The story of the woman who accumulated husbands as she accumulated books ...

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About a month ago, on this thread, we were all collectively fantasizing about marrying Vermont Girl when I started joking about writing a short story in which a woman "moves to a remote location (Utah) to set up a personal utopia in which she marries every serious reader she meets, so she keeps having to add new wings to her mansion to acommodate the books and husbands (wives too, why not?) she keeps piling up." Scott suggested I write such a story myself, and yesabibliophile kindly proposed elopement as a way of inducing me to do so, and no one came up with another book in which the same story'd been done, so tonight I actually started writing it.

Does anyone actually remember this exchange? If anyone does, should I post little pieces of the story as they become nonembarrassing? (Assuming any do; my fiction has a tendency to stall out.)

Phil Christman, Friday, 2 April 2004 05:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I remember it, Phil. I seem to remember someone said something about a slightly similar story, but not rip-off similar.

In any case, post away. I'd like to see it.

accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 2 April 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm with accentmonkey. Post it, darling... (and the elopement proposal still stands, only if you're willing to travel to exotic lands to do so - no Vegas/Elvis wedding for me, thanks)

yesabibliophile (yesabibliophile), Friday, 2 April 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Does anyone actually remember this exchange?

Uh... yeah. I've been waiting here in my wedding dress for, like, ever. Where is everyone?

I think a story about a bi-sexual mormon bookaholic is hott. I don't think that's ever been done before. It's sure to be a runaway hit.

Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Monday, 5 April 2004 11:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Phil~are you just teasing us?

Vermont Girl, you're just hott, period. ;D

yesabibliophile (yesabibliophile), Thursday, 15 April 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Uh... yeah. I've been waiting here in my wedding dress for, like, ever. Where is everyone?

Jeez, relax, Miss Havisham. We're buying gingham and putting the hoops on the waggons. We'll be there as soon as the weather breaks and we can make a good start across this pass.

accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 15 April 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

[sitting, idly picking at a thread on her wedding dress, chin in hand]

siiigh...

Vermont Girl (Vermont Girl), Thursday, 15 April 2004 14:05 (twenty-one years ago)


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