bottle avatar. I don't know why that coffee cup screams pill bottle."

I was going to ask about that, but I never got around to it. I haven't seen an avatar for weeks and I was wondering what everybody else saw.

Gifted Typist said...

yer welcome. My work here is done.
La, la-la-la-la-la-lala...

Cormac Brown said...

Gifted,

Yes, I'll be thanking by sending you REO Speewagon's Greatest Hits done with a kazoo orchestra.