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Welcome to my first Weekend Writing Warriors (WeWriWa) post. You can get more information about it by clicking on the image above.
My snippet comes from my book, Stepmothers Anonymous. Hoping to live happily-ever-after, Abbey finds instead she’s been saddled with an incorrigible stepdaughter, newfound telekinetic powers and betrayal by friends and family. So with few options left to her, Abbey decides to embrace her role as a wicked stepmother and make her own happy ending.
My name is Abbeygail and I am a wicked stepmother. Actually, you can just call me Abbey and I wasn’t always a wicked stepmother. This isn’t the kind of thing you plan, after all. You don’t wake up one morning and decide, “Oh, I think I’ll become the scorn of all things good and the envy of all things evil.” Nope, somewhere between happily-ever-after and the possibility of facing life in prison comes the day when you realize, regardless of all your good intentions, you are now the most loathsome creature in all the world. As of recently, my life has become very complicated. It wasn’t always this way, though: before incorrigible stepchildren and nefarious plots for revenge and world domination, all I wanted was a simple life, a perfect and loving husband, obedient and adoring kids – a fairy tale, if you will. And while you could describe what I got as ‘fairy-tale-ish’, none of it was quite what I had hoped for.
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Cool concept. Embrace your wickedness. I like it!
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I love the voice here. To make the evil stepmother human will be a tough task since we all love to hate her, but you’re on to a great start.
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Intriguing beginning, I like your character’s “voice”, so it’ll be interesting to see what the reality of the situation might be! Terrific excerpt!
I like to think her voice is mine, as she was born from my experiences as a stepmother. But, of course, she’s telling her own story and it is my favorite so far.
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This is wonderful. I love it! Looking forward to more.
Welcome to WeWriWa, Ruth. Lovely to have you with us.
Thank you! I’m looking forward to sharing more.
This is good, Ruth! I like the twist on the oft-told wicked stepmother. I want to know why. I want to know what made her that way. Great premise! And welcome to Wewriwa! We’re glad to have you. 🙂
It was a viewpoint that intrigued me, once I became the titular “wicked” stepmother. And interestingly enough, I was the one calling myself that.
In any case, thanks for the comments and the welcome.
Welcome to Wewriwa, Ruth. I loved your intriguing excerpt.
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good concept curious to see how it goes
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I wonder what she did to call herself wicked.
She mentions it in the first chapter (posted); however, guilt often skews our reality and Abbey takes on the full load.
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Ooh, sounds very intriguing. I like it.
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