Today I'm posting my entry in the First Crusader Challenge of Rachael Harrie's Writers' Platform-Building Crusade. In 300 words or less I'm to reveal a secret, a lie, an interesting quirk, an annoying habit, one of my best character traits, and one of my favorite things in the world. The post can be in any format but must use the words "bloviate," "fuliguline," "rabbit," and "blade." Ready? Here goes...
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I woke up to a blade pinching my neck. Two men were leaning over my armchair, their paint-smeared faces just inches from mine.
“Why are you sleeping in the living room with the lights on?” the shorter man asked me. A miniature rabbit's foot dangled from his left earlobe. “It’s three o’clock in the morning.”
“I was writing," I said. "I just dozed off for a minute.”
The tall man pulled his knife away from my throat and folded his arms over his chest. “What are you writing for? Shouldn’t you be baking? You are Mrs. Fields, after all.”
I leaned over the end table and poured myself another cup of coffee. The pot I’d made an hour ago was almost empty. My husband thinks I drink too much coffee, but it’s a habit I’m not willing to give up. “I’m not that Mrs. Fields,” I said. “I’m a writer, not a baker.”
“Honest?” the tall man asked.
“I’m always honest,” I said.
“I don’t believe you,” the short man said. He walked to the kitchen doorway with a fuliguline waddle. “We’re holding you hostage until we get your chocolate chip cookie recipe.”
“But I hate to bake,” I said. “I’m a wordsmith, a creator of fictional worlds, a weaver of…”
“Quit your bloviating!” the short man interrupted. “We just want your recipe.”
I pulled a heart-shaped box from the end table drawer. “I don’t have any recipes, but I do have this box of chocolates I bought myself for Valentine’s Day. Mrs. Fields chocolates are one of my favorite things, but I’ll give them to you if you’ll go away.”
The tall man grinned and grabbed the box. “Well Mrs. Fields, it looks like we got ourselves a deal."
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So, can you guess what my lie is?
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
39 comments:
That's a tough one, do you really like to bake?
Hmmmm... You really don't like chocolate??
You would never have left a box of chocolates for so long!! Never!!!!! :-)
Take care
x
I'm thinking you do really like to bake. LOL
LOL! The lie? That you hate to bake...or...that you woke up to a blade pincing your neck.
I'm with salarsen, that you really like to bake. I love reading all the responses, however I think it makes me jaded!!
I'm digging the purple Susan!! Love it!
By the way I need to figure out what this Crusader business is all about! I feel like I'm missing out on something super brilliant?!
"I leaned over the end table and poured myself another cup of coffee." ??? Why would you have a coffee pot on an end table?
so when are you going to reveal the lie?
that was a fun story~
I think your lie is that you are always honest ;) Since even if another part of the story is a lie it makes that a lie too!
I love your entry - what a great way to do it!
What an awesome story! I love the way you presented it. I'm going to go with the fact that there probably weren't two men with painted faces in your house with you in the middle of the night. Just a guess.
I don't think you would have given your box of chocolates to anyone! Especially a tall intruder with a rabbit’s foot hanging from his ear lobe! LOL!
LOL! That was an awesome lie! It the cookie making right? No...the coffee...Okay, I agree with the comment above, you never lie. I'm so confused.
hi miss susan! that was a cool story and its fun reading those commenter guesses. i know you could like cooking cause you said it on that about me. but maybe you could like cooking but not baking. and i got thinking maybe “I’m always honest,” could be not so true. for sure you gotta tell what it is.
...hugs from lenny
I'm with Old Kitty! :)
You must like to bake, right? This was a really fun entry!
I think the lie is you just fell asleep for a minute. LOL. This was fun!
You don't like Mrs. Fields chocolates or cookies!
oooh, I always love me some stories set in a kitchen :)
You hate to bake
Oh wait! It's you're always honest since you also admitted you put a lie in there. Ha!
Um...those men really didn't put a knife to your neck? :)
My guess is you don't drink coffee...
Cute!
Fun tale! I think the lie is that you really ARE Mrs. Fields.
Glad you're part of the crusade too.
I think the tall man having a rabbits foot earring is the lie. Ew~ What person in their right mind would do that?
I'm pretty sure you like to bake....but maybe that is a rue. ?
I'm hoping the knife to your neck is the lie. But it might be more funny than tramatic since the bad guy has a fuliguline waddle. ;)
Love it! Like Michelle - I hope the knife at your neck is a fib!
Great job. Loved it! The knife at your neck? Ugh, how awful
That's a great scene! Hating to bake must be the lie, no? Mmmm, cookies...
Great scene. Wasn't sure what was the lie. Maybe someone else gave you those chocs for Valentine's? :O)
You're definitely a fiction writer. One big lie, beginning to end. :-)
Great entry! And I'm a new follower too.
I love how you word played with your name! I'm hope the man with the knife is a lie. Nice writing!
I have to say I'm hoping the guy with the knife is the lie as well. Great stuff~
That's funny, Susan! Now, let me guess what your lie was... You love baking and are rather good at it?
Lol! Good story. Hmm, I will say the lie is Mrs. Fields chocolates are not really your favorite.
Wow this is a good one! I'm going to guess that everything you told about yourself within the story is true, but that the context isn't (two guys never came and held you at knife point for a recipe).
Hello fellow crusader! I am a tad bit late, the whole house has been sick all week. So, I just thought I would pop in and just say Hi! :D
Ok, so your link brought me to your reveal. If I guessed now, it would be cheating!
The lie is that you really are Mrs. Fields of cookie fame...okay maybe not. I'll guess that you didn't have to by yourself a box of chocolates for Valentine's Day.
Dan
I love that you turned this into a story! Lots of fun to read. I'm going to guess that you do have recipes, even if you might not be "that" Mrs. Fields.
Ooh...Mrs Field's chocolate chip cookies! Yum...
Hello from a fellow Crusader and a Challenge judge! Just to let you know you have been shortlisted in my top 5!
And here's a second post to say you're my top 2 finalist, and I'll be passing your entry on to Rachael! Congratulations!
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