Oct
6
2009
Tuesday Teaser–What I’m Working On
Author: DiaThe manuscript I’m working on now–and nearly finished with–is called Strange Fruit. I wrote it during NaNoWriMo 2008, and it’s about two outcast sisters–daughters of a notorious serial killer–who decide to put their murderous genes, and latent powers, to good use by only killing people who deserve it. Kinda like Dexter but with young girls. 
Kit is the oldest (17) and Fancy is her little sister (15). Fancy keeps a dream diary, and here’s one of the dreams she has:
Kit was running ahead of me through the woods on a path made of pink glass. I tried to keep up but my legs weren’t as swift as hers and the glass broke under the weight of my feet, bloodying them, but Kit still wouldn’t slow down. When I fell, the glass shattered all around me and cut me into seventeen pieces.
Each chapter of Strange Fruit starts with one of Fancy’s dreams. The story is told from her point of view, and the dreams are a way to delve into her emotional landscape, which is usually…let’s call it eccentric. 