From August 10, 2025
The publishing world is agog today over the decision by Violet Crepuscular, the Queen of Suspense, to re-write, from the beginning, her epic romance, Oy, Rodney.
But what about the 500-plus chapters already written? What about the herd of woolly mammoths invading Scurveyshire? And all the other stuff?
“Never mind that!” Ms. Crepuscular says, in an interview by some guy. “Mr. Pitfall has convinced me that there’s nothing like a new beginning, so that’s what we’re going to do. To that end, I am inviting readers–I’ve got a zillion of ’em–to submit ideas for a new Oy, Rodney Chapter One. And then we’ll take it from there.”
Submissions, she adds, must be accompanied by 400 dollars in new Monopoly money.
As Ms. Crepuscular’s long-time editor, I have nothing to say about that.
No, I have nothing to say at all.
After all this time, Violet could probably start all over with her original first chapters and hardly anyone would remember that far back and call her on it! (I might, though.) 😄😄😄 (Just kidding … sort of.)
A do-over could hardly have more twists and turns than the original. Keep in mind that the number immediately following one googolplex is one, ‘cause you can’t get any higher than a googolplex, which may explain any writer’s block Violet experiences. 🙂