Happy Saturday! Posting and running because I have to go do some cleaning. We’re having some trouble with fleas this summer. It’s never been this bad before.
Last week, I shared from my recent release, “Year of the Guilty Soul,” a novella-length YA story that’s included in the Seasons of Love anthology from Beaten Track. All the stories are great, so be sure to check them out. You can find all of them separately as well as in the anthology as a whole.
I’m currently working on a companion novella to this about one of the other characters. The stories are set in 1991, so if it reads as “dated,” that’s intentional.
Here’s the blurb from mine:
Antonia Moskowitz is caught in the middle, always having to pick a side. Whether it’s between her family’s two religions or in her relationships, she has choices to make. But learning who she is has a price, and every decision has consequences. Sometimes it’s hard to choose between being good and being right. Four seasons. Four kisses. One year to figure out what her heart wants.
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And here is this week’s snippet, following on from last week’s:
We don’t say anything about [the kiss] afterward. I want to tell Hannah that it doesn’t mean anything, that I’m not like what some of the kids at school say about me. Except what if it does mean that? What if those feelings I had for my friend years ago meant more than liking her Pac-Man skills? I stare at the television, willing myself to focus on Dana Carvey. Except he’s playing the Church Lady, and all I can think is that she sounds uncomfortably like the church elders.
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I identify with this character through the excerpts I’ve read, and I can hardly wait to get to the story itself. Patience and I aren’t necessarily agreeable at times, but this is near the top of my TBR pile.
Some of it is fictionalized, of course, but so much of this was me at that age.
I definitely relate about being patient…I have a book on my Kindle that I’ve been really wanting to read, but I need to finish a couple for reviews first. At least those are ones I’m enjoying.
Sweet, painful, and humorous amidst it all…great snippet!
Thank you! 😀 That’s definitely what I was going for.
I loved this story so much. It hurtled me back to my own teen and young adult years but at the same time helped me see just how different growing up in another culture is, even one that is so close to ours.
Heh, yes. American evangelicalism is definitely unlike almost any other culture. I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
The awkwardness and uncertainty come through and are so touching.