Thursday, March 04, 2004
Screenplay Excerpt #2
INT. BABY & WINKY'S APARTMENT - TWO DAYS LATER
Baby & Winky's basement apartment in the Big Red House is fairly large, but unfurnished. They sit in a well-lit living room. Off to the right side is their bedroom that is connected to the living room with two huge French doors. A small kitchen snuggles off to the left. The windows wrap around most of the living room, which provides a more light.
Winky sits on the couch with his wrist wrapped up in bandages. Baby is playing with two new cats.
INT. BABY & WINKY'S APARTMENT - TWO DAYS LATER
Baby & Winky's basement apartment in the Big Red House is fairly large, but unfurnished. They sit in a well-lit living room. Off to the right side is their bedroom that is connected to the living room with two huge French doors. A small kitchen snuggles off to the left. The windows wrap around most of the living room, which provides a more light.
Winky sits on the couch with his wrist wrapped up in bandages. Baby is playing with two new cats.
Baby scoops up one of her Siamese cats and hugs it.BABY I want to name them Baby and Winky.
WINKY I have to veto those idiotic names. Who the fuck names their pets after themselves?
BABY People name their kids after themselves all the time. Didn't they name you after your daddy? I'm pretty sure that his name is Winky and that's why you're Winky, Jr.!
WINKY How many times do I have to tell you? My father's name was not Winky. The kids in the neighborhood made up that awful nickname. They called him that when he had to walk around with an eye patch after my Mom stabbed him in his left eye with a salad fork when we ate at Sizzler. That's when they called me Winky Junior. It's not the same thing Baby. We're not naming the cats after us. That's final.
BABY Well Winky, Jr. what should we call the cats then?
WINKY How about this. We'll compromise. I'll pick one name and you'll pick the other.
BABY Great. I pick Winky!
BABY Winky, say hello to Winky!
WINKY For fuck's sake, you are nuts sometimes.
BABY What are you going to name the other cat?
WINKY (Sarcastically) How about 'Cat'? (He looks for the other cat) Hey Cat! Come here. Cat the Cat.
BABY Fuck you Winky, you know some day I might just stab you!
The Baby & Winky Movie: Excerpt #1
I have a new found respect for writers adapting previously published material. It's not as easy as one would think. The basic reason why books that are made into movies are almost always not as good as the original book is due to a few reasons:
In the film Adaptation, the main character, writer Charlie Kaufman gets hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief. He complains to his agent in one scene, how he's having a hard time translating Orlean's work into screenplay format. He used the phrase, "sprawling New Yorker shit," in describing her writing style. I felt the same way. The only positive aspect of the difficult adapation of the Baby & Winky Novel was that I got to write the screenplay, so I am presenting my vision of how I think the story should be told on film.
OK, I am done with the second draft. Here's the original text from Sweet Nothing: The Baby and Winky Novel:
INT. BABY'S ROOM - AFTERNOON
The lights are out and three wasted teenagers sit on the floor. Baby's smoky room is a mess. A huge tapestry covers up the front window and makes her room very dark except for the glimmer of light from a couple of small candles. Dirty clothes, empty beer and soda cans clutter the floor space. There is a small couch off to the side with a few folding chairs. In the corner, an old Safeway shopping cart serves as Baby's closet. It is filled with more clothes and personal items. She has a mattress sprawled out on the floor without any sheets and pillows. Several empty McDonald's bags and dozens of cigarette butts complete her undecorated room. BABY, a skinny girl with pink dreadlocks and no shoes, sits in one of the corners.
I have a new found respect for writers adapting previously published material. It's not as easy as one would think. The basic reason why books that are made into movies are almost always not as good as the original book is due to a few reasons:
1. Films tend to follow linear storytelling, and novels often do not.My problem was simple... I used too many words in my novel and have several long passages that were difficult to translate onto the big screen. I had to employ Voice Overs (V.O.) in several scenes.
2. Time constraints in film limits the adaptation, where by plots are often thinned down and lesser important aspects are always omitted.
3. The screenplay is one person's interpretation of the material. It's not always the same vision that you conjured up when reading.
In the film Adaptation, the main character, writer Charlie Kaufman gets hired to adapt Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief. He complains to his agent in one scene, how he's having a hard time translating Orlean's work into screenplay format. He used the phrase, "sprawling New Yorker shit," in describing her writing style. I felt the same way. The only positive aspect of the difficult adapation of the Baby & Winky Novel was that I got to write the screenplay, so I am presenting my vision of how I think the story should be told on film.
