Thoroughly Modern Meggie
I've been doing a lot of thinking. Pausing for your audible gasp of shock. I am sick of writing about myself. Seriously. Pausing for your audible gasp of shock. I know YOU are sick of me writing about myself. (Assuming I have any readers left.) Pausing for your audible "Thank Jesus!" gasp of relief.
THAT SAID.
I want to take up short stories again in the grand tradition of my family and our friends. I was raised by story-telling patriarchs, matriarchs and ministers and sat enraptured by the simple notion that someone would quietly nod in response, "Me too."
Or challenge how much hair was on the story. (Which, of course, was directly correlated to the amount of scotch consumed by its creator.)
So I shall set out on this new course hopefully with you as a faithful ear.
I can't promise they will be veiled. In fact, I can't promise any veil. Depends on my mood, really. (And that's a terrifying proposition.) And I can't promise they won't be completely absurd. Or short. (But God help me, I'll try. I'll shoot for under 1,000 words. And please give me a gold medal if I can do it in under 500.) I can't promise they'll even be true. (You know you love a little mystery. Quit your bitchin'.) But I can promise they'll be thoughtful and entertaining or at the very least profound.
So there you go, guinea pigs. (Assuming guinea pigs make sounds: Squoink. Squoink. Oink + squeak = squoink.)
My questions are:
- Are you along for the ride?
- If so, are you game to provide one sentece story starters (at your own risk)?
~ The Megster
P.S. This might be one of my shortest posts ever. YOU'RE FREAKIN' WELCOME.
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As I was walking through the Hardin family farmlands, I noticed the numerous onomatopoeia trees...
This morning saw a song grab my heart directly and demand that I send it to someone I need to and have tried to leave in my wake.
I'm on. But you tell ME when you're ready for a story-starter. I won't be as poor as the first two. promise.
p.s. like your short post -- somewhere between 140 characters (or less) and 5 pages is definitely a good blog post. Love you.
hey now - little do you know that a walk through the Hardin family farmland leads to pile after pile of mushrooms that apparently will make you think trees talk...in onomatopoeias. Perhaps the story is better than the starter, but only the imagination can tell you that.
PS: she DID ask for story starters!
I PROMISE to write stories based on these starter suggestions. Maybe on the airplane. Maybe not. Wait and see!!!
My mother always told me it is better to spend $100 on a dress than a psychiatrist and that is why I've decided to go shopping today.
verde - just saw your follow up comment. now i understand why your first one was so random. let me think about it...