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Can I Put the Dead Body in a Glad Trash Bag?
It's getting harder and harder these days to find places to hide your dead bodies. In the garden and under the front porch are full of skeletons and the back of the closet is reserved for Uncle Buddy. Not everyone can drive out to the Pinelands as we can in New Jersey, so we'll need to find another way to dispose of them. A Waste Management dumpster? Hmmm.
The question arises; can we use name brands in our writing? The short answer is yes. The qualifiers to go with that yes are you can't defame or tarnish that product's good name. You're not allowed to confuse your readers with similar fake names and water down the goodwill of that product. So instead of using a brand name garbage bag for your dead body, you'll have to just say garbage bag or make up a product brand for the dirty deed. But if your character is admiring a lovely lady in a Camaro, you can leave the brand in. If you do decide to use a brand name, be sure to spell it properly. Kleenex is facial tissue, not a kleenex.
Don't waste a lovely afternoon pecking away at the keyboard on researching a brand name instead of writing a few chapters of your story. But when you have the time for research during edit, do be sure to check spelling and infringement errors. So BoneyBoy Pinelli can drop the carpet-rolled Chucky Three-Fingers Malone in a DumpStar container behind the Lucky Casino. Be creative and try something unexpected with your corpse. It will always make for good reading.
This month's question: Where do you hide your bodies? The dead ones, I mean. 
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Excerpt: 'Learn to make friends', he'd assert, when he saw a clotted, bloody nose. 'Learn a trade', his final advice, after brief glimpses of poetry and sketch books lying on my bed.
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This month's question: Where do you hide your bodies? The dead ones, I mean.
Send in your answer below! Editors love feedback!
Last month's "Short Stories Newsletter (May 25, 2022)" question: Have you tried unfamiliar genres? What happened?
Aennaytte: Free & Wild in GoT  : I don't think I have ventured very deep into writing for unfamiliar genres. For me, that would be horror writing. I don't really read it, so I don't write it. I don't think I could come up with something scary to write.
BIG BAD WOLF is hopping  : It all depends on what route one wants to try.
SherritheWriter  : I usually write science fiction and mystery/suspense, but I occasionally like to dabble in satire or humor. It's a good break, and I'd like to do more pieces that make people laugh, and point out the silly and ridiculous things in a lighter tone. I am trying to diversify!
s  : Unfamiliar genres... oh, yeah. I was challenged to write a Western. Standard Western, straight forward short story... and I sold it to a magazine. In my recent arts degree I had to write a romance short story. I sold that as well, to an anthology. I am finding it fun to write in different genres. My normal genres have been horror, fantasy, science fiction and comedy, but being able to sell other genres tells me that there are so many more doors that could be opened through this. And it can even help with the way I write my preferred genres. Positive influences from different streams. I recommend it!
I was always a horror, fantasy, science fiction writers (the spec fic genres) and dabbled in comedy. and poetry But recently (past 10 years) I have written straight westerns (and even sold one), romance (and sold 2), thriller, police procedural, historical, detective, erotica, and creative-nonfiction (sold 2).
The thing is, I read across all genres. While horror, comedy and fantasy are my preferred genres, I read a bit of everything. So writing across genres is just something I hadn't done because I didn't trust myself that I could. But I decided "why not?" and gave it all a go. Having said that, it's fun.
Odessa Molinari : Since being on WDC I have tried pretty much every genre, some more successful than others. I am definitely no poet.
Just Jae : I'm with Odessa Molinari. I'm no poet. 
Jaeyne of the Free Fab Five  : Found out I was really good at writing romance and erotica. Like, good enough people asked for more  . It was not on my "things I might be good at" bingo card.
Starling : I've tried a few. A couple worked out ok, but on a couple my characters didn't want to play.
GeminiGem of House Lannister  : I have enjoyed my occasional foray into the unknown genre. Who knew I could write science fiction? Who knew I had some poems up my sleeve? I think the ability to write a decent flash fiction story was the biggest surprise of all. Who knew I could write a short story in 24 hours that I wasn't embarrassed to have someone else read?
Lucinda Lynx : I just wrote myself in the corner, so I realized it was the false start and not my genre.
Serena Blade : I tried to write a love story but realized I was not good at it because I added a decapitation. I don't know what I was thinking.
Happy to write : Usually I like what I like I do veer off from what I like however not too often.
Leslie Loo : I have many times. I've tried to write mysteries, horror stories, and thrillers, but kind of failed. There was this one thriller story that I wrote online, but quickly went popular. This was a long time ago.
elephantsealer : "...unfamiliar genres?" They test your ability to write...
rupali: First, we need to understand the meaning of the uncommon genre. Then try it in our writings. But, a few times, we will be the familiar application of that genre. It is a challenge. We cannot be an expert then and there.
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