OK, I am done with the second draft. Here's the original text from Sweet Nothing: The Baby and Winky Novel:
The lights were out and three other people sat on the floor. I glanced around Baby's smoky room. It was a mess. A huge tapestry covered up the front window and that made her room very dark except for the glimmer of light from a couple of small candles. Dirty clothes, empty beer and soda cans cluttered the floor space. There was a small couch off to the side with a few folding chairs. In the corner I saw an old Safeway shopping cart that apparently served as Baby's closet. It was filled with more clothes and personal items. She had a mattress sprawled out on the floor without any sheets and pillows. Several empty McDonald's bags and dozens of cigarette butts completed her undecorated room.And here's how it looks in the new screenplay, The Baby & Winky Movie:
"Which one of you is Baby?" I asked as I looked at two young girls and two wasted guys.
"Are you a cop?" a skinny girl with pink dreadlocks slowly answered in a southern drawl.
"No. But I play one on TV."
INT. BABY'S ROOM - AFTERNOON
The lights are out and three wasted teenagers sit on the floor. Baby's smoky room is a mess. A huge tapestry covers up the front window and makes her room very dark except for the glimmer of light from a couple of small candles. Dirty clothes, empty beer and soda cans clutter the floor space. There is a small couch off to the side with a few folding chairs. In the corner, an old Safeway shopping cart serves as Baby's closet. It is filled with more clothes and personal items. She has a mattress sprawled out on the floor without any sheets and pillows. Several empty McDonald's bags and dozens of cigarette butts complete her undecorated room. BABY, a skinny girl with pink dreadlocks and no shoes, sits in one of the corners.
That's it. Stay tuned for another excerpt next week.UNKNOWN VOICE Close the fucking door!
WINKY Which one of you is Baby?
BABY Are you a cop? (She answers in a thick southern drawl.)
WINKY No. But I play one on TV.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
Reader Comments...
Jerry Engel wrote: "I finished Sweet Nothing the other day and was impressed with the ending - you really tied things together and I think it worked very well - good Hollywood ending at least. We will talk at some point in detail."
Renee Coard wrote: " I finished reading Sweet Nothing this morning. Is there going to be a sequel? I think Crackhead Stu should have his own series. The Misadventures of Crackhead Stu. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!"
Thanks guys for reading my novel and for your support!
Jerry Engel wrote: "I finished Sweet Nothing the other day and was impressed with the ending - you really tied things together and I think it worked very well - good Hollywood ending at least. We will talk at some point in detail."
Renee Coard wrote: " I finished reading Sweet Nothing this morning. Is there going to be a sequel? I think Crackhead Stu should have his own series. The Misadventures of Crackhead Stu. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!"
Thanks guys for reading my novel and for your support!
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Sweet Nothing = 961113
It is official... Sweet Nothing has been registered with the Writer's Guild of America! Here's the Registration Confirmation e-mail I got:
"Registration Number : 961113
Thank you for your registration. Your material has been successfully registered with the WGA Intellectual Property Registry. Registrations are valid for a term of five years and can be renewed upon expiration. Please remember that changes cannot be made once material has been registered with the WGA West Intellectual Property Online Registration Service."
Registered Item Information:
Material Type : MANUSCRIPT
Intended Medium : LITERARY/SCREENPLAY
Item Title : Sweet Nothing: The Baby and Winky Novel
It is official... Sweet Nothing has been registered with the Writer's Guild of America! Here's the Registration Confirmation e-mail I got:
"Registration Number : 961113
Thank you for your registration. Your material has been successfully registered with the WGA Intellectual Property Registry. Registrations are valid for a term of five years and can be renewed upon expiration. Please remember that changes cannot be made once material has been registered with the WGA West Intellectual Property Online Registration Service."
Registered Item Information:
Material Type : MANUSCRIPT
Intended Medium : LITERARY/SCREENPLAY
Item Title : Sweet Nothing: The Baby and Winky Novel
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Copies of Sweet Nothing
Copies will be available soon. Send me an e-mail if you would like to read a copy!
Copies will be available soon. Send me an e-mail if you would like to read a copy!
Final Word Count: 52, 170
Sunday, September 28, 2003
Sweet Nothing...
It is official. I changed the title to Sweet Nothing. But in the inner cirlces, this project will still be known as Baby & Winky.
