Tired. Close to end of year. But here is a snippety
bit of the third novel I am being slavish over right now- this is a work in
progress piece, but it sums the character up and she is getting ready for a
Christmas jaunt. This is the 'before' of the writing: might post the 'after' next year!
***
Lilith wakes up in a cold bath.
She has no time to wash her hair now so she degreases her self-cut
bleach mop with some glittery talc, which spills all over her body. She peels on her short red dress,
discovers all her tights are in the wash, she finds some red satin
trousers. There isn’t much time
for make-up either so she draws on some red lipstick and splodges on more
glitter.
‘Punk chic,’ she tells the mirror,
as though it is questioning her outfit.
***
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It takes a moment for her to recognise the quiet tune she hears next as the Crazy Frog ringtone from her mobile, buried in her handbag, which is still on the bathroom floor. Knowing it is most likely to be the same person who just abandoned the landline call, Lilith opts not to make the dash back to the bathroom, knowing it will have cut to voicemail before she gets there. Instead she picks up the bedroom phone and dials 1471.
The phone stops just as she gets to the bedroom. "Bugger!" she yells at it, but it offers no response. It takes her a moment to recognise the quiet tune she hears next as coming from her mobile, in her handbag, which is still on the bathroom floor.
She opts not to make the dash back to the bathroom, knowing that it will most likely have cut to voicemail before she gets there, and it is most likely the same person who has just abandoned a call to her landline. She picks up the bedroom phone and dials 1471.
Right then, who's next?
Next is... have you written your office experiences into short stories? They ooze modern frustration: very publishable stuff!
:-)