tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post8299278428091832103..comments2023-07-06T07:33:06.262-04:00Comments on * Writers' Spark * Every story has to start somewhere *: Prompt: Book, fire, horse, redhead, summer (use at least 3 of these) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-89380647357380112562013-05-22T01:16:08.715-04:002013-05-22T01:16:08.715-04:00Very nice beginning! I confess, I thought it was a...Very nice beginning! I confess, I thought it was a female character at first - pulling at the gloves somehow led me there. Good "genie" style bargain! This is one I'd like to see continue! :)Margaret S. McGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301618521427459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-73518364360322455652013-05-22T01:14:41.872-04:002013-05-22T01:14:41.872-04:00LOL Peril indeed. I meant it in the can't-imag...LOL Peril indeed. I meant it in the can't-imagine-his-dying sense, but I suppose it could work either way, certainly at this point. Thanks! :)Margaret S. McGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301618521427459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-49344960697278966132013-05-21T18:31:10.309-04:002013-05-21T18:31:10.309-04:00Great description, and I really got a sense of her...Great description, and I really got a sense of her personality. Nice "everyday" magic with the book. I'm not entirely sure if her father living forever is flippant or if he's actually immortal, though (pitfalls of the speculative form...).Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-86337503847623871322013-05-21T18:25:47.909-04:002013-05-21T18:25:47.909-04:00Prompt: Book, fire, horse, redhead, summer (use at...Prompt: Book, fire, horse, redhead, summer (use at least 3 of these)<br /><br /> <br />It was the redhead who brought me my horse this time. I smiled at him, but the boy ducked his head and passed across the reins without a word. I pulled at my gloves--a nervous habit--then mounted.<br /> <br />The Horsemaster nodded, though he was scowling. "Have a good ride, Highness."<br /> <br />"I will," I said, fighting to sound polite and not desperate, and kneed my mount out the wide barn doors. Out in the summer sun, I breathed a sigh of relief. But it wasn't until the barn and the palace vanished behind the swell of the hill that I was finally able to relax. This Prince business was far more difficult than I had expected.<br /> <br />"Not a walk in the park, huh?"<br /> <br />I started at the ghostly figure pacing me. "You promised--"<br /> <br />"I promised you a life you couldn't imagine," the fantasm said. "Did you imagine this?"<br /> <br />"That's not what that means. And why does everyone hate this Prince so?"<br /> <br />"It means whatever I say it does. I said it."<br /> <br />I was too tired to argue, or to pursue my missing answer. I only had five more days left before the real Prince returned, and I still had not found whatever secret my insubstantial employer was sure was hidden somewhere in the palace. I should have bargained for far more than the pittance he was paying me plus the experience of living as a Prince for three weeks.<br /><br /><br />Time writing: ~15minutes<br />Annenoreply@blogger.com