BG Sparrow

mcfly july 2024 || 🌲 || day 11 Reading George's First Draft

“It’s, uh, something.”

George brandishes an exaggerated grin. “You hate it.”

“No!” Lorraine says. “No, no, no! It’s just… Well, it’s a lot! All the storylines and motives! And the world you’ve built, just...wow.”

George steeples his fingers and puts them to his lips. 

“But?”

Lorraine sighs. “But do you have to use our middle names?”

“Lorraine, this is our story.”

“It is –”

“Raylene is such a unique name! It’s perfect.”

“But I hate my middle name, George.”

“Tell you what,” George says. “If it’s not a bestseller, then you can be mad at me. Deal?”

Lorraine laughs. “Deal.”

mcfly july 2024 || 🌲 || day 9 Stolen Idea

“I don’t see how he’s getting away with it!” 

Marty sighed. He shut his bedroom door, but it did little to muffle his dad’s latest rant. 

“He could have had a similar idea, honey,” Lorraine said from the kitchen.

“A similar idea? He named the character Darth Vader, Lorraine! And made him the bad guy! Darth Vader isn’t a bad guy!”

“Maybe this Darth Vader is.”

George growled, fists in the air. 

“It’s not right, Lorraine! I cooked up this character years ago in high school! Now, I’m going to have to change his name just to publish my book!”