The world stops. A whorl of white surrounds us, feathers suspend in air, kicked up to the shocking blue. A whistle shrills--
...
(2 years, 5 months, 4 days
447 pages
121,713 words
Countless sleepless nights)
...
Somewhere, distant firecrackers explode, bells peal from a church steeple. A new year. My heart falls into step with hers, slower now. Less tentative. I fall again towards the constant white, and a small, unformed thought – no, a feeling - drifts up from somewhere deep, a place still faraway but no longer secret and hidden, and coalesces.
This feels good. This feels right.
THE END
Uh, I'm done. Really. I promise.
Thank you, everyone... you know who you are... I could not have done this without you.
Peace, Linda
P.S. CURRENTLY SEEKING REPRESENTATION.
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Wow. You give me the shivers, Linda! Congratulations, and what a beautiful paragraph (+ line) to leave us with.
ReplyDeleteThis is extrarodinary, as is your writing. Can't wait to stand in line for my chance to give you pretentiously familiar kudos at your first East Coast book signing!
I'll be the one yelling "Free Bird!"
(Okay, I'll be one of the two... I'll be the shorter one...)
I'll ditto what Mags said, but for the west coast signing. I'll be first in line! CONGRATULATIONS! Your writing soars as always.
ReplyDeleteWOOO HOOO! I love this last paragraph. You did it, woman!
BTW, funny how we are sort of in sync (again) with our writing stuff. I'm feeling pretty done, with my proposal too, and ready to send out!
Way to go, Linda! Go out and celebrate with a really fancy, fattening dinner. You've earned it.
ReplyDeleteway to go! don't read it anymore.
ReplyDelete"This feels good. This feels right."
ReplyDeleteOh boy, that feels sooo symbolic!
Congratulate yourself. You've just reached an important milestone!
Thanks all... Goddess, what we do to ourselves writing these things. I'm still exhausted. Paige, I haven't picked it up to read since I printed it out. Heidi, I'll be popping by soon to see what you're up to... peace, friends...
ReplyDeletebelated congratulations on this! what a wonderful achievement! and /bootay shake! of good luck on the querying !!
ReplyDeleteThanks, girl. Hope some of your good fortune falls from your bootay! Peace, Linda
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