RDP #64: NOVEL
“What a novel idea,” she said to her friend.
“Novel … as in … maybe I should write one?”
“Well, if you want to. No, all I meant to say was that the idea was different. Unique. A novel isn’t always a book. It can also mean new or original.”
Jill nodded. “You know, I did write a novel. Well, it was sort of a novel. Really, it was pretty much true, but to make it work as a book, I played around with timelines and combined multiple people into one person. Didn’t I give you a copy?”
“I don’t think so,” Jane replied, “but if you have one to spare, I’d be delighted to read it.”
“Maybe not so delighted,” Jill commented. “It’s not a light-hearted book and some people just can’t handle it.” She looked through her bookcase and found a copy. “Here, I’ll inscribe it for you. Even if you don’t read it, at least you have an original with inscription. It might earn you a buck on a used book site.”
Many of us have novels in our head. You’re one of the few to actually WRITE a novel. Congratulations!!
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Well, sort of. Somehow, it wasn’t the Great American Novel I envisioned, but at least I got it done.
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I read it and loved it!
Leslie
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Thank you, Leslie. I wish I had the energy to write more, but blogging is filling the gap rather well. A whole book? And all the editing and getting rejected by every publisher in the universe? Blogging wins!
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I hear you Marilyn. I have a stack of rejections and some of them are pretty funny.
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DITTO, Leslie.
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😉
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I read it some time ago and I enjoyed it.
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I’m grateful. It’s far from perfect and if I could do it again (no, thank you, I’d rather NOT), I would make a lot of changes. I think that’s the problem for me, that my life was one way when I wrote it, but so much has changed since then.
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