Stories for Christabel

[SpicyPepper]

I have never met Christabel, nor have I read her stories (yet) or exchanged words with her. I started reading about her through her friend Odessa's posts last night and I have to say it damn near broke my heart.

Why don't we all do what we do best and write a story for her? A sexy story, a sad story, a fun story... a story that would make her happy.
Let's either include a character from one of her stories or somehow acknowledge her in our stories..
I'm on my way to read her stories now, and when I'm done, I'm going to come up with an idea to write about.. let's write all our best wishes and hopes for her recovery into these stories.
Let's give her something phenomenal to read when she gets back on her feet.

I think it would be fitting to have a category made called Christabel, but just in case, let's keep all our stories titled Christabel: <insert title here>

I hope this isn't presumptuous of me since I don't even know her, but I hope we'll all take on this challenge and give something to Odessa to read to her other than just best wishes.

Good luck!

 

[OdessaDambee]

I have never met Christabel, nor have I read her stories (yet) or exchanged words with her. I started reading about her through her friend Odessa's posts last night and I have to say it damn near broke my heart.

Why don't we all do what we do best and write a story for her? A sexy story, a sad story, a fun story... a story that would make her happy.
Let's either include a character from one of her stories or somehow acknowledge her in our stories..
I'm on my way to read her stories now, and when I'm done, I'm going to come up with an idea to write about.. let's write all our best wishes and hopes for her recovery into these stories.
Let's give her something phenomenal to read when she gets back on her feet.

I think it would be fitting to have a category made called Christabel, but just in case, let's keep all our stories titled Christabel: <insert title here>

I hope this isn't presumptuous of me since I don't even know her, but I hope we'll all take on this challenge and give something to Odessa to read to her other than just best wishes.

Good luck!

That is an amazing, gracious, incredible idea. I feel like a peeping tom already! I think it will rock her world. Again I am shamed by my doubt about this place. But I am pleased beyond words to be that way.

Sincerely,
Odessa

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I don't know about using her characters, but otherwise that sounds like a great idea.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

I have never met Christabel, nor have I read her stories (yet) or exchanged words with her. I started reading about her through her friend Odessa's posts last night and I have to say it damn near broke my heart.

Why don't we all do what we do best and write a story for her? A sexy story, a sad story, a fun story... a story that would make her happy.
Let's either include a character from one of her stories or somehow acknowledge her in our stories..
I'm on my way to read her stories now, and when I'm done, I'm going to come up with an idea to write about.. let's write all our best wishes and hopes for her recovery into these stories.
Let's give her something phenomenal to read when she gets back on her feet.

I think it would be fitting to have a category made called Christabel, but just in case, let's keep all our stories titled Christabel: <insert title here>

I hope this isn't presumptuous of me since I don't even know her, but I hope we'll all take on this challenge and give something to Odessa to read to her other than just best wishes.

Good luck!

Don't use her characters - just use her fantastic view of life and her desire to take the genre of erotic writing into areas that normally get ignored.

I'm game to try but scared that anything I write will not reflect reality. She spots insincerity a mile off.

 

[SpicyPepper]

Excellent, a challenge then!

 

[michchick98]

I have never met Christabel, nor have I read her stories (yet) or exchanged words with her. I started reading about her through her friend Odessa's posts last night and I have to say it damn near broke my heart.

Why don't we all do what we do best and write a story for her? A sexy story, a sad story, a fun story... a story that would make her happy.
Let's either include a character from one of her stories or somehow acknowledge her in our stories..
I'm on my way to read her stories now, and when I'm done, I'm going to come up with an idea to write about.. let's write all our best wishes and hopes for her recovery into these stories.
Let's give her something phenomenal to read when she gets back on her feet.

I think it would be fitting to have a category made called Christabel, but just in case, let's keep all our stories titled Christabel: <insert title here>

I hope this isn't presumptuous of me since I don't even know her, but I hope we'll all take on this challenge and give something to Odessa to read to her other than just best wishes.

Good luck!

That's a great idea, although I agree we should honor her in name and not use one of her characters. Since I'm working on the final chapter of one of my stories, maybe I'll throw a minor character in there and name her Christa.

 

[OdessaDambee]

That's a great idea, although I agree we should honor her in name and not use one of her characters. Since I'm working on the final chapter of one of my stories, maybe I'll throw a minor character in there and name her Christa.

She would freak out I think to have herself included in a story. What about a conclave of her characters in one story? I don't know really. I know it takes a great deal of effort to write one story, let alone so many.

As I have been reading through the postings here (way too much to read but I am doing it anyway), I see that she loved humor, danced around politics, appreciated the sufferings of others, and just generally made her presence known. Anyone willing to look at her newest stories? She was working on four right before she went down this time. I can see that she was hopeful for collaboration.

There are two sequels, One to 13 Hours until Midnight and the other is for Perchance to Dream. She hasn't gotten very far on either of them.

There is "Crusader' close to 80 pages I think that she stalled out on and there is "Blaring" which she was struggling to write based very loosely on what it was like for her when she broke her back in a mountain hiking accident 13 years ago. Its intense and heartbreaking and mostly fiction from what I've read so far.

Either way, I think this a novel idea and worth pursuing. I was reading to her last night from "A Breath of Snow and Ashes" and I swear it felt like she was listening even if she couldn't respond. So any stories, whether written for her specifically or sent to her for the sake of a good read that might pique her sleeping mind to wake up are welcome. Truly welcome.

Thank you for thinking of her!
Sincerely yours,
Odessa

 

[TheeGoatPig]

She would freak out I think to have herself included in a story. What about a conclave of her characters in one story? I don't know really. I know it takes a great deal of effort to write one story, let alone so many.

There is a code among authors. We don't use their characters without their express permissions. It's considered stealing, even for such a cause as good as this. I can see why some people would want to use her characters instead of her, and I can even see the arguments for using them since it is in honor of her, but it is generally frowned upon, and it would just create unneeded tensions.

 

[OdessaDambee]

Oh, I see. That makes sense actually and thank you for taking the time to point it out.

So what then? I would write a story but I am no author, just a good friend that wants her to be happy. There is precious little in her life that makes her truly happy. But thats not a truism either. Tons of stuff made her happy, but that happiness was and has been shadowed with ill health and the endless battle to regain her children.

Her favorite genre's are historical romance, paranormal romance, fantasy and looking at her bookcases, erotica, criminology, spiritual tomes and history. I just realized that she has close to 20 dictionaries dating from 1910 to now. Her love of classic literature shines in her antique and old limited edition books, The Three Musketeers (1939)), Beowulf (1929), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court (1943) The Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and his Man Friday (1953) plus several more. All of these are illustrated in nearly pristine condition. That girl and her addiction to books. She would spend her last dollar on them.

But I don't begrudge her this addiction. I think it allowed her to survive what many of us would have shattered under.

Write a story or not. I know she would love it regardless of whether her characters or herself were used in it.

Warmly,
Odessa