lovecraft68
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Erm, that's sweets not sweetmeats. Sweetmeats is a term for the thymus gland...
Belgariad, Silence of the Lambs, they all blur together
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Erm, that's sweets not sweetmeats. Sweetmeats is a term for the thymus gland...
Is it going to be called, hmmm, let's see.....
Something of the wood?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
I behaved in the last contest an didn't take your bait.
I can't so it twice in a row.
Erm, that's sweets not sweetmeats. Sweetmeats is a term for the thymus gland...
noun
1.
a sweet delicacy, prepared with sugar, honey, or the like, as preserves, candy, or, formerly, cakes or pastry.
2.
Usually, sweetmeats. any sweet delicacy of the confectionery or candy kind, as candied fruit, sugar-covered nuts, sugarplums, bonbons, or balls or sticks of candy.
Well fudge, looks like I confused sweetmeats with sweetbreads. Damn people naming something made with flour after meat and something made from an animal after a flour based product.
As to the question, there aren't really that many dryad stories, even during this contest when they're natural to the theme. Everyone has their own interpretation of them as well. They're hardly at a saturation point, especially if you're going to take a "not-so-nice" approach.
I thought of doing a Dryad story at first, but a quick search showed that a Dryad story has been an Earth Day Contest winner in every year since 2009 (and also one Nude Day winner in 2012). So, not being sure if that meant these stories were overdone for ED or a guaranteed winner, I decided to hunt down a new bunny.
That being said, I wouldn't discourage anyone else from writing a Dryad tale as I'm sure every writer will find it tough to find a bunny that hasn't been used before. As LesLumens said, with the right ingredients and the right approach, nearly any plot bunny can be made to seem like a brand new dish.
Interesting! Well, that means either I'm a shoe-in, or I'll feel even worse when I don't win.
In all actuality, I don't join contests to win, I just like to get more reads and readers. And the dryad story is all I got so I'm going for it. I wonder if it would be better to do a little dryad research, or just make it up as I go along?
Interesting! Well, that means either I'm a shoe-in, or I'll feel even worse when I don't win.
In all actuality, I don't join contests to win, I just like to get more reads and readers. And the dryad story is all I got so I'm going for it. I wonder if it would be better to do a little dryad research, or just make it up as I go along?
It seems to me that when you write anything with a, how shall I put this delicately, nerdy audience, you better do your homework.
(And just because I didn't know what a dryad was doesn't make me not nerdy, so fantasy nerds, please don't take offense. I'm a whole different kind of nerd.)
Think outside boxes. Think of desert dryads inhabiting joshua trees and mesquites. Think of water spirits inhabiting hot springs and rock pools, and tide pools and kelp beds. Think of selkies transplanted to Marine World. Try it sometime.
Well fudge, looks like I confused sweetmeats with sweetbreads. Damn people naming something made with flour after meat and something made from an animal after a flour based product.
So, what's mince meat?
So, what's mince meat?
Nasty.
I swear a three-year-old smearing things on a highchair tray came up with the idea. That's more or less what it is: things that should never be combined glopped together and put in a pie shell. Apples, raisins, meat, carrots... *gag*
Belgariad, Silence of the Lambs, they all blur together
So, what's mince meat?
So, what's mince meat?
No real worries about nerd rage when it comes to dryads, as long as you aren't defining them as coming from a specific mythology. There are already so many versions and variants with none having real dominance over the other that saying, "That isn't a dryad," just doesn't happen unless you diverge wildly from the basic "nature entity" root.