How about a friendly little writing competition to explain the famous "When did Dirk and Summer do the deed?" conundrum. Ideally, the winning entry would take the form of an excerpt of the original novel, as though it was left in the editing room. The grand prize would be satisfaction of knowing that the mystery has a plausible solution (unless someone wants to put up a Doxa watch or the keys to Pitt's Talbot Lago.)
If anyone else is up for this, please talk about it here for a while before posting anything. In the interest of fairness and creativity, it would probably be better if we don't make all the ideas public in advance. We would also need to figure out who is going to judge. Anyway I'd love to hear some thoughts on this general concept.

I like this idea th:

I wanna be a judge as I'm no writer ;)

You've certainly got the credentials as a Forum administrator.

I've got a couple stories in a Tomb Raider competition, and they have about a dozen judges, and some pretty extensive rules. We obviously don't need all that, but it wouldn't hurt for our prospective judges to think about how this contest (if it happens) ought to be run. Since I might be entering something :unsure: I probably should minimize my interference. Anyone else looking to judge this?

ok, I'm up for judging. th:

Since Clive confessed he "goofed" in regards to the "immaculate conception" of Dirk jr. and Summer in his speech in Washington recently, maybe we can pass the winning explanation onto Clive. If the winning entry is plausible enough, maybe he'll use it in a later novel to appease die-hard fans.

My suggestion for the winner's prize is a that the winning entry should be personally emailed to Clive Cussler

Cheers ... p:

personal attention from the Grand Master himself...now that would be a prize

this deserves a banner ad

Alright I'm in.
I'll give it a shot.

I'm up for judging the contest. I don't think I could come up with something plausable...
Looking forward to what some can cook up, though.
And we should probably keep this rated PG, right? :P

well, you all are the judges (though Foss, come on...you're one of the heavy hitters in the writing dept.) but as to the PG rating...I would say it should be in keeping with the tone set by CC himself. It doesn't have to be romance novel graphic, but let's face it, there's only one way to make a baby (or is there?--maniacal laughter.)

I can't really think of a good idea (brain fart!), but I'd be more than willing to judge.


Nick - what Tomb Raider competition are you talking about?

Not you too, Hiram....just mull it over. I'm sure you can come up with something

Here's the Tomb Raider page with the contest. If you're going to contribute, you've got about 24 hours before it closes. But I invite you to check out my stories and say glowing things about them.

http://forum.tombraidergirl.net/viewforum.php?f=28

Thanks for the link. I'll think about writing a story.

Fooooooooooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssssssss????????

Why are you not participating?

And you too Hiram :unsure:

Argh all the writers want to judge, what gives?

PG?? awwwwwwwwwwwww.......How about the romance novel where they show skin by tearing the clothes off but not much more detail i guess. <snicker> <snicker> Since everyone wants to be a judge maybe i will give it a try and keep it clean. w:

excellent! we have a game then. And I was beginning to think that my bright idea was perhaps not so bright after all.
see you on the field!

Keeping it PG ruins the fun... Oh well. <_<

Ok Kelly i'll attempt this since you asked nicely

(PSST... 30 bucks if you choose me)

Hey I said I would give it a try :o




BTW..................I've already started on it ;)

So judges when can we start posting????????

Great idea Nick....Im trying to make time to do it as we speak th:

OK I've been away for a while. I want a shot at this. Let me know if I can still contribute.

Anytime Jimmy th:

Bring It On th:

This sounds quite fun, when is the deadline to submit?

I don't think the details of the contest have completely materialized, but I think its safe to say the final deadline is a good ways off. We only have two entries so far

Cool. Give me something to do at work for the next few weeks. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE

:P

WOW!!!! great idea. Don't know if I'm a writer but, I might give it a try. Look out shredder here I come. th:

I'd like to give it a shot too :) Where do we send the entries?

just post it in this forum and it wil get moved up. looking forward to reading some different spins on this topic.