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Social Issues in Comedy
When
I first turned in “An Elf for All Centuries”, I wondered why the hell did I
write such a crazy book. Surely the weird time travel supermodel elf story was
going to bounce right into the dreaded rejection Dumpster.
When
Silver sent me a contract, I ran around screaming, then again I run around
screaming no matter who extends me a contract. But when a story is that goofy,
it felt like the diving board had just became a shorter and the pool much
shallower.
Much
to my delight, the acquisitions editor liked “An Elf for All Centuries” because
the story was so different. She also liked that Prince Fabion, the shallow,
self-centered supermodel, came to realize there was more to life than always
caring about himself.
I
remembered thinking, “wow, yes, Fabion does go through a serious transformation.”
In
my having fun writing the comedic elements, the redemption element almost
slipped under my writing radar.
I
fully credit Fabion for discovering that he owned the spiritual capacity to
grow. Wait, hold on, I think I waded in a little too deep into the
aforementioned pool. Funny how the water returned to the depths. Here is a
better description: by the novel’s end, Fabion wants to make other people
happy. He wants to add to the new community he is now a part of in the
nineteenth century, wants to help it grow.
Yes,
Fabion did experience quite a change! Going from caring about if the hair is
perfect to caring about other’s feeling is always a bonus in a character.
Aside
from Fabion’s transformation, when I look at the novel, there are also
environmental messages: saving the sea, stopping deforestation, global warming;
not spelled out in blunt terms, but threaded throughout much of the novel. When
the elves destroyed their contract with nature, all hell breaks lose.
Hmm,
what are the humans currently doing to the earth?
There
you go, as I chugged along, I never realize I was writing a radical book about
self-transformation and the environment disguised as a romantic m/m comedy
featuring an elven supermodel who saves the day. It just goes to show a writer
never knows what will sneak up when the writing zone turns consuming. I love
it!
Now
for a sneak peak at “An Elf for All Centuries” which releases today, May 26th!
BLURB:
Elven
super model Prince Fabion's day is perfect until wizard Matradorian kidnaps him
from his penthouse. Surprise, Fabion is a spiritual match for elf king Henda’s
dead lover. Only he can save the dying Henda. The problem is Fabion lives in
the thirty-ninth century. Henda lives in the nineteenth.
When
he lands in the nineteenth century, Fabion controls himself from punching
Matradorian, saves Henda and falls in instant lust with his romantic fantasy.
After all, this is a romantic comedy.
When
Fabion realizes his polluted, on the verge of ruin thirty-ninth century is
gone, the super model pitches the temper tantrum of any century until he
realizes sexy Henda accepts him as his true lover. Being the virile, handsome
Henda's lover fills Fabion's emotional gap. Despite the lack of facials and hot
water, the former super model adapts to living in the backwards century.
Soon
Fabion learns the nineteenth century is more dangerous than his vanished
thirty-ninth century. Who wants to kill him now? And why?
EXCERPT:
One long, muddy finger pointed toward
Mr. Fuckface's beaky nose. "Listen, pal, send me back right-the-fuck now.
You are mondo screwed. You mess with an endangered species. I don't understand
why the fuck you are doing this to me, but you need to ship me back to my
penthouse now!" Fabion's fingers clenched into filthy, nut-damaging fists.
To Fabion's satisfaction, the old fart
held up his wrinkled left hand in what Fabion hoped was fear and not another
spell designed to send them somewhere worse like into a dragon's asshole.
"Fabion, pal, you gotta trust me
here. Bother, we still use your century's nasty lingo." The wooden staff
performed intricate passes at the cool air. "There, much better. Your
horrible century possesses dreadful speech patterns. Everyone sounds like
ignorant, common thugs!"
"Excuse me, we speak well enough,
wait, what the fuck am I saying?" Fabion gaped in epic surprise at hearing
Elvish speech emerge from his award-winning throat. Of course Fabion's family
had forced him to learn the stuffy language, but he only used it with his elder
relatives. Speaking it wasn't fashionable. The lingo made insane humans want to
rip pointy ears from elven heads.
Fabion sensed that the wizard wanted to
roll his eyes in annoyance. The old dude needed to lighten up on him.
