Naughty or Nice – Part 2
Deck the halls … As promised, it is part two of #TheNaughtyList challenge. In my post yesterday (please read it if you haven’t) I explained that The Naughty List really isn’t a challenge. It’s a fun list that writer create which uses the characters from their books or works in progress. Since I have two releases (Out of the Penalty Box on February 3, 2018, and Life’s Roux: Wrong Doors date to be announced soon), I wanted to give each a chance to shine this holiday season.
The rules of The Naughty List are simple. Books with greater than fifteen characters cannot have the character used more than once in the answers. Books with fewer than fifteen characters, cannot have a character used more than twice. A brief description of the story, not to exceed five sentences, is required.
Life’s Roux has more than fifteen characters; so I’ll be using each character only once.
What is Life’s Roux: Wrong Doors about? It is a romance about a mechanic, Hubb, who goes on his first vacation. His vacation plans suddenly change when he opens his hotel room door to two beauties, Lexi and Melissa. One is trouble, and the other is more trouble.
#1 Which character is SO into the holidays, they nearly cause a street-wide power outage from all their Christmas lights? Hands down this is Melissa. Melissa is a socialite who loves bling and wants everything bigger and better. She is always the center of attention. With all the streetlights blown, the spotlight has to be on her.
#2 Which character attends the office new years party with ONE date…and goes home with someone else? I had to think about this for a while, but then, the answer was all too obvious: Drummond. Think of the biggest cad you know, multiply it by ten, and you’d get Drummond’s beta version. There’s nothing quite like him, and thank heavens for that. The world could use less.
#3 Which character is more than happy to steal Hanukkah gelt from poor, unsuspecting children? [Note: Hanukkah gelt = chocolate coins] Sandy. This piece of hedonistic work wouldn’t think twice about who she stole from until she got caught. She’s always in the center of the mix.
#4 Fill in the blanks: I saw ____[character] doing a whole lot more than ____[verb]____-ing Santa Claus. They were full on ____[action]____. Fill in the blanks: I saw Braxton doing a whole lot more than riding Santa Claus. They were full on tearing up a race track. I can’t say more here without introducing a spoiler.
#5 One of your characters decides to pregame before church and passes out in the middle of the Christmas service. Which character is it? There’s a couple who fit the bill here, but Daniel. Daniel has a relationship with partying, and booze is his favorite date. He’s still in college and lives in a fraternity house.
#6 Which character hasn’t been seen since winter began because they refuse to deal with the snow? I changed this answer several times, and finally, have concluded this would be Caroline. She’s from New England; so, snow wouldn’t bother her. But she might be bored with it and decided to spend her winter in Fiji. Why not? She can afford it–or at least, her husband can.
#7 Which character completely forgot about the holidays and ends up regifting to everyone? West, because West is never prepared for anything … EVER! In a way, it’s West’s procrastination and lack of caring that creates the clusterfudge of crap that has everyone else fishtailing. Gee, thanks for that West.
#8 Which character has such crappy luck, they only discover their potato allergy after pigging out on latkes? This would probably be Chelsea. She’s not a great fit for this answer; but out all of the characters, she’s the person who gets the short end of the stick a lot. Her heart is huge, and people used that to take advantage of her.
#9 The Krampus has arrived to punish your very bad characters. Which character is kinda into it? Lexi. She’s all about justice. With what she’s seen and has had to deal with, she’d enjoy seeing someone swoop in and kick butt. That would give her a break from having to do it.
#10 One of your characters should be on the naughty list but has convinced Santa to clear their name. Which character is it, and what was their means of persuasion? I don’t know about Santa, but Boone definitely could talk Mrs. Claus into deleting him from the list. Boone is suave and debonaire with an expansive vocabulary. If nothing else, he’d confuse the heck out of the Clauses.
And there you have it: The Naughty List from Life’s Roux: Wrong Doors. I have no idea how Hubb, the protagonist, avoided being on this list. And there’s another character suspiciously missing from this list. Anyhoo … I hope, you’ve enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing. Life’s Roux is in final production, and I’ll be listing more details on a release soon.
Until then, check out some of my other books. Copies of all my books are available in paper, eBook, and audio on Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, and Barnes & Noble. The links are listed in my Writing Projects page along with descriptions of each of my novels or stories.
Out of the Penalty Box is available for pre-order at the following links:
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Amazon CA: http://amzn.to/2hNaEcW
Amazon AU: http://amzn.to/2iJwYVo
iTunes: http://apple.co/2zXFie7
Nook: http://bit.ly/2AqIxvq
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2zrLBXR
My paranormal romantic short story “Under the Magnolia” in Haunted Hearts (Holiday Heartwarmers 4th vol.) is available for purchase. It can be read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited. Find it on Amazon at http://amzn.to/2Ab706S.
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