A Fellow Writer

Oh don’t mind me, I’m new in town!” Fighting the urge to let my eyes travel down from her eyes! “Just checking out local source of information and entertainment!”

“Are you the person who bought the old Jamerson property?” her mother asked.

“Yes! My name is Glenn Thorpe, moved in yesterday from Toronto!”

A shriek from my side “Not the author Of the Stan Nettles thrillers!”

“If a compliment follows, Yes, Criticism, wrong guy!” most people give me a dirty look when I say that. But Mrs. Clancy seems not to heard it instead she direct her comment to her daughter

“Rosemarie Clancy don’t you dare waste Mr. Thorpe’s time with your fantasy!”

“Mom it’s not a fantasy, Mr. MacDonald said I show a flair for action writing”

“Oh yes a person who been teaching in the same little town in the back woods of Ontario for thirty years is a perfect person to believe!”Turning her attention back to me ‘Pay her no mind Mr. Thorpe, she won a local contests when she was eleven and suddenly she thinks she an authoress “

Smiling at her “Well I won an essay contest in University!, look how I turned out!” turning to Rosemarie “Tell you what, when I’m fully settled in, If you want I’ll give it my critique!”

Moving closer taking my hand, suddenly it’s like I’m in another dimension , just her and me and nothing else. Truly I never want this sensation to end,then a sharp “ROSEMARIE” brings me back to reality. An Ipad in front of me with the words “Rough Copy of Willow Birch- Hangman’s Noose” on the screen under it a synopsis of the story

Swishing my finger across the screen the first page comes of the story starts. A my eyes begins to moves left to right , everything around me disappears. Without realising what i’m doing I take the Ipad and walk to the reading area, sitting down swishing the screen every few minutes. At the end of chapter one, I look up to see Mrs. Clancy with a worried look on her face, Rosemarie a look of fear and excitement all in one.

“Have you tried to submit this to any publisher? Standing moving back to the ladies, handing back the Ipad to Rosemarie

“I told her not to bother people with her nonsense!” Casting her eyes to Rosemarie “But I really didn’t want to see my daughter’s dreams shattered!”

“Well in my opinion….