The Stephanie Plum Affair (highly embaressing)

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I am such a woman! (Which is not a bad thing. If I was more of one, I'd really have fun)
I love Stephanie Plum...the character and the books (by Janet Evanovich).

Guilty Pleasure.

Everytime I see the R. Richard's thread about Valerie Plame, I read Valeire Plum, which makes me think Stephanie Plum.

Anyone else enjoy these books? ("One for the Money", "Two for the Dough", "Three to get Deadly"...etc)
Or anyone think they are just pulp, formulaic crapola?

 

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har! typos in thread titles are also embarrassing!

back to the grammar thread.

 

[yui]

Love them. Stephanie rocks. As does Ranger.

 

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Thank you, Yui.
I was wondering. It seems that a NYTimes #1 best seller must have a fan or 2, even in a highly intellectual place such as this. NARF!

Even I think Ranger is hot.

I want to be him, but would settle to be Joe.

 

[Guest]

 

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I've never understood the appeal. Characters who are that dumb just make me itch with embarrassment for them.

Give me Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlyle any day!

Yes, I can understand that.

A bit like the women in horror movies who run in high heels and open the door that has blood running out underneath.

Still, I love her.
I don't read her as being "dumb", rather that she does some stupid things. Often impulsive.

 

[cantdog]

Only Miss Plum I know did it in the Library with the Candlestick.

 

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Only Miss Plum I know did it in the Library with the Candlestick.

oooooooo! kinky!

 

[TheEarl]

I'm a fan. I love the characterisation and the way the people in the world pop from the page. The story could be incidental; it's actually a bonus that she's got a good line in plots too.

The Earl

 

[Hotcappucino]

Both my wife & I love the Stephanie Plum books. Characters are off the hook, especially Grandma Mazur, although they seem to have been getting too wacky lately. My library has three copies of Twelve Sharp but there's so many people on the "hold" list I probably won't be reading it 'til December.

Does anyone know if it's OK to write an original story (erotic, of course ) based on the characters or does that violate some sort of copyright law? I would think that it's OK, since I see a lot of stories in the Sci-Fi section based on Star Trek.

"I'm thinking about getting a computer so I can have cybersex," Grandma said. "Anybody know how that works?"
"You go into a chat room," Valerie said. "And you meet someone. And then you type dirty suggestions to each other."
"That sounds like fun," Grandma said. "How does the sex part happen?"
"You sort of have to do the sex part yourself."
"I knew it was too good to be true," Grandma said. "There's always a catch to everything."​

From Hard Eight, by Janet Evanovich

 

[TheEarl]

Both my wife & I love the Stephanie Plum books. Characters are off the hook, especially Grandma Mazur, although they seem to have been getting too wacky lately. My library has three copies of Twelve Sharp but there's so many people on the "hold" list I probably won't be reading it 'til December.

Does anyone know if it's OK to write an original story (erotic, of course ) based on the characters or does that violate some sort of copyright law? I would think that it's OK, since I see a lot of stories in the Sci-Fi section based on Star Trek.

It's fanfiction, of a sort. Legally speaking, it's technically okay, although there are certain authors who will put up cease and desists on anything they find using their characters.

Ethically speaking, I'm in favour if you can do it well and do justice to the characters. It's my opinion that fanfiction should be set to higher standards than normal fiction, because you are borrowing someone else's creations and you shouldn't do that unless you think you can write well enough for your work to be held side-by-side with theirs.

Although I'm a pernickety sod when it comes to that, so feel free to ignore.

The Earl

 

[Liar]

Only read the first Plum book. It was entertaining in a non challenging kind of way. What I especially liked about it was that people were, shall we say, clumsy enough to make it believable. Opposite of Jammies, iI guess that I like when characters are a little dumb. Or not really dumb. Rather just out of their elelment, doing the best of the situation bytrial and error. Cuz that's what people in general do.

 

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I have been known to do stupid things that I know are stupid. Including eating a whole box of doughnuts (which she tends to do).

 

[Hotcappucino]

I have been known to do stupid things that I know are stupid. Including eating a whole box of doughnuts (which she tends to do).

Speaking of Plum food, are Tastykakes all that? Being a native Californian, I'd never of them before. The pictures on the Tastykake website kinda look like Hostess Twinkies & Ding Dongs.

 

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Speaking of Plum food, are Tastykakes all that? Being a native Californian, I'd never of them before. The pictures on the Tastykake website kinda look like Hostess Twinkies & Ding Dongs.

mmmmm
looks good to me.

 

[TriggerHippie]

Speaking of Plum food, are Tastykakes all that? Being a native Californian, I'd never of them before. The pictures on the Tastykake website kinda look like Hostess Twinkies & Ding Dongs.

They're not bad, the flavors I've tried, but they're not all that. I'd rather have the "Happy Birthday, 'Whoever'" cake that is left over at the bakery.

 

[CrimsonMaiden]

I love this series. I've read all of the ones released so far. It's nice little escape.

 

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Hotcappucino~
Glad to hear that other guys like the series. It seems to me there is enough for both genders to gravitate to.

Sometimes it seems that Evanovich plugs car makes and models just for some male appeal? Of course there is the Cops and guns stuff too.

I think Stephanie makes for a very appealling heroine, sometimes needing rescue, but not always. Attractive (though struggles with button on jeans), sexy (but not "fluffy"), smart (though she does dumb stuff).

 

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Just saw Evanovich's latest non-fiction work, How I Write, as I was browsing the book section at Target. Thumbed through it for a few minutes and found it both informative and entertaining, especially the parts on how she structures and plots her stories, character development, how she conducts research, and creating transitions. She uses excerpts from the Plum series, especially from Twelve Sharp, as examples throughout the book. She also goes over the process of finding an agent and getting a book published. I'll probably get myself a copy soon; even though I don't have aspirations of writing a novel, it's interesting to see how she approaches writing from a technical perspective.

 

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I'd bet it is. I really enjoy how she juggles characters, maintains old ones & adds new.


maybe it is pulp, but I like it.

 

[angelicminx]

I love the Stephanie Plum series. They are what I call a 'fast read', meaning I can't put them down once I start and can finish one in about 3 or 4 hours.