It is that time of the week again when I throw caution to the wind and take part in the Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. This week the word is “Novel.” This is a word I know by heart. If you would like to participate, go to Linda Hill’s site and read how. Here is the link https://lindaghill.com/2016/11/04/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-nov-516/
Novel by John W. Howell ©2016
“Is that it?”
“Sure is.”
“Looks smaller than I thought.”
“It is a novel, not a baby.”
“Yeah, I know that. I just pictured it as a bigger book.”
“It is a standard size.”
“Let me hold it.”
“You have clean hands?”
“For heaven’s sake, it’s a novel, not a baby.”
“I just don’t want any smudges on the cover.”
“Yes, my hands are clean.”
“Okay hold your hand under the back cover.”
“You have got to be kidding me. It’s a novel, not a baby.”
“Well, maybe I’m a little fussy. It just may be like a baby to me.”
“Okay, I’ll be careful.”
“Here.”
“My goodness, it’s light.”
“It’s a novel, not a baby.”
“I get that I just thought it would be heavier.”
“Don’t ruffle the pages like that. Hey, don’t bend the pages back so hard.”
“Here take it. it is a baby, not a novel.”
“Thanks. I think it is a novel novel.”
“I believe you need to see someone.”
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Novel novels are the best kind….and our babies – precious. 🙂 Well done!
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Thank you, Gwen. 🙂
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It could have been a novel baby ???
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Thanks for the visit.
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LOL! This was great, John! I hope “baby” is a future prompt. Fantastic job! Happy Saturday!
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Thanks Jill. Happy Saturday to you. *sung to the tune of “Take it to The Limit” by the Eagles. 🙂
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Great song! 🙂
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The horror of dog earring pages comes to mind.
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Or broken spine.:-D
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Never a good thing in any context or usage.
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So true. 🙂
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Haha! Perfect prompt for November! “It just may be like a baby to me.” Yepper! I think that describes it for most of us, or at least for any writer worth reading.
Once a friend asked me several probing questions about a character I was writing. “This character is very real to you isn’t he,” she asked. For some reason the question surprised me. I wondered if she was suggesting I had “imaginary friends” or something. Now I wish I had thought to say “If he wasn’t real for me, then how could I make him real for you.”
Thanks for another fun SoC, John. Have a sensational Saturday. Mega hugs.
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What a great line. My characters are very real to me and yours show they are real to you as well. I will have to remember that line when someone asks about character realism. Thanks Teagan. Satisfying Saturday to you. 🙂 HUGS
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I loved the comparison to a newborn baby – a very novel approach! Sorry, couldn’t resist!
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Good one, John. Thanks. 🙂
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Ha ha!! But, they truly are our babies. 🙂
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They are, Jan. Thanks. 🙂
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Having read (only 2, sorry) them, I would say that yours are novel novels. Great job with the prompt. So, do you have a public copy of your books for the ham-handed?
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Ha ha ha. You ham hand it, you own it. Thanks, Dan 😀
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Oh man, John and Dan already beat me to the other use of novel. Great post, and they really are our babies.
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Thanks, Craig. They are. 🙂
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Book babies are the best! Very high maintenance though… 😛
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Ha ha ha. Thanks, Jan
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Perfect prompt for you!
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Thanks, Jo. 😀
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What a mind trip!
Thanks, John.
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Thanks Hook. 🙂
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Love the repetition: “It’s a novel, not a baby.” Most effective. Awesome too. 😀
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I think its quite novel to be precious about your novel, I’m sure you are John and rightly so in a novel sort of way…
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Thank you, Michael.
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I always enjoy your SOC posts. 🙂
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Thank you, Joanna. 🙂
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I think it’s perfectly normal to protect new novels. Baby novels or not.
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Thanks. I think so too. 😀
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Aw, a beautiful bouncing novel! I just hope his cover doesn’t need changing.
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My first does, but that is a different story.
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I am one of those… I am very very protective of my novels.
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I know how it is. 🙂
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