It is official. I changed the title to Sweet Nothing. But in the inner cirlces, this project will still be known as Baby & Winky.
Monday, September 22, 2003
New Title?
I have been tossing around the idea of a new title for Baby & Winky. Here are some ideas...
1. Dry Rain
2. Birdsong: the Story of Baby & Winky
3. The Blind Kangaroo
4. Sweet Nothing
5. Baby, Winky, and the One-Eyed Kangaroo
I have been tossing around the idea of a new title for Baby & Winky. Here are some ideas...
1. Dry Rain
2. Birdsong: the Story of Baby & Winky
3. The Blind Kangaroo
4. Sweet Nothing
5. Baby, Winky, and the One-Eyed Kangaroo
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Thanks to Sigge for blogging the link to Baby & Winky on his site! I would like to welcome all my new Norwegian visitors! God morgon, goddag, god natt! Enjoy.
Second Draft... time slows down when I find myself working on revisions and re-writes. Adding or subtracting one word sometimes fucks up entire paragraphs and pages. I'm also lazy when it comes to this stage of my work. Usually after I'm done with the first draft, I don't like to go back and re-work any of it. That is what editors are for. I'm a writer... I write.
Screenplay? Although I must say that I have several new ideas about Charlie's Goldfish... that could be a possible new project for me this upcoming month. One year later I finally have a couple of thoughts on how I can improve the script and make it more attractive for potential interested parties.
The Phones Keep Ringing!! Nothing irks me more than the sound of my phone ringing while I am working. Luckily I can shut off the ringer on my phone in the studio. Sometimes I begin a writing session and forget to turn off the ringer. Of course almost always when I get into a groove a bill collector or a wrong number (I get those a lot) calling me. I refuse to get up and answer until my complete thought is finished. Usually the phone stops ringing by that point. However, my cell phone incessantly beeps to tell me I have "Missed Calls" or "New Messages". That's when I turn the fucker off and hide it in my sock drawer.
Screenplay? Although I must say that I have several new ideas about Charlie's Goldfish... that could be a possible new project for me this upcoming month. One year later I finally have a couple of thoughts on how I can improve the script and make it more attractive for potential interested parties.
The Phones Keep Ringing!! Nothing irks me more than the sound of my phone ringing while I am working. Luckily I can shut off the ringer on my phone in the studio. Sometimes I begin a writing session and forget to turn off the ringer. Of course almost always when I get into a groove a bill collector or a wrong number (I get those a lot) calling me. I refuse to get up and answer until my complete thought is finished. Usually the phone stops ringing by that point. However, my cell phone incessantly beeps to tell me I have "Missed Calls" or "New Messages". That's when I turn the fucker off and hide it in my sock drawer.
Monday, September 08, 2003
Monster in a Box... is an indie film starring Splading Gray and he performs one of his infamous monologues. It's on cable right now on IFC. Spalding recants one specific year in his life, where he gets caught up in the middle of writing a novel: Impossible Vacation, in the meantime he is still attempting to cope with his mother's suicide a decade earlier (the difficult topic he's tackling in the manuscript) which is causing him major problems completing his novel and sends him into therapy. Great film and a great novel! Check out both.
Thursday, September 04, 2003
The First Reading...
There is nothing like the high you get when you sit down and read your finished product from start to finish. I got to do that earlier this week. I didn't take any notes or make any corrections. I read straight through! It took about three plus hours. Baby and Winky would be a great airplane novel. I had plenty of doubts many different times during the project. After I had some time to let the product sit and take a break to get away from it all, I must say that the novel reads well. I think it's great. On the same level as JTSMD. I dunno if it's better or if everyone else will love it just as much. Time will tell!
There is nothing like the high you get when you sit down and read your finished product from start to finish. I got to do that earlier this week. I didn't take any notes or make any corrections. I read straight through! It took about three plus hours. Baby and Winky would be a great airplane novel. I had plenty of doubts many different times during the project. After I had some time to let the product sit and take a break to get away from it all, I must say that the novel reads well. I think it's great. On the same level as JTSMD. I dunno if it's better or if everyone else will love it just as much. Time will tell!
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Chapters? I started eliminating Chapters (combining consecutive shorter ones) in the first revision. Originally I started with over twenty... then 15 or 16. Now I think I have 14? I glanced at JTSMD and I broke that up into almost thirty sections. Looks like half so far.
