Blink and you miss it (contains Fan-Fiction extract)
I'm pretty much convinced that the world spins faster than it did; or that there are fewer hours in the day. Maybe the modern minute is shorter than it used to be (much like a Twix), and seconds have been subtly downgraded to nanoseconds. Either way my life is flashing by at a dizzying rate of knots and I'm not entirely sure I can keep up. At this rate I might have to admit defeat and retreat to 2002 which I'm wholly convinced it was last week.
So many things I wanted to get done this week and my list remains as full as at the start of it. Lots of interesting things I could have written about, but just haven't had the time. I can't fit it all in and it's just daft. I still haven't managed to find a place for exercise and cleaning the house for that matter. I've looked at what I can cut out and there's nothing, unless I start to eat into the precious little time that I spend doing the one thing I love to do - writing. I don't sit down and watch the TV at all - unless it's Doctor Who and that's not on right now. I just do not have the time to sit in a chair and watch a programme.
If I'm honest, there is one thing I could cut out and it would instantly make me about 75% less busy - which would be ideal. Church! If I ditched my faith and went secular I'd have plenty of free time! There are days when I seriously consider it. Life's much easier when your life doesn't revolve around someone else ;-)
After Monday's nightmare the week’s improved and I've been trying to start pulling together some sort of loose framework for my life going forward. My previous attempts to live just by faffing about in a random general direction didn't actually yield anything, so one or two goals need to be set to give me something to aim for.
You know the sort of thing:
Will run the London Marathon in two years time. (in an alternate reality)
Will lose weight. Ooh, I can tick that one off then (just 2 lbs to go now!)
Sadly, I have been too busy to work on it much, but I do have a brand new pink file. Getting a nice file to put it all in is, I'm sure you'll agree, a very important step forward. *grin*
So having a really busy week would possibly not be the best time to release the next book in the series I've taken to, thereby resulting in silly things like taking the book to the loo with me and reading it whilst drying my hair and stirring stuff on the stove (not done together). But how fabulous is having a Kindle?! I woke up this morning at 4.50am and it was there, downloaded and all ready for me to read - which I did. So sorry God, that this morning you got booted in favour of two chapters of Lauren Kate's Passion. Ah teen fiction... Pole-axing mothers left, right and centre...
I have done a teensy bit of work on my own fan-fiction, which is coming on well and I'm hoping to get another couple of hours done on it this evening. I'm really enjoying writing it, it's fun and gives me a little bit of escapism from the relentless pace of life right now.
And on that note, I'm off to fire up Microsoft Word for a bit.
Perhaps you'd like a little taster of what I'm writing?
The story is set six years after the events of Breaking Dawn - the fourth book in the Twilight saga. We have Ness, a 17 year old girl, who; if you have read Breaking Dawn will know that she’s anything but ordinary. She has befriended two British teenagers. There was an incident at a party she attended and now she's having to deal with the consequences of that. Excuse typo's, punctuation and dodgy formatting
I waved away her warning, I’d seen Jane’s type before, and with her talent neutralised by Mom’s shield, we were on equal terms. This was Emilie Peterson all over again and Jane was no more than a bully. I had better things to do than be unjustly accused.
“So, if there’s no mass panic in Forks because of a vampire, and let’s face it, it’s not like they haven’t seen one before. Then I think we’re done here.”
“Not so fast Miss Cullen.”
“Somebody is coming.” Dad’s voice was urgent. I walked over to the window and saw Dan approaching the house. I watched as he strode purposefully down the path and up to the door.
“You will send him away. We are not done here yet.” Jane insisted.
“Oh, I think we are.” I replied casually as Dan opened the screen door and walked straight in. I bit my lip and tried not to laugh as my parents, out of Dan’s eye line, disappeared behind the sofa. Jane, however, stood in full view of him remained rooted to the spot. She was expecting him to conform, to knock and wait and give her time to leave. Jess and Dan did things differently and at that moment I could have kissed him for completely undermining the annoying vampire. He stood in the hallway, I was so glad to see him. “Hi Dan!”
“Hiya! Ooh, who’s this? Little Black Riding Hood?” I sniggered and looked around at Jane; she was motionless, deep unease etched on her porcelain face. “Sorry, but you’re a bit late love, the vampire party was Saturday night.” Dan thought Jane was dressing up. “Cool contact lenses though. Jess’ll want some of them; you’ll have to tell me where you got them from.” Dan came close up to me. “Are you going to introduce me?” He inclined his head over towards Jane.
“Ah… Yeah.” Getting an introduction to a vampire, now wouldn’t your sister be jealous of you! “Jane meet Dan, Dan meet Jane.” ‘She’s a vampire and by the way, there are two more hiding behind the sofa’. I added in my head. I snickered at the stupidity of it.
