With my book editing and rewrites coming to a close and the wrap up of my fun summer blog series, Dead Money, I will be paying a lot more attention to finishing my Soul To Body story with 100 word posts. I love it when old friends decide to become new 100 word singers like Kelly aka @nkdgirlinadress. Kelly is a hard-working girl in the blog world. She runs Studio30plus http://studio30plus.com/ , does a great job with her often soul baring blog http://nakedgirlinadress.com/ as well as rocking The Twitter and The Book of Faces. She wrote last week and I loved it her rookie entry. Leeroy asked her to pick this week’s song and she chose Mumford and Sons’ new song I Will Wait.
Thank you goes to Tara aka @Tara_R for filling in last week while I attended a funeral. Her John legend song got rave reviews. http://thinspiralnotebook.wordpress.com/
We head back to a fed up Jake, an insolent Violet, and a nosy Gus for my 100. Here’s a new Soul to Body episode.
Jake listened to the bouncing clicks of the car keys against the steering column and Violet’s unbuckling. The car sat in a space between two large trucks, creating a tunneled atmosphere. Violet reached for her door. Jake barked.
“Not yet, Vi!”
She glared at her father. Jake shrugged his shoulders and turned to a eye-rolling Violet. His breathing navigated ripples of pain.
“Vi, I’ll never stop missing my wife, your mother. I will wait for her, in my heart, forever. I promised her that. But you will not make me feel guilty, anymore, for wanting to be a man.”
AS always, you have 7 days to come up with 100 words inspired by Mumford and Sons’ I Will Wait. Make sure to use the Mr. Linky Below and use The twitter and the Book of Face to promote your entry and the entries of others.
Uhm, can I have Jake’s number, I think I am in love!
Seriously, I like his mounting strength, and the ability to stand his ground with Violet. She really needs that from him, even if she is still mourning the death of her mother, and angry about a possible replacement for her dad. These characters are strong, and I like each one… but only 100 words at a time… danged Lance!
hahaha…sure…if you can fight Mallory, off
hope you write this week…please do
I can sooOOOooo take Mallory
I will do so… with sincere thought behind it, simply because you asked.
haha..awesome k
Thank you for letting me pick for this week! I love your 100 words and can’t wait to work on this one myself. These are fun (says the girl who hasn’t started writing yet).
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That was beautiful. So beautiful. What a wonderful idea this is for a writing prompt. Also this album has been on heavy rotation in my iPod since it came out; I just love Mumford and Sons.
Love what you did with this.
I’m not sure about the shrugging of shoulders just before he turns to the eye-rolling violet. The body language doesn’t create the right visual. I’m not sure if you even really need it.
Perhaps a deep sigh or resignation or frustration?
I’m glad he’s telling Vi what to expect BUT I still think Jake is moving WAY too fast. His wife has been dead what? 3-4 months? Make friends, be involved in stuff, live life…but jumping into a sexual relationship will probably not end well. He’ll be hurt, Mallory will be hurt (but then, she kinda deserves it) and Violet will be hurt.
Stop thinking with your penis Jake
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great!
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I like that he’s being straight with Vi, but I wish he’d smarten up! Mallory is bad news. I’m sure of it!
Also… I’ve linked up with a little Karen.
great…thanks vic
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I am so excited that this song was chosen! Yay!
As always I enjoyed reading your entry, Lance.
awesome…hope you write something killer
Oof! That was a gut punch.
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Ya-ha!!! That is AWESOME. But Jake? Do not go so far as to make Vi feel like she caused you to be an idiot and wreck. The driving fast with the cell phone in hand was allll you man.
Tense moment between Jake and Vi. They need to talk? More?
(and I snuck post in)
awesome..thanks..yes they do