Pico, Day 29

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Here's today's post for your snippets, comments, thoughts.

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I was so nearly first! This is an extract from something completely different - a longstanding idea that I had an idea for the first line of on the bus to work. I won't be picking it up as a project as yet, but it has made me feel enthusiastic about doing so in the future.

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The trolls were setting fire to the newspapers again.

In the old days, they had set fire to the telephone directories in the public telephone boxes. Telephone directories in phone boxes had long since gone the way of all flesh - or almost all flesh - but happily, free newspapers at the bus stop had come to replace them. The newspapers were replaced daily and the trolls, showing due consideration, waited to burn them until the evening. Strictly speaking they ought to have been recycled, but as long as they weren’t left blowing about the streets no-one particularly cared about that. There was no shortage of trees in the neighbourhood and general feeling was that the faint smell of smoke for an hour after sunset added to the charm of the place.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

This is fun!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Good ;-)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Kudos on getting energy for a new project. I love the style you are developing here. Very intriguing!

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It's one of those things I've had the idea for for ages, but no idea how to work with it, so starting to get a handle on that is encouraging.

[elmey.livejournal.com]

It is a great first line! And I love the overall tone. You keep throwing out snippets for stories I want to read :)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am not sure if it's the tone that it needs, exactly, but it is the tone that is currently feeling as if it could be fun ;-)

[saki101.livejournal.com]

What a terrific opening line! (See the smoke trails...)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

I am glad it works!

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That made me grin immoderately - I do like modern-day magic with a touch of humour :)

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

I like that a lot.