A: Listen to this...
Z: (Looks up over his reading
glasses)
A: "Love is stronger than
death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard
death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories
either. In the end, life is stronger than death." It's by someone unknown
but it's so profound.
Z: (Puts his e-reader down,
wondering if Ang is in one of her rare serious moods) And why are we obsessed
with death today?
A: Is life truly stronger than
death?
Z: Well, as the author says, it
can't take away our love, and love I believe is the strongest emotion. To quote
Vincent Van Gogh. "Love many things, for therein lies the true strength,
and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is
done in love is done well."
A: (Suddenly blurts) We're
murderers....(Gets teary eyed)
Z: (Blinks - now unsure of what
mood she possess) Huh?
A: We kill all the time.
Z: And where was I when all this
killing was going on?
A: (Does the double eye-roll)
Welllll, right here, of course, we usually don't kill off anyone unless the
other agrees to it.
Z: (Wonders if he can quietly sneak
off and call 911, psychiatric unit, stat!) Surrreee...right...of course.... You
just stay calm. Want tea? Chocolate?
A: No.
Z: (Pops up out of his chair, and
stares down at her) That's it, what in duck soup are you talking about, or have
you finally flipped your wig.
A: Hey! I don't like duck soup, and
I certainly don't own a wig. Never owned a wig. (Thinks) Well, there was that
one time when hubby and I....
Z: (Slices his hand through the
air) Angelica!
A: I digress.
Z: Ya think!
A: Oh! (Looks enlightening) You're
not following my train of thought.
Z: Nowwww, we're talking about
trains???
A: (Gives him the LOOK, yup that
you-gotta-be kiddin'-me look backed by a are-you-nuts) I was talking about how
we kill off characters without consideration.
Z: (Thinks: 911...yup...Cocoa Puffs
Looney) We consider. We talk it through. We don't just wake up one day and say,
that's it, Mong has to go.
A: Hmmmm I don't think we killed
off Mong.
Z: Didn't we?
A: Well, I'm not telling, we'll
give away the ending to SNAKE DANCE if I do.
Z: Alright then, I know we really
analyzed the plot and storyline before slaying Oväder from STEEL EMBRACE.
A: Hmmmm I don't think we killed
off Oväder.
Z: Didn't we?
A: Well, I'm not telling, we'll
give away the....
Z: Ending....
A: (Nods)
Z: Then, me literary bud in crime,
do you really think we should have this conversation right here and
now...(Looks out at the readers from the computer screen)
A: (You can do that)
Z: (We're fiction writers we can do
anything)
A: (Pouts) My point exactly, we're
murderers!
Z: (Signs and blocks readers from
viewing their office)
Alas, a moment in the lives of two
writers before Zi had his morning coffee and Ang had her morning muffin. After
all, according to Ang, a mind simply can't function without sugar and cream.
And, in some strange way, that really does make sense.
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Angelica Hart and Zi ~ Vixen Bright and Zachary Zane
www.champagnebooks.com - www.carnalpassions.com - angelicahartandzi.com
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