New Title? I always assumed I would call the novel Baby and Winky. But should I consider other options? I thought about something like this... Dry Rain: The Story of Baby and Winky or just calling the project Dry Rain. Ok maybe not.
New Title? I always assumed I would call the novel Baby and Winky. But should I consider other options? I thought about something like this... Dry Rain: The Story of Baby and Winky or just calling the project Dry Rain. Ok maybe not.
Monday, September 01, 2003
Daily Word Count
Baby and Winky was written over an eleven day period from 8.21 thru 8.31... and is nicknamed the "August Novel" by the author. On the average, I can write about 750 to 1,000 words per hour. I usually write in three hour spurts... trying to crank out somehwere around 2,500 to 3,000 words in each three hour session. Here's the breakdown:
8.21 Day 1: 1212
8.22 Day 2: 3682 (4894 total)
8.23 Day 3: 6480 (11374)
8.24 Day 4: 6052 (17,400 +)
8.25 Day 5: 8355 (25,700 +)
8.26 Day 6: 5017 (30,700 +)
8.27 Day 7: 4663 (35,300 +)
8.28 Day 8: 4051 (39,000 +)
8.29 Day 9: 4300 (44,300 +)
8.30 Day 10: 2700 (47,000 +)
8.31 Day 11: 5700 (52,138 words)
On August 25, 2003... I experienced one of the most productive writing days of my career topping out at 8,000 + words.
Baby and Winky was written over an eleven day period from 8.21 thru 8.31... and is nicknamed the "August Novel" by the author. On the average, I can write about 750 to 1,000 words per hour. I usually write in three hour spurts... trying to crank out somehwere around 2,500 to 3,000 words in each three hour session. Here's the breakdown:
8.21 Day 1: 1212
8.22 Day 2: 3682 (4894 total)
8.23 Day 3: 6480 (11374)
8.24 Day 4: 6052 (17,400 +)
8.25 Day 5: 8355 (25,700 +)
8.26 Day 6: 5017 (30,700 +)
8.27 Day 7: 4663 (35,300 +)
8.28 Day 8: 4051 (39,000 +)
8.29 Day 9: 4300 (44,300 +)
8.30 Day 10: 2700 (47,000 +)
8.31 Day 11: 5700 (52,138 words)
On August 25, 2003... I experienced one of the most productive writing days of my career topping out at 8,000 + words.
Sunday, August 31, 2003
Finished!
Final Word Count: 52,000 +
The first draft of Baby and Winky is complete after eleven intense days of writing. Going to put everything aside for forty-eight hours and then re-read the manuscript before I make notes for the second draft.
Final Word Count: 52,000 +
The first draft of Baby and Winky is complete after eleven intense days of writing. Going to put everything aside for forty-eight hours and then re-read the manuscript before I make notes for the second draft.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Baby, Winky, and the $1 Blowjob appears in the current issue of Truckin'. That is the fifth story from the Baby and Winky series. Will it be the last? I am thinking about sending them on hiatus for a while...
Here's a sample: "Baby and I didn’t have regular jobs but we scratched together enough cash for our hefty cocaine habit. We ripped off drunk college kids in bars."
Without a doubt Baby and WInky are the two most popular characters in my Truckin' stories. The majority of the feedback I got from the last three and four issues of Truckin' all involved Baby and Winky.
Here's a sample: "Baby and I didn’t have regular jobs but we scratched together enough cash for our hefty cocaine habit. We ripped off drunk college kids in bars."
Without a doubt Baby and WInky are the two most popular characters in my Truckin' stories. The majority of the feedback I got from the last three and four issues of Truckin' all involved Baby and Winky.
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Since I started this project my most productive day topped out at 8,000 words. That might be the most I wrote in one session this year.
Current Word Count: 35,400 +
From my past experiences with huge projects like this one (Charlie's Goldfish & JTSMD) I understand that right now I am at past the mid-way point. This is a crucial part of the project. And if this attempt fails, it will be beacuse I fucked up at the mid-point. I have to push ahead to the end at all costs. And the ending is all I seem to be thinking about. Which is bad because I should be focusing on Pages 61-70, not on pages 120 and onward. All I want to do is finish and go to sleep. But I have at least a week to go.
The first ten pages are crucial. They have to be well written and be like fly paper or a glue trap. I have to get the reader stuck on the characters and the story. My theme is simple: Love. My story is simple: Boy meets girl. That's it. The characters are complex, diverse, and interesting and that is what I hope will be the appeal of Baby and Winky: the Novel.
