WIP: DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS

A work-in-progress by Jeff Boggs

More A-I shenanigans. I’ve been toying with Co-Pilot and some other A-I creative programs, creating images of what I think the characters in DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS would look like if they were real people. First we have Alice Schnatzky, the Nellie Olsen to Sherry Ridenhour’s Laurie Ingalls. Mykel calls her Alice the Goon …

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A frequent thorn in the side of Lovable Lance and K-I-L-L is Muriel Krampus. She is a member of a John Birch Society affiliate group called Concerned Women of the Ozarks. She brings him petitions from citizens of Springville who want K-I-L-L to stop playing rock and roll. Each time Lovable Lance rips them up …

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In order to write this novel, I have tried to immerse myself into the world of Mykel and Clint. Since Mykel works at a radio station and is living in the college dorm, I try to listen to the music they would be hearing on the radio. I had two Ipod. One stopped working and …

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Daniel Woodrell has died of pancreatic cancer at age 72 in West Plains. Woodrell was born in Springfield but lived in West Plains. Three of his novels, Tomato Red, Ride with the Devil, and Winter’s Bone, were turned into movies. His last novel, The Maid’s Version, was about an explosion at a dance hall in …

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Vote on the classic country song playing on the radio in Clint’s Ford Mustang!

Mykel & Sherry go to the Lake of the Ozarks to ride the Captain Larry Don, eat corn dogs, drink lemonade, buy some Dam Candy, and Sherry meets Mykel’s junior high crush & her creepy boyfriend.

You can blame this “kill off Sherry” suggestion from a guy whose last name rhymes with “DUMP.” Don’t worry, it’s not who you are thinking of.

Julie sat silently, looking at Mykel. She noticed there was a tear in his eye. “Mykel, in all the years we’ve been married, you’ve never told me about this part of your life. This was quite a little adventure. You stopped a kidnapping, dated a pretty blonde girl and was on a radio station that …

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