Not much time to post today, first day of NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month! Today is packed, too, so it’s lucky I got mixed up and thought NaNo was in October and got a head start. heh!
Nobody guessed my costume, so I’ll have to draw from the incorrect guesses for a winner. Okay, the title of a fiction-sounding non-fiction book published in the latter half of the 20th century–
- black
- sparkly
- moon and stars
- flowers
- Jiminy Cricket, the symbol of Conscience for my generation
What else could it be, but MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL?
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There was an almost-full moon last night for Halloween. This morning, Charlie said he would walk up to get the paper by its light. I said, “Watch out for the werewolves.” We’re both about halfway deaf in our old age, so he said, “Watch out for the gerbils?“
I put on my best Maria Ouspenskaya voice and said, “Even de man whooss hearrt iss pure, and sayss hiss prayers at night, may turrn into a GERBIL ven de volfbane bloomss and de moon iss fool ant brright.”
Charlie said, “…Kind of anticlimactic, isn’t it?” and went and got the paper.
And now you must excuse me–I’m off to NaNo, before I turn into a gerbil.
MA
writing prompt: What’s the worst animal a person could involuntarily morph into? What’s the best?
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November 1, 2009 at 7:42 pm
L.J. Sellers
I should have known you were dressed as a book title! Am I too late for The Gift of Murder contest? How was your first day of NaNo? I hit 2000, so I’m stoked about a good start.
November 2, 2009 at 11:23 am
marianallen
Yes, LJ, I’m afraid you’re too late for that contest, but I might run another one with THE GIFT OF MURDER as the prize later this month or early in December. I’m reworking a 33-page start I already had, so I feel like I’m cheating on NaNo. lol! I’m changing it from 3rd person to 1st person, cutting, expanding and swapping stuff around, so I am working, but it sure feels like cheating when I cut and paste a big chunk of stuff instead of bleeding it out through my fingertips.
November 2, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Joanna Foreman
Midnight in the Garden of course! Oh my gosh I’d forgotten it was a true story. That Kevin Spacey did such a good job, and that was the first time I’d ever seen Jude Law. I love that movie. Good job, Marian. Can’t wait until the next contest! YeHaw