Reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy there.
Thanks to all who weighed in on the Harold and Morgan things. It helped. It got the thing out of my system and released in a friendlier environment (ouch, slings and arrows of outrageous fortune).
Further, I'm thinking there are two undercurrents -- exploring a working partnership that isn't about the romance but with some real substance and intrigue behind it; and smutty humor. I had way more fun with Morgan's docu-philia than I thought would be possible. Just cutting and pasting a form contract for the provision of services into my word processor and then playing with that language gave me all sorts of ideas. For instance, there is this concept of sovereign immunity -- you can't sue the State, the government, or the King for normal wrongful acts, errors and omissions unless the sovereign agrees to be sued. I could see a very amusing discussion between them on the subject of whether Harold could be accountable for acts done to Morgan's person. Well, it would be amusing for me anyway.
In the future, I'll have to think also about whether to switch to a Harold or Morgan point of view. It's been a while since I've gone that far in writing. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt as the saying goes. Ah the follies of youth. In my old age, I am finding more enjoyment out of writing that relies on humor, salacious innuendo and the reader's imagination.
So, thanks again to those who checked it out.
Thanks to all who weighed in on the Harold and Morgan things. It helped. It got the thing out of my system and released in a friendlier environment (ouch, slings and arrows of outrageous fortune).
Further, I'm thinking there are two undercurrents -- exploring a working partnership that isn't about the romance but with some real substance and intrigue behind it; and smutty humor. I had way more fun with Morgan's docu-philia than I thought would be possible. Just cutting and pasting a form contract for the provision of services into my word processor and then playing with that language gave me all sorts of ideas. For instance, there is this concept of sovereign immunity -- you can't sue the State, the government, or the King for normal wrongful acts, errors and omissions unless the sovereign agrees to be sued. I could see a very amusing discussion between them on the subject of whether Harold could be accountable for acts done to Morgan's person. Well, it would be amusing for me anyway.
In the future, I'll have to think also about whether to switch to a Harold or Morgan point of view. It's been a while since I've gone that far in writing. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt as the saying goes. Ah the follies of youth. In my old age, I am finding more enjoyment out of writing that relies on humor, salacious innuendo and the reader's imagination.
So, thanks again to those who checked it out.