I love that you guys read and comment on my work, so I wanted to give you a little something extra today. Remember when I said I am starting a novel? Here is an excerpt from what I've written thus far. Enjoy!
My name is Analeigh, and I am a misfit among
misfits, only I do a pretty good job of blending in with the pretty people. I
have been playing at the game of life for 24 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, and 4
days. This has been far too long. As I unwillingly approach my quarter-century
life mark, I am tempted to call the game – forfeiting in the name of personal
freedom and the abuse of legal should-be narcotics. But as I contemplate this
decision, I felt the need to explain my ability to so easily give up this life.
You see, if I wrote an autobiography, I might call it Assault and Battery or maybe The
Short Sweet Life of an Autonomous Human Being or maybe just Trouble. Yes, I think that’s best. I’ll
call it Trouble – the illumination of
how I got in trouble, caused some riff raff, and officially disappeared into
oblivion. So here is my story. Take from it what you will.
I like the title, but do you think it might be too depressing? Maybe if the girl shows how she overcame these feelings, and becomes happy with herself and her accomplishments and lives a happy and productive life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with granma about the title. I think the title needs to be something, that gives the person looking at the cover of the book, more along the lines of a girl going from rags to riches so to speak, from bottom of life to top of life. I'm not near as creative as you but I hope you got my drift. Your opening paragraph is very interesting, makes you want to read more about this girl. I like her name, Analeigh, also. Even though I am surprised you didn't name her Sharon. :-) Or maybe Sharon could be a good friend to her along with granma Barb.
ReplyDeleteKeep it going girl. It will be a big seller for sure.