I’m so proud of my daughter. Amazed, too. In the last year or two she has taken a huge interest in reading, whereas before she called my favorite form of entertainment ‘boring‘. (Clearly she had never read a Craig Shaw Gardner novel.) Anyhow, she’s a voracious reader now. She follows her favorite authors, pouncing on their latest releases the moment they hit the shelf.
But that’s not the only reason I’m proud of her.
She has been writing too! And she’s good, very good. Her stories have excitement, drama, wit, humour, romance, and, well… lots of sharp pointy teeth. She writes about teenagers and vampires, of course. I hear it’s all the rage.
I can’t help but smile as I watch her open up her spiral notebook and start writing away. I can’t help but smile when she transfers her writings to a Word doc and adds images to boot! And I can’t help but chuckle when she frets over having her mother read the racy parts. I told her not to fret, that writers were supposed to be free with their imagination, that their allowed to write the most shocking of things because that’s what imagination is all about. Whatever is in there, let it out. Share. Your readers will gobble it up.
That seemed to ease her mind a bit.
On the same hand (in telling her to let it all out no matter how shocking), Stephen King immediately came to mind. Is it fair to say that he’s the exception to the rule? I mean, seriously. Have you seen/read “The Mist” by Stephen King? Gah. What a horrific ending. That man is seriously deranged.
Jumping back on track…
Even though my daughter has a tendency to stay up until after midnight reading, and she does the majority of her writing during school time, she still manages to keep her grades in the A-B range.
She’s a joy to be around (when she’s not cranky). She has a sharp wit and entertainingly acerbic humour. She’s smart, she’s clever, she’s fun, she’s sweet and sassy, strong-willed and adventurous, considerate and kind (when she’s not cranky) and utterly adorable… she even cooks and does her own laundry. In short, she’s awesome.
I have the best daughter ever.
Miranda Abaecherli. Remember the name, look for her to hit the Best Seller list in the near future.
In the meantime, if I could just get her to clean her room…
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