“Pleased to meet you Jane. Any friend of Ness’s an’ all that.” Friend wasn’t how I’d describe her, mortal enemy perhaps. I wondered what she made of his northern accent and his gruff demeanour. Dan was a good looking guy until he opened his mouth.
“So, what did you want?” I asked him, jamming my hands in my back pockets. With Dan in the room and Jane now firmly on the back foot, the tension was seeping away.
“Oh yeah; erm.” Dan pulled his gaze away from Jane.” I phoned, you didn’t answer. I can’t phone tonight, I’ve gotta go out now, so I came over.”
“Is this the thing you wanted to talk to me about?”
“Yeah. Are you really not free to go for a coffee? Jane, you’re welcome to come too. It’s not private.”
“Jane was just leaving.”
“Yes, I was.” There was stiffness in her voice as she tried, and failed to hold on to her dignity.
“Oh, ok. Well, nice to have met you, hope to see you again sometime.” I hope not, I thought.
“I’ll see Jane out; I’ll just be a moment. Have a seat.” I indicated to the sofa behind which, my parents were hiding. My amusement failed to escape Dan.
“What? What’s funny? Are me flies undone?” He looked down at the zip on his jeans.
“No.” I laughed. “It’s ok. Just something funny from earlier. I’ll be back in a second.” Jane walked past me and Dan and I followed her out into the hall. Having to use the door was such an undignified exit for a vampire. I did not pass up one last opportunity to stick the knife in. “Would you look at that. There really is a vampire in Forks after all, and my friend has just seen her.” I spoke with quiet triumph; my victory over her was complete. I raised my voice and spoke normally again. “Nice to see you again Jane, do drop by if you’re ever in the neighbourhood again. Please don’t” I added quietly with a hiss. I pulled the door open for her. “It’s always good to see old friends again. Goodbye.”
She walked out of the door and down the path. I shut the door, what she did from thereon was no concern of mine. I skipped back into the living room and pulled down the open window.
“Shall we go and get coffee?” I asked.
“That would be great.”
“Ok, I’ll just go and get my cell and some money.” I quickly retrieved it from my desk and pushed twenty dollars into my back pocket. I made my way back downstairs again and grabbed a coat from a hook. “Ready?”
“Yep.” Dan pulled open the door. My phone beeped, I knew who this would be. I checked the message; yes, it was from behind the sofa.
“Do not leave, we need to talk.”
I pulled the door shut, locked it and the pair of us strode over to my car. My head was a wild place; I was high on my victory over the Volturi. I texted back my reply.
“Sorry! See you around. Ness x”
I’d had enough of vampires for one day.
So many things I wanted to get done this week and my list remains as full as at the start of it. Lots of interesting things I could have written about, but just haven't had the time. I can't fit it all in and it's just daft. I still haven't managed to find a place for exercise and cleaning the house for that matter. I've looked at what I can cut out and there's nothing, unless I start to eat into the precious little time that I spend doing the one thing I love to do - writing. I don't sit down and watch the TV at all - unless it's Doctor Who and that's not on right now. I just do not have the time to sit in a chair and watch a programme.
If I'm honest, there is one thing I could cut out and it would instantly make me about 75% less busy - which would be ideal. Church! If I ditched my faith and went secular I'd have plenty of free time! There are days when I seriously consider it. Life's much easier when your life doesn't revolve around someone else ;-)
After Monday's nightmare the week’s improved and I've been trying to start pulling together some sort of loose framework for my life going forward. My previous attempts to live just by faffing about in a random general direction didn't actually yield anything, so one or two goals need to be set to give me something to aim for.
You know the sort of thing:
Will run the London Marathon in two years time. (in an alternate reality)
Will lose weight. Ooh, I can tick that one off then (just 2 lbs to go now!)
Sadly, I have been too busy to work on it much, but I do have a brand new pink file. Getting a nice file to put it all in is, I'm sure you'll agree, a very important step forward. *grin*
So having a really busy week would possibly not be the best time to release the next book in the series I've taken to, thereby resulting in silly things like taking the book to the loo with me and reading it whilst drying my hair and stirring stuff on the stove (not done together). But how fabulous is having a Kindle?! I woke up this morning at 4.50am and it was there, downloaded and all ready for me to read - which I did. So sorry God, that this morning you got booted in favour of two chapters of Lauren Kate's Passion. Ah teen fiction... Pole-axing mothers left, right and centre...
I have done a teensy bit of work on my own fan-fiction, which is coming on well and I'm hoping to get another couple of hours done on it this evening. I'm really enjoying writing it, it's fun and gives me a little bit of escapism from the relentless pace of life right now.
And on that note, I'm off to fire up Microsoft Word for a bit.
Perhaps you'd like a little taster of what I'm writing?
