Mary-Sue-ism, Crapsack Worlds and procrastination

Bit of explanation before I launch headlong into pure fantasy territory: I just sort of randomly settled on the Idiosyncratic Episode Blog Post Naming because, well, it was funny listing random things and finding some way to link them in-post.

Well, here goes. I'm writing a novel. It has French in it (well duh.). It has time-travel. It has French characters in it. It has the French revolution in it. It has THE. BIGGEST. FREAKING. PALACE. IN. HISTORY. (i.e. Versailles) in it (look, they installed toilets!). It has really, really fancy clothing. And I think Kevin Rudd makes a guest appearance somewhere. On a train (because they're running away).

What it hasn't got:

• Gratuitous shots of le Tour Eiffel.
• Gratuitous shots of le Arc de Triomphe.
• Gratuitous death/executions.
• Mary Sues.
• An optimistic view of characters.
• More than one scene written.

Yeah, that'll help sales.