The next ten pages are the toughest to write. The bridge from the opening to the middle of Act One is where a lot of readers get lost, and where a lot of writers lose their focus. I'm afraid that parts of the novel slow down too much for the reader. Baby and Winky short stories pack a lot of punch into a two or three page package. I found that is hard to maintain over thirty, forty, and fifty pages. Alas, that's why the back story is as important as the main plotline. And why the secondary characters are vital to keeping the dialouge fresh and the situations different.
Right now I hit the wall. This project has consumed me and all my thinking in the last week. I need a break and probably will just re-read everything I wrote and attempt to edit Act One. More to come.
Bone Fragment #2
What was I going to tell her? The truth?
"Baby, she's a nut. She's gotten me involved in a scam where we steal food from McDonald's. And she had one fucked up childhood let me tell you. It makes the craziest trailer park episode of Jerry Springer look like a feel good episode of Leave it to Beaver. And there's that one girl Amy. I still haven't met her. She does crystal meth all day and all night with her skinhead biker boyfriend from Idaho. Then there's Chester, he drinks and smokes cigarettes all the time on the porch. I forgot about Lucy, she's a stuck-up flake, and I don't like her too much. Your old house manager, I only met her once, but she had really nasty words about you and your body odor. And then of course there's Stu, or Crackhead Stu as the house calls him. He's all over the place, constantly looking for things to steal so he can pawn it for crack dollars. Oh and I forgot to tell you about Craig, the cyber geeky guy that lives next door to me. All he does is download gay porn and takes forty minute showers, doing what to his genitals, I don't know. I think that sums it up."
© 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
Current Word Count: 35,400 +
From my past experiences with huge projects like this one (Charlie's Goldfish & JTSMD) I understand that right now I am at past the mid-way point. This is a crucial part of the project. And if this attempt fails, it will be beacuse I fucked up at the mid-point. I have to push ahead to the end at all costs. And the ending is all I seem to be thinking about. Which is bad because I should be focusing on Pages 61-70, not on pages 120 and onward. All I want to do is finish and go to sleep. But I have at least a week to go.
The first ten pages are crucial. They have to be well written and be like fly paper or a glue trap. I have to get the reader stuck on the characters and the story. My theme is simple: Love. My story is simple: Boy meets girl. That's it. The characters are complex, diverse, and interesting and that is what I hope will be the appeal of Baby and Winky: the Novel.
The next ten pages are the toughest to write. The bridge from the opening to the middle of Act One is where a lot of readers get lost, and where a lot of writers lose their focus. I'm afraid that parts of the novel slow down too much for the reader. Baby and Winky short stories pack a lot of punch into a two or three page package. I found that is hard to maintain over thirty, forty, and fifty pages. Alas, that's why the back story is as important as the main plotline. And why the secondary characters are vital to keeping the dialouge fresh and the situations different.
Right now I hit the wall. This project has consumed me and all my thinking in the last week. I need a break and probably will just re-read everything I wrote and attempt to edit Act One. More to come.
Bone Fragment #2
What was I going to tell her? The truth?
"Baby, she's a nut. She's gotten me involved in a scam where we steal food from McDonald's. And she had one fucked up childhood let me tell you. It makes the craziest trailer park episode of Jerry Springer look like a feel good episode of Leave it to Beaver. And there's that one girl Amy. I still haven't met her. She does crystal meth all day and all night with her skinhead biker boyfriend from Idaho. Then there's Chester, he drinks and smokes cigarettes all the time on the porch. I forgot about Lucy, she's a stuck-up flake, and I don't like her too much. Your old house manager, I only met her once, but she had really nasty words about you and your body odor. And then of course there's Stu, or Crackhead Stu as the house calls him. He's all over the place, constantly looking for things to steal so he can pawn it for crack dollars. Oh and I forgot to tell you about Craig, the cyber geeky guy that lives next door to me. All he does is download gay porn and takes forty minute showers, doing what to his genitals, I don't know. I think that sums it up."
© 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
Monday, August 25, 2003
Bone Fragment #1
Alas, I'm tossing die hard Baby and Winky fans a bone with a special excerpt from the new novel. Enjoy!
"I’m looking for Baby."
He flung the door open and I walked in.
"Close the fucking door!" someone shouted.
