Perkins rocks *harder* than Joan Jett.
The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Awww.
Okay, the prompt for today is almost there.
I'm going to post this in the GWW LJ as well.
Ooh, that's a good one.
I just passed p. 200 in my WIP, ~45,000 words by computer count.
Woo! This thing might actually become a book!
go Susan!
Drabble for "almost there."
She can’t bring herself to throw the calendar away, but she doesn’t look at it anymore. It hangs inside the pantry, facing the creamed corn and the laundry bluing.
There are few ways to pass the time. (“I’m not sure children will be possible.” Solemn physician’s face in the pale light.) She’s started baking. Watching the bread rise through the oven window, she doesn’t think about him, where the fighting is, or the things she can’t give him when (if) he comes home.
The top of the bread is buttery gold now. “Almost there,” she whispers.
that is beautiful
Thanks!
Very nice, Amy! You've inspired me to try one.
The soft thud of the wheels hitting the runway woke Lee Ann and she stirred and twisted her head to take in what the window had to offer. It wasn’t much, the warm gray Hilo drizzle shrouding the scene, but she could see the tips of coconut trees reaching up through the mist. She tugged at her sweater, pulled it over her head and caught a glance of her pale skin and smiled.
Home. It had been 43 years, but she was almost there.