Characters and Their Stories

Cooper – Kons

Cooper is a teenage boy who befriends Rylee. She intrigues him, as she is so different from the teenagers around him. The girl has no friends, no social media, no self-esteem and a past she will not talk about.

Cooper cares for Rylee, and they develop a friendship, which moves into a relationship. He loves her and tries to make up for all she has never experienced. However, when he discovers the truth about Rylee’s past, he is destroyed.‘Shut the hell up and get off my property. If you don’t go now, I’ll ring the cops.’

Cooper realises he has potentially destroyed their relationship for good. He is distraught, ‘Look I know I did wrong, I know I hurt you, I know I should have listened, but is it worth destroying our relationship over?’

Want to know if they work things out? Guess you will have to wait for the book to come out!

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So What Do I Read?

Throne Of Glass

I do want to rave about this book from Sarah J Maas, Throne of Glass. My gosh, this is an amazing read. You are sucked into this fantasy story from the moment Celaena is escorted in shackles from the salt mine. It is a story of revenge and redemption, of being driven to make choices that will benefit no-one.  Celaena is forced to fight for her life against assassins and thieves, to win the right to become the King’s Champion. The king, a man she hates with her whole being. Throw in a love triangle and some demons and ghosts, and this is a fantastic read!

I love this book and had to buy a second copy for myself after my 15 yr old son ‘acquired’ my first copy. I also sent y 13 yr old niece a copy. Highly recommend!

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Two Minute Reads

An Accident- No Fingers Left.

With the arrival of my brother, my world changed. I was no longer the spoilt little princess. I was a big sister. I was forever being mean, I guess. But I do hope that the day I cut his fingers off, it was an accident. Not something more sinister.

He was little, just toddling. We lived on a farm. Farms have gates. Big gates. We were down at the dairy, and to this day I can see the concrete, the big gate, and the slight rise the gate was on.

I shut the gate. For whatever reason, his fingers were in the hinge of the gate, and they were cut off when I shut the gate.  All four fingers on his left hand. At different levels. I guess there was screaming and shouting and blood. I don’t remember that. All I remember is the gate, the concrete, and the tiny hill.

I wonder if I told him to stand there. To hold the gate there. I don’t know. I will never know.

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So, who am I, this person who has led you here?

I have written all my life, I guess. I earned my first cheque for writing, when I was about 8. A whole $1.50. If I had spent it on lollies, I would have been sick, and my parents would have cracked, so I guess I didn’t do that. I have no idea what I spent it on. But it was probably well spent. I have written over the years, as time allowed me to, and I have always enjoyed the act of writing. It was a time to explore different worlds, to break free of the constraints my parents, teachers and society put on me, and to be all I dreamed I could be.

I became a teacher, and was blessed to be able to work with young adults, drawing inspiration from them, loving their spontaneity, their exuberance and their way of seeing the world around them. It is about them I write.

Now, I want to push myself to see what I can do. To see where my stories can take me. It is a frightening step, I see myself swimming desperately in an ocean of knowledge, trying to find the island I know is somewhere near. Currently I am attempting to create this website, to use Instagram and to edit the first story I want to share with the world.

This story is aimed at the Young Adult reader. It is an ugly little story, one that explores life of a teenager who is not popular, not accepted and not wanted. It is currently running under the name of ‘Konsikwenses’. It is also known as ‘Kons’ by those who hate the name but love the story. If you jump across to characters, you can meet Rylee there. Enjoy!

My first pay cheque.
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Two Minute Reads

Baby changes everything.

I was a much-loved first child. Golden ringlets, blue eyes, a flick of freckles, and a cheeky smile. I owned the place, toddling around the farm, like the princess I was. Then my world changed. At some stage, my parents decided that the perfect child wasn’t enough for them, and they decided to have another child. My brother. Snowy white hair, brown eyes, he was as cute as anything, or so I have been told. I didn’t like him much, apparently. I guess this is why I was caught leaning over his bassinet when he was barely a week old. He was screaming, as much as he could with me holding the sheet over his face. He was bleeding a little too, from the eyes. I had tried to shut his eyes, through the sheet, so that he could sleep, well that’s my story. There is no way in hell I was trying to poke his eyes out, as my parents love to say.

Straight away I knew my position as princess and perfect child was in trouble. And I was right!

The Princess I was!
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Characters and Their Stories

Rylee- Kons!

So Rylee, she is a tough character. She’s sixteen, and is the victim of a series of consequences that have shaped her life. ‘Today I want to talk to you all about consequences. It’s a noun, meaning a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. Pronounced…Konsikwenses. When I was born, I made my mother a single parent, consequence of a one night stand.’

Her love of parkour is something that makes her push to her limits, and sets her free, momentarily. ‘I don’t know. Near the building I want to jump from, next to the building I hope to land on, standing in the car park where if I miss, I’ll splatter.’

She wants to do well at school, to escape her current situation. However she hadn’t factored in meeting Cooper, or falling for him. ‘Could Cooper and I be friends? I snorted. I had no idea how to be a friend to anyone. The rules of friendship moved on without me, and I was lost. How could I be friends with anyone, especially a boy?  With Lillie it was easy. But Lillie had never threatened to ask me out, nor did she have devilish green eyes and a seriously cute smirk. I shook my head. Forget his smirk. Forget his eyes. Think about passing grade twelve and having a real future. Cooper could not be part of my future.’

Rylee ultimately makes a decision that leads to tragedy. She is destroyed and has everything she loves taken from her.

Want to know more? Guess you’ll have to wait until the book comes out!

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So What Do I Read?

So what do I read?

Well, I have just finished ‘Billy Summers’ by Stephen King. I read a lot of his books, and this one is a great read. It has links to The Shining, which are very, very creepy. The storyline kept me up reading way too late at night, and the ending was completely unexpected.

I also just finished ‘Keeping Faith’ by Jodi Picoult. An amazing read, very much worth the effort. Great characterisation, and the storyline shows how easily anything you say or do can be misconstrued. Gives great insight into how deep lawyers will go to find dirt on a person.

The third book I have read this week was ‘Never Let Me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro. This was a forced read, and at first I struggled with the style of writing. The ideas were incredible, the characters realistic, and the ending left me in tears. But this is not a book I would read again, I don’t suspect.

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