The story is set six years after the events of Breaking Dawn - the fourth book in the Twilight saga. We have Ness, a 17 year old girl, who; if you have read Breaking Dawn will know that she’s anything but ordinary. She has befriended two British teenagers. There was an incident at a party she attended and now she's having to deal with the consequences of that. Excuse typo's, punctuation and dodgy formatting
I waved away her warning, I’d seen Jane’s type before, and with her talent neutralised by Mom’s shield, we were on equal terms. This was Emilie Peterson all over again and Jane was no more than a bully. I had better things to do than be unjustly accused.
“So, if there’s no mass panic in Forks because of a vampire, and let’s face it, it’s not like they haven’t seen one before. Then I think we’re done here.”
“Not so fast Miss Cullen.”
“Somebody is coming.” Dad’s voice was urgent. I walked over to the window and saw Dan approaching the house. I watched as he strode purposefully down the path and up to the door.
“You will send him away. We are not done here yet.” Jane insisted.
“Oh, I think we are.” I replied casually as Dan opened the screen door and walked straight in. I bit my lip and tried not to laugh as my parents, out of Dan’s eye line, disappeared behind the sofa. Jane, however, stood in full view of him remained rooted to the spot. She was expecting him to conform, to knock and wait and give her time to leave. Jess and Dan did things differently and at that moment I could have kissed him for completely undermining the annoying vampire. He stood in the hallway, I was so glad to see him. “Hi Dan!”
“Hiya! Ooh, who’s this? Little Black Riding Hood?” I sniggered and looked around at Jane; she was motionless, deep unease etched on her porcelain face. “Sorry, but you’re a bit late love, the vampire party was Saturday night.” Dan thought Jane was dressing up. “Cool contact lenses though. Jess’ll want some of them; you’ll have to tell me where you got them from.” Dan came close up to me. “Are you going to introduce me?” He inclined his head over towards Jane.
“Ah… Yeah.” Getting an introduction to a vampire, now wouldn’t your sister be jealous of you! “Jane meet Dan, Dan meet Jane.” ‘She’s a vampire and by the way, there are two more hiding behind the sofa’. I added in my head. I snickered at the stupidity of it.
“Pleased to meet you Jane. Any friend of Ness’s an’ all that.” Friend wasn’t how I’d describe her, mortal enemy perhaps. I wondered what she made of his northern accent and his gruff demeanour. Dan was a good looking guy until he opened his mouth.
“So, what did you want?” I asked him, jamming my hands in my back pockets. With Dan in the room and Jane now firmly on the back foot, the tension was seeping away.
“Oh yeah; erm.” Dan pulled his gaze away from Jane.” I phoned, you didn’t answer. I can’t phone tonight, I’ve gotta go out now, so I came over.”
“Is this the thing you wanted to talk to me about?”
“Yeah. Are you really not free to go for a coffee? Jane, you’re welcome to come too. It’s not private.”
“Jane was just leaving.”
“Yes, I was.” There was stiffness in her voice as she tried, and failed to hold on to her dignity.
“Oh, ok. Well, nice to have met you, hope to see you again sometime.” I hope not, I thought.
“I’ll see Jane out; I’ll just be a moment. Have a seat.” I indicated to the sofa behind which, my parents were hiding. My amusement failed to escape Dan.
“What? What’s funny? Are me flies undone?” He looked down at the zip on his jeans.
“No.” I laughed. “It’s ok. Just something funny from earlier. I’ll be back in a second.” Jane walked past me and Dan and I followed her out into the hall. Having to use the door was such an undignified exit for a vampire. I did not pass up one last opportunity to stick the knife in. “Would you look at that. There really is a vampire in Forks after all, and my friend has just seen her.” I spoke with quiet triumph; my victory over her was complete. I raised my voice and spoke normally again. “Nice to see you again Jane, do drop by if you’re ever in the neighbourhood again. Please don’t” I added quietly with a hiss. I pulled the door open for her. “It’s always good to see old friends again. Goodbye.”
She walked out of the door and down the path. I shut the door, what she did from thereon was no concern of mine. I skipped back into the living room and pulled down the open window.
“Shall we go and get coffee?” I asked.
“That would be great.”
“Ok, I’ll just go and get my cell and some money.” I quickly retrieved it from my desk and pushed twenty dollars into my back pocket. I made my way back downstairs again and grabbed a coat from a hook. “Ready?”
“Yep.” Dan pulled open the door. My phone beeped, I knew who this would be. I checked the message; yes, it was from behind the sofa.
“Do not leave, we need to talk.”
I pulled the door shut, locked it and the pair of us strode over to my car. My head was a wild place; I was high on my victory over the Volturi. I texted back my reply.
“Sorry! See you around. Ness x”
I’d had enough of vampires for one day.