So, I went over to my nephew’s last night. (FYI: He’s five years old,
brilliant and handsomely mischievous. Top of the line tot, all the way. No
Aunt-bias speaking here at all.)
He had a bucket of little plastic soldiers, hundreds of them in a dozen
or so different battle stances. Well, we started naming them. (FYI: Trouble
brews whenever an author is asked to start naming things.)
Well, as expected, with tee-tiny soldiers Joey, Philip, Charlie and
Thomas came tee-tiny backgrounds. We’re talking full, technicolor character
bios blazing across the screens of my woefully neglected imagination.
Not wanting to warp my dear nephew, I shared none of soldier Joey’s childhood
woes on the shores of a bitterly cold Lake Superior.
Philip’s run-ins with the law when he was but a wee teen were tucked
neatly out of sight.
Charlie’s pregnant girlfriend and his oh-so clueless wife were secrets
left in the dark.
And, needless to say, the butterflies in Thomas’ lower belly whenever
Commander Joe marched by were not touched with a ten foot pole.
*sighs*
I think I need some help.
Until tomorrow…
Chloe
Post-Note: Beware the fiction writer who’s been unable to write.
Melodrama will be found everywhere.
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