Comments on: The End of Fred and Ginger

By: aymiee

aymiee — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:34:05 +0000

creepy–”I can kill and revive my characters over and over and over” <– I just watched a movie called "Subject 2" recently where the Scientist killed and revived his test subject over and over again. It was a bit chilling. I liked Fred and Ginger, too.. but I'm sure you are already writing your next piece!!

Thanks, Aymiee. I haven’t seen that movie, but it does sound creepy. And I have several stories in the works. ~Tim

By: mazzz_in_Leeds

mazzz_in_Leeds — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:15:53 +0000

Oh dear, Tim – busted by your characters!
I will miss them though – I might have to join forces with Anton…

Oooh, maybe someday there will be a Fred and Ginger Resurrection! Thanks, Mazzz. ~Tim

By: davidbdale

davidbdale — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:23:56 +0000

Ingrates. Have they no appreciations for having been imagined? Erase their mouths.

Hah! I never thought about deleting just the mouthy parts. Thanks, David. ~Tim

By: Estrella Azul

Estrella Azul — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:16:45 +0000

It’s so much fun reading about Fred and Ginger, but you’ve made me curious of what will follow
So, see you next week!

PS: isn’t it annoying to have your characters question your writing?

Thanks, Estrella. If my characters did not annoy me, they might never make it onto the page. ~Tim

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:03:09 +0000

Ha! The delete key may destroy your characters on paper or screen, but I bet they keep on living in your noggin. Great story, first of the Ginger and Fred for me… off to read more. Peace, Linda

Thanks, Linda. Yup, my characters are alive and well in my noggin. Hope you enjoy some of their their other adventures. ~Tim

By: Anton Gully

Anton Gully — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:21:41 +0000

No way, you bastard! I run a Fred and Ginger fansite and we will keep them alive, mean, and pissed off with you for the rest of eternity…

Thanks, Anton. I would expect nothing less. I might even join the fansite [under an assumed name, of course]. ~Tim

By: G.P. Ching

G.P. Ching — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:20:22 +0000

I love your stories Tim and was getting used to the Fred and Ginger thing. But, I can see why you would want to branch out. This piece is so much fun. You have a gift for dialogue. I could see Ginger letting you have it, morphing between images as you blot her out. Where will you go next?

Thanks, G.P. It’s relatively easy to write dialogue for a woman being mad at me when so many have been in real life [but that's a whole other story]. As for where I’m going next, I hope you’ll stop by again to find out. ~Tim

By: karen from mentor

karen from mentor — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:53:46 +0000

Funny end to F&G. I was able to overlook their names after a while, but in truth will enjoy you sweating over original names…

Don’t know why you turned down my suggestion of Myron and Beulah though…both names bring such vivid pictures to mind.

(a) go to a yard sale
(b) buy a used baby name book
(c) don’t name your characters anything that can also be used for a dog or a designer cologne
(d) this suggestion also pertains to people currently naming babies

Thanks, Karen. I was going to name my dog phideaux and my cologne eau de macncheese. Those would indeed be silly names for my characters. ~Tim

By: John Wiswell

John Wiswell — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:28:46 +0000

“Besides, we let you post that creepy animation a couple weeks ago. THAT was embarrassing.”

Bwaha, it’s good to know I’m not the only one who fights with his characters.

Thanks, John. I don’t mind fighting with my characters, but I hate how often I lose to them. ~Tim

By: Deanna Schrayer

Deanna Schrayer — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:09:58 +0000

No! Don’t do it Tim! They’ll haunt you for the rest of your life and you know it.
This is such great stuff. I hope you have a bit of your own mind left.

Thanks, Deanna. My own mind left me long ago. ~Tim