April 6, 2007
I.D.
The world is going to end on Sunday at midnight. 
Why?
Because it’s my story—that’s why.
Now—where was I?
Oh, yeah…
The world is going to end on Sunday at midnight.
And because there’s no time to avoid the catastrophe, we’re going to borrow a page from an old Star Trek episode.
We’re going to send all of you into the past to save your lives.
There you may assume the identity of someone else, and live out a normal life. And because I’m in charge of the Time Shuttle (why? because it’s my story—that’s why), I’ve chosen identities for some of you to assume. The sexual identity you take on is not important, but I’ve basically assigned writers to be writers, and tried to choose people you might relate to on some level.
If you disagree, feel free to choose another identity you’d prefer (someone already dead, if you please, this is a Star Trek rip-off, not Invasion of the Bodysnatchers).
MIK—H.G. Wells
DENNIE—Georgette Heyer
AMIE—Harper Lee
RAINE—Daphne Du Maurier
JORDAN SUMMERS—Mary Shelley
BERNITA HARRIS—Isak Dinesen
PAPERBACK WRITER—Dorothy Parker
TRACY SHARP—Raymond Chandler
JORRIE SPENCER—Marie de France
BAILEY STUART—Beatrix Potter (revised to Dr. Seuss)
JILL SHALVIS and DAISEY DEXTER DOBBS—scriptwriters for the I Love Lucy Show.
Tori Lennox—Agatha Christie
Sela Carsen—Gypsy Rose Lee
This list is incomplete, so feel free to come aboard. Who would you choose to be?
But remember, this is a limited time offer. The last shuttle leaves on Sunday at midnight… 
I laughed when I read this but you know, even if you never re-read them, there are some stories that just STICK with you. And To Kill A Mockingbird is one of those for me. It just left me awed.
Time and history and the past is such a funny thing, and maybe I’m thinking hard about this because of my current wip. Or maybe it’s the writing class I’m taking–one assignment is to pick a book from our favorite author and find a meaningful passage and it has to do with time.
First, I’m not Ames’ cousin.
Beatrix Potter? I’ve never read Peter Rabbit. Can’t I be Carolyn Keene? Or Shirley Jackson? or even Margaret Mitchell, for crying out loud. Beatrix Potter? Jill and Duchess are perfect for the I Love Lucy scriptwriters.
Oh no, wait - I’ll change gender (with my sex life right now it wouldn’t matter
) I’ll be Dr. Seuss - Spam I Am.
Wouldn’t you know?
Isak was the only name I DID NOT recognize.
OH OH! I know what episode you’re referring to! That was with Joan Collins. The Edge of Forever. OR was it the Edge of Tomorrow?
and SWEET! I get to be H.G. Wells!
I totally loved The TIme Machine! (The book, not the movie, though I gotta say Rod Taylor sure was cute in the 1960 version…)
wanna know something creepy/funny–Georgette’s birthday is the same as my second child–weird!
Well you nailed me, that’s for sure.
Amie, time is a fascinating subject.
And MS. Lee only wrote one book–but what a book!
Oops—sorry for the misspelling, Bailey!! 4:30 a.m. postings…
But geez!! Try to save a few lives from the Apocalypse and see whatcha get!!
Alright, alright. You can be Dr. Seuss.
Wouldn’t you know?
Isak was the only name I DID NOT recognize.
Oops again!
(Maybe I should stick to piloting the shuttle…)
Bernita, I think you’d like Isak! “Babette’s Feast”, “Winter’s Tales”…lovely stuff.
Michelle, actually it was the one called “All Our Yesterdays”, with Mariette Hartley.
The one you’re thinking of was “The City On The Edge of Forever”, written by Harlan Ellison, in which a crazed McCoy goes back and changes time, and Kirk and Spock have to go back and fix things…
Thank you, Michelle! A satisfied customer!!
Dennie—it’s a SIGN!
Jill…kick-ass writing!!
I want to be Agatha Christie. :)
I’d love to be Raymond Chandler! Hehehehe! Thanks Raine! *SMOOCH* :
Tori—you got it.
Trace—lucky guess.
LOL! That’s not a bad place to be. Here’s hoping I come up with something as lasting as Frankenstein. *wg*
Well, I am honored. Even if I had to google Marie de France! But I love France so it’s all good.
Jordan, wouldn’t that be SOMETHING??
(BTW–give Lord Byron my best).
Jorrie, I thought you’d appreciate the woman who was probably the first to write about werewolves.
I wanna be Gypsy Rose Lee!
Oh wait. I’m supposed to be a writer? Darn it. I just wanted to take my clothes off.
Let’s see. Someone *ahem* already took Harper Lee.
Can I be Emily Dickinson? Nah. Even my neuroses aren’t that bad.
How about Jonathan Swift? Wicked funny guy.
I wanna be Gypsy Rose Lee!
Oh wait. I’m supposed to be an author? Shoot. I just wanted to take my clothes off.
How about Emily Dickinson, then? Nah, even my neuroses aren’t that bad.
Fine then. I’ll take Jonathan Swift. Wicked funny guy.
Sela, I just penciled writers in as writers because I thought they’d be comfortable in that skin.
If you’re more comfortable SHOWING skin—well alright for you, girl!!
I’ll be glad to put you in as Gypsy, lemme know if you want it changed.
“Jorrie, I thought you’d appreciate the woman who was probably the first to write about werewolves. ”
A-ha! Yes, perfect.
OH RIGHT - that’s the one. Thanks for the reminder. I used to have a Star Trek Compendium with all the original casts autographs (except the big 3) and I can’t find it anywhere.
I think I just outed myself as a total dweeb.
Not at all, Mik.
Star Trek ROCKED.