Act of Will

Posted by Faith on Jun 11, 2010 in Daily Musings | 0 comments

This blew me away. I gotta place an order for this book (comes out in paperback this month.)

Act of Will by AJ Hartley

Chapter One: Show Business

The day started quietly which, as it turned out, was not so much ironic as completely misleading. I had risen late after a long night memorizing speeches by the dodgy light of a cheap tallow candle. Mrs. Pugh—the miserable and vindictive woman who had been paid by the theatre to “look after” me since my parents died, which basically amounted to keeping me alive till my apprenticeship was done—had woken me at 11 o’clock, then forced me to eat what looked suspiciously like a bowl of fried porridge. Why anyone would do anything with porridge, let alone fry it, is a serious bloody mystery to me.

It was my eighteenth birthday, which meant that my theatre apprenticeship was officially over: now the company would either take me on as a full member, or they would cut me loose. Either way, this would be my last day in a dress. Thank God.

Cracks me up!!! I *must* get him to do a Q&A here. (That is one of the things you get to do when you are writer. Ask other writers to pop in with a post!)
Hugs,
Faith

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