Living with a Writer
I’m blessed with witty kids, with keen psychological insights, who don’t even mind snapshots of their lives occasionally being turned into a fishbowl for others to read about on my blog.
With both my daughter and I struggling to get the opening chapters of our current works-in-progress just right, the men in our house have had to listen to a lot of lamenting.
And men, being fixers, always try to offer helpful, or not so helpful, suggestions.
Yesterday at lunch, for example, I commented on how concerned I was that my heroine didn’t seem likable enough.
My son (oops, an anonymous male sharing our lunch meal with us), helpfully responded:
“You’ll never be able to make a girl fully likable.”
Yes, he really said that.
My response?
An aside to my daughter — “We’re never going to be able to marry him off.” 🙄
Of course, meanwhile, I’m frantically jotting down what he said, because hey, it’s a great line for my next nursing-a-broken-heart sidekick, right? And I did ask if I could quote him…hence the use of “anonymous.” 😉
My husband wisely remained silently, but my daughter had an equally helpful insight:
“You can’t make a girl fully likable because then all the other girls will hate her!”
😆 Isn’t that so true?
P.S. This is the last week that Perilous Waters will be in stores before it’s pulled from the shelves to make room for Love Inspired’s May releases!
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Fun post, Sandra! 🙂 I love how your kiddos are sharing their thoughts and perspectives. I’m sure there are most likely a lot of guys who would agree with that “anonymous male who ate lunch with you”! Looking forward to reading Perilous Waters soon. 🙂
LOL, I think you’re right. 🙂
p.s. Ooops! Meant to add that I also liked the pictures you posted – – especially the one of you and your daughter! 🙂
Thanks, we had a lot of fun doing a photo shoot with her friend who just graduated from a college photography program
Ha! Great story!
I said something today to a worker at the library and she laughed and then said, “I’m going to use that line. Hey, you should use it in a book.” And I was like, “You know, I am going to use it in my book!” LOL
And if you’re anything like me, write it down right away or you’ll forget it!
Your daughter does make a good point! Women are just awful to each other. I think you could work that conversation into a book somehow…
Stephanie
http://stephie5741.blogspot.com
Sadly true.
He was either saying that on purpose to push his sisters buttons, or he hasn’t met MIss Right yet! Love this story!
🙂