Have you read Heartbreak Bakery? I also love Cinderella Is Dead, This Poison Heart, and The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - all funny yet serious and heartwarming.
I love Keeper of the Lost Cities! Keefe or Tam are my favorite, I’m so excited for Keeper 9.5! I’ve never heard of those other characters but they sound amazing!
I love all selfless, funny, and utterly unique characters, but some of my recent favorites are Mona, Spindle, and Aunt Tabitha from A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking and Sophie from The Keeper of the Lost Cities. Anyone else heard of them?
Deeply affecting. The breakdown of a close friendship has always been more challenging to me than the end of a romantic relationship; I'm sure you (or your narrator) are going through a rough time. I suppose it's just a fact of life that people grow up into defined characters, and those older characters do not always fit together in the way they did as kids. But I do grieve with you for your loss. This was excellently written, with more than enough detail for me to picture your friend and understand the once-relationship that has now begun to crumble.
Just a moment ago I wrote a comment on someone else's piece about how difficult it is to live in the NOW when our brains are so determined to plague us with both predictable and nonsensical images of the future... And it's true: It feels like an impossible feat to ward them off and simply live in the moment, especially for those who struggle with anxiety, etc. But I think poetry like this is a huge help, a reminder that life is finite and precious, and we should never take a day for granted. Thank you for submitting this one.
P.S. There's an Annie Dillard quote that always sticks with me, maybe you'll like it too: "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
I wholly understand how you feel. It's so difficult to absorb a beautiful moment, bask in the NOW, when your mind is bombarding you with the anxieties of the future. You were able to capture that push-pull with real emotion behind it, and I commend you for that. That your last lines offer a sense of hope brightens the spirits of the reader, and I was happy to see them.
So many great details! Can't tell whether this is real or imaginary observation --- not that it matters of course. Beautiful
Mmm...if you're trying to write a more YA story how about this:
The margarita burned the back of my throat as I swallowed, glanced across the roughly cut bar, and fell in love.
Have you read Heartbreak Bakery? I also love Cinderella Is Dead, This Poison Heart, and The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School - all funny yet serious and heartwarming.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about that, thank you for the recommendation!
I’ve never read that before but that sounds interesting!
I love Keeper of the Lost Cities! Keefe or Tam are my favorite, I’m so excited for Keeper 9.5! I’ve never heard of those other characters but they sound amazing!
I love all selfless, funny, and utterly unique characters, but some of my recent favorites are Mona, Spindle, and Aunt Tabitha from A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking and Sophie from The Keeper of the Lost Cities. Anyone else heard of them?
Deeply affecting. The breakdown of a close friendship has always been more challenging to me than the end of a romantic relationship; I'm sure you (or your narrator) are going through a rough time. I suppose it's just a fact of life that people grow up into defined characters, and those older characters do not always fit together in the way they did as kids. But I do grieve with you for your loss. This was excellently written, with more than enough detail for me to picture your friend and understand the once-relationship that has now begun to crumble.
Just a moment ago I wrote a comment on someone else's piece about how difficult it is to live in the NOW when our brains are so determined to plague us with both predictable and nonsensical images of the future... And it's true: It feels like an impossible feat to ward them off and simply live in the moment, especially for those who struggle with anxiety, etc. But I think poetry like this is a huge help, a reminder that life is finite and precious, and we should never take a day for granted. Thank you for submitting this one.
P.S. There's an Annie Dillard quote that always sticks with me, maybe you'll like it too: "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
I wholly understand how you feel. It's so difficult to absorb a beautiful moment, bask in the NOW, when your mind is bombarding you with the anxieties of the future. You were able to capture that push-pull with real emotion behind it, and I commend you for that. That your last lines offer a sense of hope brightens the spirits of the reader, and I was happy to see them.