In my first novel, I wrote a throwaway line about a book two characters had read, called Cantrip Castle. I've worked on the real book since, but never finished. Here, I begin again, adding from the middle.
CANTRIP CASTLE
Lil dropped the frog onto her bed.
"You're not going to stay there for long," she warned him, "so don't get comfortable."
He hopped over her pillow and onto the nightstand, looking around him. The room was full of pink things. Pink, and frilly, and dry.
"I'm amphibious, baby. Cotton percale duvets aren't exactly my idea of cozy. Can we get a basin in here, with a couple of stones in it, maybe?"
"What's a basin?" Lil asked.
The frog sighed.
"It's a big, deep bowl, preferably with some water in it."
"Oh! We have one of those."
She jumped up, heading for the pink-on-pink door.
"Not too cold!" he called after her. Her head nodded as she skipped out, and the frog found a place on the nightstand to wait, and ruminate on his options. Clearly, this relationship wasn't going to be easy.
---Mari Kozlowski
CANTRIP CASTLE
Lil dropped the frog onto her bed.
"You're not going to stay there for long," she warned him, "so don't get comfortable."
He hopped over her pillow and onto the nightstand, looking around him. The room was full of pink things. Pink, and frilly, and dry.
"I'm amphibious, baby. Cotton percale duvets aren't exactly my idea of cozy. Can we get a basin in here, with a couple of stones in it, maybe?"
"What's a basin?" Lil asked.
The frog sighed.
"It's a big, deep bowl, preferably with some water in it."
"Oh! We have one of those."
She jumped up, heading for the pink-on-pink door.
"Not too cold!" he called after her. Her head nodded as she skipped out, and the frog found a place on the nightstand to wait, and ruminate on his options. Clearly, this relationship wasn't going to be easy.
---Mari Kozlowski
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