The furniture came along too, when Darla bought her quaint little apartment. Cash trapped as she was, she thought it was a good bargain. A struggling writer, she always worried where her next meal would come from if at all.
Her manuscripts rejected often, she feared, her dreams to make it big would never come true.
Surprisingly, after she moved she began getting assignments regularly. And grew famous! But, she had a secret behind that success.
The old desk where she began working belonged to the famous writer who had died in that apartment mysteriously. His spirit wrote through her.
Copyright 2014 © Nandini Deka
Dear Nandini,
ReplyDeleteI want her desk. Nicely done.
shalom,
Rochelle
thanks @Rochelle..love your prompts :-)
Delete-- that was a bargain desk --
ReplyDeleteyeah :-)
DeleteSounds like she lucked out with that. I'm not sure how I would feel about that, someone writing through me, although if I was the one getting famous... :) That's an intriguing idea, especially if her style was similar to his and she was later accused of plagiarism.
ReplyDeletethanks :-)
DeleteA magic desk!
ReplyDeleteyeah..exactly :-)
DeleteOh brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI could use/need that desk most days. ;)
ReplyDeletethanks @pixilatedtoo :-)
DeleteIs that desk for rent? ;-)
ReplyDeleteNandini, My first comment disappeared so hears a second one. Well written story. I don't know if I'd want to be her. She'll have to stay in that apartment with that same desk for the rest of her writing life. That's kind of a handicap. Well done. : ) ---Susan
ReplyDeleteI want that desk too ;) Good one
ReplyDeleteI dream of a spirit who will inspire me like that! For now, I am on my own.
ReplyDeleteNice story.
Clever one. Does the spirit divulge the cause of death? And is the current incumbent facing a similar fate? We need to be told.
ReplyDeleteI know this has been said but I too want that desk! Lol
ReplyDeleteDear Nandini, Good job, I wish I had a desk like that - I do have a desk, that was my Grandfathers and then my Daddy's - now mine. It has a "D" engraved in it. Beautiful old desk, drop down to write with drawers too and hiding places. Hey - maybe this used to belong to a writer - Cool! Have a good week! Nan :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot @everyone :-)
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