April 12, 2021
They’re making an action figure of you. Describe the toy and accessories. (Do you have a catch phrase? Favorite items, clothes, hair style?)
Nobody wants an action figure of me. Maybe back in the day, when I was living a minimalist lifestyle, growing my own food, cutting wood to burn in our wood stove, and freezing and canning food, but not now. I’m afraid I’m not very active any more. Too much time spent in front of a computer.
My wolf shifters were the obvious choices to fill in for me, but they refused to be part of this post because they don’t want to be outed. Luckily, Harmony Duprie ‘volunteered’ to come to my rescue. She didn’t think she was worthy of an action figure either, but I talked her into it. Her adventures are more what you’d expect from an action character.
She made it easy because the original covers for her stories were cartoon-like. Remember this? This is the original cover for The Marquesa’s Necklace. Brown hair, always in a bun, little or no makeup. The only thing missing is her thick glasses. She broke down and wore contacts for date night in this picture. Of course, the red dress would be a one time only adventure. More likely she’d be wearing a nice blue blouse, dress slacks, and a pair of black flats. (But we’ll include the dress and necklace as part of her accessories)
Other accessories are easy, too. A stack of books and her laptop bag. There will be two cars sold separately. One is a pale blue Ford Pinto and the other one is a red Jaguar.
And yes, Harmony has a catchphrase. “I don’t believe in coincidence.” It’s not as catchy as “I’ll be back” or “Hasta la vista, Baby,” but it’s perfect for her. (The closest thing I have to a catchphrase is “Supper’s ready!”)
I can see kids getting Harmony into more trouble than she already does, or maybe as their hero as they take pretend adventures of their own. She’d help them outwit the villain and save the day.
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April 12, 2021
They’re making an action figure of you. Describe the toy and accessories. (Do you have a catch phrase? Favorite items, clothes, hair style?)
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Oh, shame! I wanted to read about P.J MacLayne’s action figure!
We need to see an action figure of you, P.J! I tried to comment earlier, but I don’t think you received it?
For some reason, the system wanted me to approve your comments Stevie. It usually doesn’t do that for you.
I’ve added another email address for all the WordPress notifications, as I get so many. Perhaps that’s why?
Yes, that would do it!
You can turn that (poop) off and get email notifications only from who(m) you choose and troll your reader for the rest.
I’m afraid the up-to-date model would be a disappointment!
I often think that my characters represent parts of me that I’d like to exist in larger measure than in my reality. Perhaps that explains their attitude to authority and sense of adventure?
As Harmony would say, that’s logical!
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Writer action mostly happens in our heads. If Ian Fleming was as good as his publicist, he lived an exciting life — BEFORE he sat down to write the Bond series.
From my understanding, the early stories were based on stories of he and his fellow agents. But it’s hard to tell what’s the truth and what isn’t when records are sealed from public view.
Exactly. That’s one reason the US has the Freedom of Information Act. They’re supposed to declassify government operations after a certain period of time too — not that they like to do it. The intelligence agents prefer we all think FDR was a WONDERFUL president who didn’t get thousands of men killed on a Sunday morning just so he could start a war. And, that’s just one example.
An interesting idea and an interesting post, Patricia. I don’t think I’d make much of an action figure either. I’d be more of a librarian.
Librarians are my heroes! Think about it…they are the first line of defense against censorship and access to information for everybody!.
Yes, that is true. There is a lot of controversy about certain books at the moment it seems.
This was fun! Like the sound of your action figure 🙂
See, now my thought was screw (figuratively) the current version and put out the action figure that was the action figure.
Watched the end of a bad HM mystery last night. Murder She Baked had on a red dress. And more Spanx than a fleet of newscasters and awards show hosts.
“I don’t believe in coincidence.” Tony Hillerman’s Lt. Leaphorn and his map covered in colored pins.
The old model was in pretty good shape. She even had a red dress that made her stand out in a crowd. (And no Spanx!)
My favorite line about that was from Stephen Stills, and I paraphrase here – what I remember about that was I had a 28 inch waist and nothing hurt.