ok. Um… now I feel obligated to write a regular decent post. I should never feel obligated to write should I? That’s a bad sign.
My readings for the spring break included Ben Bova’s Return to Mars, Larry Niven’s The Integral Trees and the sparkling classic A Wrinkle in Time (which I am proud to say I read from cover to cover in a single sitting). Shit it felt good to actually read again. Starla likes fiction. Tomo is borrowing my copy of Wrinkle and I really hope he reads it.
Something has gone terribly wrong. Jaya’s blood ran cold. She couldn’t move. Where was the receiving facility? Where was the rest of her team? This place could not be part of the Probe Station. There was too much gravity. It wouldn’t have surprised her if she had arrived unconscious and been transported to a health deck, but this was no health deck. This looked like a bunker. And that boy had called her Sam. Who was Sam?
She realized then that she was alone. If she had thought quick enough, she might have followed the throng of people, and tried to figure out where she was. But it was too late now. If she was going to discover anything, she would have to do it alone. She kicked off the rest of the blankets, stepped to the cold concrete floor… and stopped. She looked down at herself. She took a step forward and back, not sure if there was something in her pants or if — finally she reached down with her hand.
Jaya was a boy. Something had definitely gone terribly wrong.
– excerpt from the third total re-write of my short story “Intercepted”. (aka a future winner of the “Writers of the Future Contest”) *evil geek-writer grin*
*sigh* Everyone say hello to . She’s my new sister and deserves much love. *waves*
cryingpunkkid | 31-Mar-02 at 3:30 pm | Permalink
sister, eh?
redshoeson | 31-Mar-02 at 4:03 pm | Permalink
Wrinkle is a wonderful book. ^_^ The ones that follow are good, too, but that’s the best.
And I really like the excerpt! ^_^
starladear6 | 01-Apr-02 at 12:33 am | Permalink
Arigatou minakochan! *grins*
Wrinkle is classic. One of those books which will last forever. I’ll be reading it to my kids someday no doubt.
starladear6 | 01-Apr-02 at 12:36 am | Permalink
um… yeah. :) Is it ok? I could change it to long-lost-soul-mate-now-turned-unrequitted-love-due-to-odd-circumstances… but I didn’t think it carried the right tone. you know what I mean?
cryingpunkkid | 01-Apr-02 at 1:13 am | Permalink
True…the phrase long-lost-soul-mate-now-turned-unrequitted-love-due-to-odd-circumstances… does seem kind of long. But, hey! I like it :)