Tinnean's Blog - Posts Tagged "what-if"
Update
Last week, I received the edits for my JMS Books 14th Anniversary story, Two Weeks to Look Forward To, and Drew Hunt, who does the editing for JMS, remarked that he had to put it down a few times and walk away, because he found some of the content disturbing. Gail also mentioned there were parts that bothered her. I sent an email to my publisher, and she suggested a really cool line to warn for this, which will be included in the Author's Notes. So this will be available at some point in July, and as soon as I have a date, I'll post it.
I also finished the Christmas in July story last week. It's called Family Is What You Make It, and I sent it off to Gail. She loved it but expressed regret Kyle's mother didn't have a partner. (I'd insinuated she'd loved and lost.) So I added an additional chapter, reworked the parts that mentioned the person, and sent it off to JMS Books. It's been accepted, (made the deadline by a couple of weeks!) and since it's Christmas in July, the story should be out at some point in... um... July. I am waiting to hear back from Drew Hunt, since the story covers Kyle's life from his birth in July 1982 to Christmas 2005. Well, I'll see what happens. It can always be published as a regular story. And I should mention the wordage topped 101k! Haven't done that in a very long time.
Once that was done, I had to figure what to write next. I have a few stories that are just sitting in a folder, one of which is the Tony/Bryan Sebring story, which I was afraid I'd have to post to AO3, since it involved two brothers who had a physical relationship. Even Amazon wouldn't touch it, due to its content. Then it occurred to me... why not make this another What If? What if... Tony wasn't a Sebring? What if... his father saved Anthony Sebring, Sr. during the Great War? (because even then, he'd be involved in espionage.) And what if... when both Tony's birth parents died, one from lingering affects of the Spanish Flu, the other due to complications of childbirth, Sebring took the baby to raise as his own? That might make a relationship between Tony and Bryan a bit more acceptable.
This will be the third What If I've written that's set in the Spy vs. Spook/Mann of My Dreams universe, (No One Should Be Alone, Family, and Sweetest Taboo.) Maybe I'll start a whole new series, going back to revisit characters and situations and skewing them just a bit. ;-)
That should be fun.
I also finished the Christmas in July story last week. It's called Family Is What You Make It, and I sent it off to Gail. She loved it but expressed regret Kyle's mother didn't have a partner. (I'd insinuated she'd loved and lost.) So I added an additional chapter, reworked the parts that mentioned the person, and sent it off to JMS Books. It's been accepted, (made the deadline by a couple of weeks!) and since it's Christmas in July, the story should be out at some point in... um... July. I am waiting to hear back from Drew Hunt, since the story covers Kyle's life from his birth in July 1982 to Christmas 2005. Well, I'll see what happens. It can always be published as a regular story. And I should mention the wordage topped 101k! Haven't done that in a very long time.
Once that was done, I had to figure what to write next. I have a few stories that are just sitting in a folder, one of which is the Tony/Bryan Sebring story, which I was afraid I'd have to post to AO3, since it involved two brothers who had a physical relationship. Even Amazon wouldn't touch it, due to its content. Then it occurred to me... why not make this another What If? What if... Tony wasn't a Sebring? What if... his father saved Anthony Sebring, Sr. during the Great War? (because even then, he'd be involved in espionage.) And what if... when both Tony's birth parents died, one from lingering affects of the Spanish Flu, the other due to complications of childbirth, Sebring took the baby to raise as his own? That might make a relationship between Tony and Bryan a bit more acceptable.
This will be the third What If I've written that's set in the Spy vs. Spook/Mann of My Dreams universe, (No One Should Be Alone, Family, and Sweetest Taboo.) Maybe I'll start a whole new series, going back to revisit characters and situations and skewing them just a bit. ;-)
That should be fun.
What If...
Family Is What You Make It was released on July 27. I know, my bad. I totally forgot to mention it.
This is another what if... set in the Spy vs. Spook/Mann of My Dreams universe. What if Kyle Winchester actually turned out to be Mark Vincent's love child? How could this happen when Mark was always so careful about using protection? I had a blast figuring this out (act of chance, actually, since Kyle's birth mother was also on birth control. And as we all know, chance is the fool's name for fate. *snicker*)
At any rate, the events in this story are slightly skewed from the original series. For instance, Kyle was actually able to go to college. He was also recruited by the CIA instead of the WBIS. Oh, and his sister didn't wind up married to the jerk, so good for her. In addition, Kyle wound up with a Frenchman instead of April. Well, he was always very relaxed about his sexuality, and I have no doubt April found someone else to love her. Although, since both Kyle and Alain are bisexual, it might be interesting to write them as a threesome...
Have you ever seen The V.I.P.s? I loved the subplot between Mme. Andros and Marc Champselle, and I'd planned to write a fanfic about Marc finding someone else who would love and need him. But when this prompt came up, I decided to base the character of Alain Boucher on him.
This is another what if... set in the Spy vs. Spook/Mann of My Dreams universe. What if Kyle Winchester actually turned out to be Mark Vincent's love child? How could this happen when Mark was always so careful about using protection? I had a blast figuring this out (act of chance, actually, since Kyle's birth mother was also on birth control. And as we all know, chance is the fool's name for fate. *snicker*)
At any rate, the events in this story are slightly skewed from the original series. For instance, Kyle was actually able to go to college. He was also recruited by the CIA instead of the WBIS. Oh, and his sister didn't wind up married to the jerk, so good for her. In addition, Kyle wound up with a Frenchman instead of April. Well, he was always very relaxed about his sexuality, and I have no doubt April found someone else to love her. Although, since both Kyle and Alain are bisexual, it might be interesting to write them as a threesome...
Have you ever seen The V.I.P.s? I loved the subplot between Mme. Andros and Marc Champselle, and I'd planned to write a fanfic about Marc finding someone else who would love and need him. But when this prompt came up, I decided to base the character of Alain Boucher on him.
