Aspiring author climbing her way out of the slushpile.

A woman made of prose and poem seeking the keys to publication.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Zippy and Clover: Fabulous Girls

Chapter 1


Zippy and Clover: An Introduction






"Hullo there, my name's Zippy. Well my full name's Zipporah Anne Bell, But I like to be called Zippy. I'm thirteen years, twenty-three days, three months and four minutes old..."




"And I'm Clover, her best friend. Clover Green." The girl smiles wide as the sky into the camera.




"What are you doing?" Zippy pushes the power button. She frowns.




"Introducing myself." Clover smooths out the wrinkles in her shirt.




"Well you interrupted me."




"You were being verbose. Why can't you say you're thirteen. Folks don't care about how many nanoseconds you are. Hi, I'm Zippy. I'm Clover and we're fabulous girls entering eighth grade. And scene. Fade to black." Clover takes a bow.




"Um, Clover the camera isn't on."


Friday, January 7, 2011

Books

Well the year 2010 has been gone for a week now. In that year I read 66 books. An average of five to six a month, save July were I read only four. My favorite book I read was the Book Thief by Markus Zusak, it was richly descriptive and captivating also narrated by Death. One of my least favorite reads was actually two books, Whim of the Dragon, for a fantasy it wasn't that fantastical. The Girl with Glass Feet, it was a strange story but I was glad when it was over. So for 2011 I'm not going to keep track of how many books I read. I think I'll focus more on honing my writing skills and completing some manuscripts. Well to all my lack of followers, til next time.