Round Two, Part Two: The Dark Side

[the_vernacular]

“It’s only an old stain,” Eli’s mother told him

Comments

[team_jessie]

My husband's text message alert went off as I was reading this, and I swear I jumped clear out of the chair! XD

*hides*

[the_vernacular]

Aw! I'm sorry! I guess that means I did ok! It's safe to come out now.

[fourzoas]

Truly horrific and chilling--gorgeous writing and pacing, clearly drawn characters. Your dialogue is stellar.

[the_vernacular]

Thank you so much! It's hard writing dialogue for little kids, so I'm really grateful of the compliment.

[myrna_bird]

I am always fascinated with your ability to weave two different stories into one terrific piece. I think each story would stand firmly on its own and it is a gift that your mind works to connect them so well.

[the_vernacular]

Thank you! I originally had the idea for the story of Eli, but I realized it was a very short story and decided that expanding upon the theme might be interesting. We had that conversation about fiction versus non-fiction, so I decided it might be interesting to try combining the two again. I feel like it helps show how I get from personal experience to fiction, since we talked about about what we know about each other from our fiction versus non-fiction. I'm so glad you like it.

[myrna_bird]

Thanks for that extra explanation. I appreciate that.You certainly combined them very very well.

[the_vernacular]

Oh you're welcome! I love telling people more about how I think about my writing and stuff! And you always leave such nice comments, which I appreciate.

[angelic_mystic]

Very well done. I had a pet vampire when I as younger though she was nothing like you described. The lady that came to me really was nice and she always ran the bad ones off.

[the_vernacular]

Aw! That's what Acadia was like, she protected me from her older "sisters."

[tigrkittn]

Creeeepy!! I just might be sleeping with a light on tonight.

[the_vernacular]

Ahaha sorry!