I had a friend who passed a couple of years ago who suffered a terrible personal disaster - she was found out! She packed what she could and left her old life behind her. I have a story about her with the beginnings on paper. The rest in my head. Until I met her I never knew a woman could make a living doing what she had done. What an innocent I was! A part of me thinks to write it would be a betrayal of the person I got to know well. The other half says is this really the novella I have inside me and not the one I am two thirds from finishing after seven years. At 80 the clock is ticking faster than it ever has…Robert🐰
Something I have considered. Dressed up would she be recognisable? To some I know. Maybe I move her again, change time, place and occupation, and make an ending as terrible as its beginning. I sometimes wonder if we can escape our destiny however hard we try? You, Betsy, have tempted me to think about it again. Thank you. Tomorrow is a resting up day on the order of Susan (my wife) as I am on painkillers waiting for dental treatment on Wednesday. At the moment the pain is mild but any minute it could come back with a vengeance - I am sure it is an experience we have at times! Robert 🐰
I see she will be at my local independent bookstore, Interabang Books on May 9. I hope I remember to go see her, but they send out lots of notice of their many events.
I had a friend who passed a couple of years ago who suffered a terrible personal disaster - she was found out! She packed what she could and left her old life behind her. I have a story about her with the beginnings on paper. The rest in my head. Until I met her I never knew a woman could make a living doing what she had done. What an innocent I was! A part of me thinks to write it would be a betrayal of the person I got to know well. The other half says is this really the novella I have inside me and not the one I am two thirds from finishing after seven years. At 80 the clock is ticking faster than it ever has…Robert🐰
This is one of those stories that I would love to read. If she's gone, might you be able to write it? Even if you used a different name?
Something I have considered. Dressed up would she be recognisable? To some I know. Maybe I move her again, change time, place and occupation, and make an ending as terrible as its beginning. I sometimes wonder if we can escape our destiny however hard we try? You, Betsy, have tempted me to think about it again. Thank you. Tomorrow is a resting up day on the order of Susan (my wife) as I am on painkillers waiting for dental treatment on Wednesday. At the moment the pain is mild but any minute it could come back with a vengeance - I am sure it is an experience we have at times! Robert 🐰
I see she will be at my local independent bookstore, Interabang Books on May 9. I hope I remember to go see her, but they send out lots of notice of their many events.
You should definitely go if you can, Ron. Take a pic and report back!
The book is one of the current Giveaways on Goodreads in the Historical Fiction section. 100 copies available.