Hello everybody! No idea how this will work, or how often I will write on it... but I thought it would be fun to try out. Let me know what you think in the comments below. Each blog post will be considered one chapter.
Newbies, please start here: Something Strange
Something Strange
A Story Through Blog Posts
Chapter 1
What would happen if one moment you were doing everything you were supposed to and the next moment you found yourself suddenly nowhere near where you had been? What would happen if that place you ended up turned out to be right next to a child's bed? Exactly what sort of protocol was there in dealing with someone attacking you with a broom, a bat, a strange and unusual weapon as they screamed bloody murder and called you a burglar?
What would happen if the same exact scenario (with minor alterations) happened in multiple households at the stroke of midnight in one quiet little street?
Well, for Tristan Quicksilver, sitting in house number 13 and completely awake when he shouldn't be that was the exact kind of disturbance he saw in the force that fateful night. To be fair, though... in his case, he wasn't the one standing next to a child's bed. Tristan was that child in bed. One minute he was pretending to be asleep and the next he heard a thud. When he turned his light on, he found out there was a real live knight on the floor in his room.
Outside his window, he began hearing loud noises coming from all the neighbors' houses. He glanced at the knight. The guy was out like a burnt bulb and smelled like dog poo. Tristan looked out the window and gaped rather openly at what he saw. Various odd things were being chased out of the other houses on the block.
A witch flew out a window on a broom. A variety of sparkling lights flew out of a chimney. A few came back down only to spiral around and zip past Tristan's window leaving glitter and visions of fairies dancing in his head. "Wow..." Tristan gasped.
This was... going to be so cool! He had a knight on his floor. Sure, the guy smelled like stale beer and too much ladies' perfume, but there were fairies flying by his window and he could still hear the cackling of witches. And, okay, the neighbors seemed pretty upset - but this was awesome anyway.
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Something Strange chapter 1 © 2014 Jaimie Gross
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Please feel free to leave your thoughts below!
Something Strange chapter 1 © 2014 Jaimie Gross
I love how he's 'out like a burnt bulb'! The smell's off putting to me, but wouldn't be to Tristan. I like the way it's told from the knight's perspective as well, at least with the promise of his tale. I'm looking forward to hearing his side of the story. This is interesting, Jaimie - like Charles Dickens' weekly magazine instalments... and no cheating available!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julie! I didn't realize you were keeping up with my blog, ha ha! I hope reading these posts haven't been too painful. I don't really do the whole editing thing without someone standing over me with a stern look and a thick ruler. I'm still trying to get myself to finish editing the first round of the knight story I sent you, but I'm at the point where I think I might want to make it a young reader chapter book (17k-20k) instead of a children's illustrated book... I'll have to see what happens!
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