Great new idea!

Trying to combat the steady stream of abs pictures from Katie, I did a google image search for 'zac efron 1920's' and this (on the left) is what came up. I'll take it, I guess, but I don't think that's exactly how Seth will look.

Anyway, in reading Whammy's scathing review of Wedding Season, and then Jill's comment about how Whammy was actually encouraging the author to write a follow-up, I was inspired.

Imagine an author, a thinly veiled portrait of SM (you know who she is, I'm doing my best not to give any more publicity), who tells herself that if her book is successful enough, she will write a sequel. Said author scintillatingly decides that she will write another iridescent novel once her freshman effort reaches the pinnacle of 100,000 sold (I'm guessing that would be a *lot* in the 1920's but am too lazy to do the research). This plan is, of course, unbeknownst to Seth, who unwittingly purchases said one-hundred-thousand-and-first volume (or should I say 'tome'? Never mind, it's too hard to keep up this style!) as a gag gift for a friend (probably Laura). Then, Seth reads the newspaper coverage about SM's new novel and is horrified at what her seemingly innocent gag has wrought on the world. She determines to do anything she can to stop the publication of this insidious tome.

And that's all I got. I doubt I'll pursue it because much as I hate bad writing, the thought of crushing SM's dreams depresses me. Part of me thinks that the world might be better off if her dreams had been crushed more effectively, but the rest empathizes with her because of every bad review I've ever got and will continue to get for my whole career.

But if I do pursue it, you can bet there would be hijinks galore, zany twists, champagne and dancing all night that somehow fits in with the madcap plot, faux queen pageants, and Twi-hards. And, there could be long excerpts from SM's oeuvre, which could be fun to write (and painful to read).

Thanks for the inspiration, Esmondes! To show my gratitude, I give you these: