A Day Late…

Thinking about things in a future novel

My Traitor Brain

This episode of how I’m building Murder Dollhouse is already loaded with salt, so you don’t have to add any of your own grains.

I honestly tried not to get salty. This is ocean levels of salt versus my wanted dead-sea levels of salt. I was aiming for ‘freshwater’ and missed.

The Antagonistic Protagonist

Musings on the type of hero who needs to change. And why I’m planning what I’m planning for Murder Dollhouse.

Culture, Scenery, and Little Details

Musings on Murder Dollhouse.

Location, Location, Location

More thoughts on Murder Dollhouse.

The Irresistible Lure of Plot Kittens

So I didn’t get anything done on Murder Dollhouse this week.

In other news, I have three excellent portions of fanfic waiting to be part of a bigger work. Just as soon as I finish one of my other works.

I Have a Hero

Plotting more Murder Dolllhouse.

Input welcome.

Remember this? [Link to Original Post] Well, now it has a Google Docs file for all the ideas I’m pouring into this novel/series.

I’m calling it Murder Dollhouse. And it may go on for some time.

The first novel will be less about the cold case and more about the alleged hero’s journey towards treating the neurodiverse like actual people. Others? I don’t even know yet. As I say in the document, it all depends on interest from you, my dear readers.

Fuck, I haven’t even named anyone yet.

A concept that has wormed its way into my writing queue:

He’s a cocksure up-and-coming detective who’s been sent to a specific department to find out what has THAT area’s cold-case squad solving old crimes at a higher rate than anyone else.

She’s a POC on the ASD spectrum who builds incredibly detailed models of ancient crime scenes that no longer exist in the real world. [See the works of Francis Glessner Lee to know what I’m talking about]

They fight crime.

But first… HE has to learn that ASD is not like the TV typical white asshole-guy-who-gets-away-with-it-because-genius, and learn how to work WITH her instead of forcing her to do things the nypical way.

I just want an ASD heroine who doesn’t fit the bog-standard TV mould of what ASD is, and a nypical work partner [THERE WILL NEVER BE SEXUAL TENSION!] who has a learning curve about the world in which she lives. So I’m going to write it. Eventually.

Thoughts? Wants? Desires? I’m listening.