http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/03/18/i-never-bin-lost/ As honest as a gambling man can be Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/03/18/i-never-bin-lost/#comment-23886 Homo Sum » Blog Archive » Butter Sculpture as Novel Inspiration? Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:01:33 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/archives/2005/03/18/i-never-bin-lost/#comment-23886 [...] Well, one of my Minneapolis friends is making use of this weirdness as inspiration for a novel: SCI FI Wire Story … “Each year in Minnesota, 12 dairy princesses are named, and for as long as anyone can remember, and for no possible reason anyone can think of, the [likenesses] of the 12 dairy princesses have been carved out of butter and showed at the state fair,” Stemple said in an interview. “[In the novel,] a new mayor in the small town of Vanderby decides to stop disposing of the [butter replicas] in the traditional manner, [and] it has unforeseen consequences. First, the princesses disappear, then the popular boy band the Griffson Brothers are gone, too, taken by Aenmarr the troll into Trollholm to serve as brides and dinner, respectively. And it’s up to the unlikely heroes, dairy princess Moira Darr and young guitarist Jakob Griffson, to fight their way out, with only the help of the Fossegrim, a mysterious talking fox, who may be their deliverance or their destruction.” … [...] [...] Well, one of my Minneapolis friends is making use of this weirdness as inspiration for a novel: SCI FI Wire Story … “Each year in Minnesota, 12 dairy princesses are named, and for as long as anyone can remember, and for no possible reason anyone can think of, the [likenesses] of the 12 dairy princesses have been carved out of butter and showed at the state fair,” Stemple said in an interview. “[In the novel,] a new mayor in the small town of Vanderby decides to stop disposing of the [butter replicas] in the traditional manner, [and] it has unforeseen consequences. First, the princesses disappear, then the popular boy band the Griffson Brothers are gone, too, taken by Aenmarr the troll into Trollholm to serve as brides and dinner, respectively. And it’s up to the unlikely heroes, dairy princess Moira Darr and young guitarist Jakob Griffson, to fight their way out, with only the help of the Fossegrim, a mysterious talking fox, who may be their deliverance or their destruction.” … [...]

]]> http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/2005/03/18/i-never-bin-lost/#comment-281 Adam Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:19:04 +0000 http://www.chrismclaren.com/blog/archives/2005/03/18/i-never-bin-lost/#comment-281 Thanks for the plug, Chris! I'm sending the check now... Thanks for the plug, Chris! I’m sending the check now…

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