"Yes, son, duh, they speak Elvish in Atlantica. Ye Gods, when will I
banish your century's stupid speech patterns from my mind? They're like sticky
sap on a shoe heel."
The old man's babble barely pierced
Fabion's disbelief. Fabion swore he blinked about three hundred and sixty-three
times. His long eyelashes almost went on strike from the strenuous effort.
"Are you fucking for real
serious?" Whoops, he still mixed languages. The compromised mess sounded
too weird. "We're supposedly in Atlantica? Dude, I told you that Atlantica
no longer exists! What remains is a high-tech vacation resort perched on the
coast, but you can't swim in the polluted sea anymore unless you want to flash
fry. I traveled there to encourage tourism. The glittery place looks nothing
like this old-fashioned crap. I mean this strange old place is a forest."
Fabion let his head drop back. He
stared up in dawning awe. Wow. "A real forest with fresh, green leaves,
and healthy pine trees, geesh, they are big suckers, and—wait, is that actual
sunlight? Is that real? No way, the light looks too bright and clean. The sun
never shines in such mondo strength. Never." He peered around in
suspicion. "Superior trick with the artificial lights." He returned
his glare to the old prune. "Where are they? What is the light scam?"
The prune shook his head. "The
sunlight is genuine. Now you understand the main problem. The real Atlantica no
longer exists in your world because King Henda Naster faded into nothingness.
He succumbed to his intense sorrow and drifted into an untimely death."
The wizard shook his head. "Wait, no, I'm not saying this correctly. In
strict theory, Atlantica shouldn't exist. No racial memory of the place should
remain.
"Fabion, a terrible vision
tormented me. I suffered your version of Pinar, and the warped sight scared the
magical stuffing out of me. The noble continent prepares to destroy itself. The
entire place is ready to fucking implode from the horrible pollution, famine,
and societal unrest raging through the humans. Soon the entire place will
vanish in deadly destruction. Everything will cease, because an insane human
who cannot tolerate his existence will launch a bomb attack, which will launch
another, which means hello fucking world demolition."
A frustrated frown creased the wizard's
lips. "Your disgusting speech patterns still insist on infecting me. I
never curse in the Common Tongue."
"Too fuckin' bad, crusty, you
sound like me only older." Fabion pursed his lightly glossed lips. He
controlled his urge to inflict mayhem. "Listen, old dude, before this
insanity goes any farther, what is your name?"
Matradorian performed a slight bow.
"I am Matradorian."
Hot amazement filled Fabion's already
overwhelmed head and tried spurting out his ears. No way. Matradorian ranked
right up there with the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, Tinkerbell, and Peter Pan.
Welcome to Never-Never Land. Nice bedtime stories but pure legend.
"Matradorian? No, no way, dude!
Are you fucking nuts? What kind of a stupid fairy tale have you drug me
into?"
A deep, "why me?" sigh,
worthy of an insulted mother, answered Fabion. The old man acted like someone
had dropped a concrete brick on his messy head. What was his problem? Fabion
was the one who deserved to bitch and moan about the kidnapping situation.
"Fabion, trust me, this land is
real. I am real. You must listen to me: the Pinar you inhabit is a tragic
mistake. You are the mistake, the fairy tale, the disastrous aberration in the
grand scheme of things. Your Pinar should no longer exist. Something went
horribly wrong and evolution took a dreadful detour toward disaster. Also, I
hate to tell you this depressing news, but elves should no longer exist. Elves
should be long gone and humans should rule in a reasonable, sound manner. Elves
inhabiting Pinar is abnormal!"
The
silky hair bristled on the back of Fabion's graceful neck. "Pfftthh, pal,
I have encountered plenty of filthy humans who think the same thing! That's why
the few intelligent humans passed laws making elves an endangered species.
We're special, and wackos get their sick kicks killing us. Their hatred makes
me barf."
Thanks
for reading and thanks for Pender for having me here today!
Oh
wait, a little bio might help:
I
can never decide between red or white wine. The same applies to my art:
creating visual art and word art occupied my professional life until in 2009
word art triumphed. Six published novellas and novels later, my life is a fun
quandary of too many stories hindered by slow typing skills. I accept the challenge.
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