The lights were out and three other people sat on the floor. I glanced around Baby’s smoky room which was a mess. A huge tapestry covered up the front window and that made her room very dark except for the glimmer of light from a couple of small candles. Dirty clothes, empty beer and soda cans cluttered the floor space. There was a small couch off to the side with a few folding chairs. In the corner I saw an old Safeway shopping cart that apparently served as Baby’s closet. It was filled with more clothes and personal items. She had a mattress sprawled out on the floor without any sheets and pillows. Several empty McDonald’s bags and dozens of cigarette butts completed her undecorated room.
"Which one of you is Baby?" I asked as I looked at two young girls and two wasted guys.
"Are you a cop?", a skinny girl with pink dreadlocks slowly answered in a southern drawl.
"No. But I play one on TV."
She laughed.
© 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
Alas, I'm tossing die hard Baby and Winky fans a bone with a special excerpt from the new novel. Enjoy!
"I’m looking for Baby."
He flung the door open and I walked in.
"Close the fucking door!" someone shouted.
The lights were out and three other people sat on the floor. I glanced around Baby’s smoky room which was a mess. A huge tapestry covered up the front window and that made her room very dark except for the glimmer of light from a couple of small candles. Dirty clothes, empty beer and soda cans cluttered the floor space. There was a small couch off to the side with a few folding chairs. In the corner I saw an old Safeway shopping cart that apparently served as Baby’s closet. It was filled with more clothes and personal items. She had a mattress sprawled out on the floor without any sheets and pillows. Several empty McDonald’s bags and dozens of cigarette butts completed her undecorated room.
"Which one of you is Baby?" I asked as I looked at two young girls and two wasted guys.
"Are you a cop?", a skinny girl with pink dreadlocks slowly answered in a southern drawl.
"No. But I play one on TV."
She laughed.
© 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
Saturday, August 23, 2003
I started writing the first draft of the Baby and Winky novel last weeked. I decided that I wanted to write a screenplay and two novels in one year (Sept. 2002 to Sept. 2003). Jack Tripper Stole My Dog was a local hit and has beome a cult favorite. I got some things going on in that novel that I am proud of. My writing skills reached their highest peaks at the completion of JTSMD. But that was nine months ago. Recently I discovered that I have the energy and confidence to attempt to write something fresh and new, but familiar at the same time. That's why now is the time for Baby and Winky to shine.
Alas, I got off to a slow start. The first twenty pages are always the toughest. I had to dedicate time to work on the latest issue of Truckin'. Also, I prepared for a trip to the casinos to play in a poker tournament. That took up a lot of my time. I got sidetracked for a few days. Since then I have made some limited progress. I have a solid first two chapters. And that's all I wrote...
Alas, I got off to a slow start. The first twenty pages are always the toughest. I had to dedicate time to work on the latest issue of Truckin'. Also, I prepared for a trip to the casinos to play in a poker tournament. That took up a lot of my time. I got sidetracked for a few days. Since then I have made some limited progress. I have a solid first two chapters. And that's all I wrote...
Where It All Begins...
Baby and Winky started out as a short story for my blog-zine Truckin'. I had a tremendous amount of fun writing those new characters. I never envisioned the reaction that I got from the readers. Not only did they enjoy the first story... they loved it! And of course every month they asked for more. Over the next few issues of Truckin', I expanded the characters as well as the hijinks. When I asked the readers to select their favorite Truckin' story, the results were overwhelming. Baby's Steak Knife and Winky's Salad won in a landslide.
Here is a list of the four original Baby and Winky stories:
1. Baby, $2000, and the Dork Brothers
2. Baby's Steak Knife and Winky's Salad
3. Sexual Chocolate: Another Baby and Winky Adevnture
4. Baby, Winky, and Van Gogh's Ear
All works are © 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
Baby and Winky started out as a short story for my blog-zine Truckin'. I had a tremendous amount of fun writing those new characters. I never envisioned the reaction that I got from the readers. Not only did they enjoy the first story... they loved it! And of course every month they asked for more. Over the next few issues of Truckin', I expanded the characters as well as the hijinks. When I asked the readers to select their favorite Truckin' story, the results were overwhelming. Baby's Steak Knife and Winky's Salad won in a landslide.
Here is a list of the four original Baby and Winky stories:
1. Baby, $2000, and the Dork Brothers
2. Baby's Steak Knife and Winky's Salad
3. Sexual Chocolate: Another Baby and Winky Adevnture
4. Baby, Winky, and Van Gogh's Ear
All works are © 2003, Tenzin McGrupp
