First Novel

Work still continues on novel number one.  It is a backwards/forward process, with characters developing personalities and voices and the plot becoming more intricate.  Chapter three is almost complete.  I hope there will be a market for this fantasy/adventure in the intermediate reader world.  Well, 6,000 words done, 90,000 more to go.

Something in the Attic

There is something in the attic.
Shhh – there it is again.

The front door was locked
when I went to bed.

Why now?  When everything
was turning around.

There it is again –
a pounding sound.

Things will turn around.
They must.

It’s no doubt
the wind.

Some people keep a gun
in a nightstand beside the bed.

If anything harms my wife,
I’ll rip it to shreds, laughing.

I can be violent, see?
Just try me.

I never bother anyone,
and now this happens.

It’s more of a
scratching sound now.

I never fought in school.
Too timid.

Oh, if I were young again,
I’d show them who is boss.

Never start a fight,
but don’t hesitate to end one.


Wise words.
Easier just to be beaten.

It’s getting fainter.
Don’t you think?

Come on.
I’m ready for you.

I’d have that job at school,
if I’d fought for it.

Always weak.
Not now.

This is my time.
Things are changin’.

This is my house,
and no one invades.

I think it’s gone.
Listen --  Yeah, it’s gone.

Good thing.
I was ready to do some damage.





©2010 Til Turner