Since I'm old school (a dinosaur) and tend to edit my work more completely before posting, I've been thinking about doing something on the side for fun while I work on my real projects. I use a lot of humor even in my more serious work, and I've been considering two options. The first is a running "diary" called Tales of The Demon Dapple and The Ancient One (still a working title). PJ is a six-month-old female dapple dachshund, and Mooth is a fifteen-year-old male long-haired dachshund (his name was Moose but he developed a lisp after having his front teeth removed, so now his name is Mooth). He is also sometimes known as The Crypt Keeper. PJ is an annoyingly adorable minion of Satan who has recently lost some of her own teeth, and Mooth isn't sure if it's because she's growing up or if she's simply taking on her final form... Then, as my dear friend @KTCroft suggested, there's the option of a parenting guide with such suggested titles as Parenting For Smartasses, The Devious Parent's Guide To Raising Independently Sneaky Children, or How To Build An Evil Minion From Scratch. This would include helpful tips such as how to effectively use labor and delivery photos as blackmail material later in life or how to trick your crotch spawn into saving you the best Halloween candy every year. (Said female crotch spawn is now 18 years old, a college freshman, and surprisingly well-adjusted, so I figure why not share the wealth?) Thoughts or suggestions?
