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Genre: Chick Lit
About michchickLocation: Garden City, Michigan USA Home Region: Age:38 Website: http://meanderingsandmissives.wordpress.com/ Favorite novels: Pride and Prejudice, Count of Monte Cristo, LOTR, North and South, Green Gable series, Narnia and most 'classic' lit. Favorite writers: Austen, Dumas, Tolkien, Gaskill, L.M. Montgomery, E.M. Forster, P.D. Wodehouse and Dav Pilkey, Andy Griffiths & Jeff Kinney for getting my sons to enjoy reading! Favorite music: Whatever Pandora decides to throw at me...gotta love the music genome project. Non-noveling interests: Geocaching, hiking, cycling, being a mom to my kids and a wife to my husband! |
Joined: November 9, 2008 This Year: Official Participant NaNoWriMo History: NaNoWriMo posts: 3 NaNoWriMo buddies: 10
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Brief Author Bio: I am a suburban wife and soccer-mom who reads, writes and edits in her spare time. Last year, after being coerced into it by people I edit for, I participated and completed my first NaNo. My family and friends live to call it the never-ending NaNo. I'm still writing it! I am taking a break from my 'epic' to write what should be a signifigantly shorter comedy. |
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Synopsis: Merrie Holiday
What's in a name? Shakespeare had Juliet say that a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. That's a lie. Names mean something, give us something to live up to, whether we like it or not.
In this novella, Merrie Holiday, along with her younger brother Happy, work their event-planning business, simply looking to get through another Christmas season without incident. However this year, instead of just getting by, everything changes (perhaps for the better?) for the unfortune siblings.
Excerpt: Merrie Holiday
“Will that be on your Target Visa today?” asked the ultra-chipper checkout clerk.
“No, I’ll pay with cash, thanks.”
The young employee persisted without seeming pushy. “If you’d like to open a Target Visa today you’d save $12 on your bill and through our Take Charge of Education program we donate 1% to the school of your choice.”
“Yeah, that’s great and all…but I’ll just pay cash all the same.”
“Periodically the company sends exclusive coupons to cardholders…”
“Do they make you say all that?” The clerk nodded yes. “Okay then, I’ll fill out whatever you need.”
“Oh that’s super! I just need to see your ID…”
As the clerk was handed the driver’s license, our intrepid heroine thought “Oh no! Here it comes…”
“Oh my goodness! Your name is awesome! How much fun is that? I bet it’s amazing at Christmastime!”
Merrie Holiday drily answered, “Oh yeah, it’s super.”
The clerk then turned over the application along with Merrie to the guest relations counter where she had to endure even more fuss over her most unfortunate name- all to save $12 on Tide, cat food and some new bedding.
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