here's the next chapter to the novel!!!:)
chapter 3
on thanksgiving day, as the whole family was seated around the dining room table of the Colorado farmhouse, with both table leaves out as far as they could go, Stardust's mom and dad prayed over the meal and relatives. Stardust, bored as usual during a prayer, busied herself with recounting all family present at the table. first, her siblings. Ursa, age 25, Ryan, age 22, Nova, age 18, Andy, age 16, me(Stardust), age 15, corona, age 11, Moonbeam and Moondance, age 8, Leo, 6 1/2, Luna, 5, and Stella, who is 2. Ursa is married to Mike, Ryan is married to Shayla, and Nova is engaged to Peter. Granny and Poppa, Mom's parents, and aunt Cathy and aunt Bryn are here. Dad's family, including Nonna, Oppa, aunt Allie, uncle Dylan, aunt Callie, uncle Joe (aunts Allie & Callie are twins), uncle George, not to mention Adelaide, Desi, Devlin, Cal, Alex, and Ellie, the cousins. Stardust sighed inwardly. isn't she done praying yet? she looked at their friends, the Hookers and Rivers, and counted Mr. and Mrs. Hooker, Loraynne, 16, Peyton, 12, Lulu and Jojo, 8, Mr. and Mrs. River, Lynne, 17, Misty, 14, and Chase, age 10. finally, Mom was done praying. Stardust said amen with everyone else, then dug into her mashed potatoes.
later that day, Nova took Corona and both pairs of twins to get ice cream for the pumpkin pie. Shayla decided to go with them. Stardust made a face. when Nova turned towards her, she smiled and quickly shook her head. Nova shrugged and walked away as Stardust breathed a sigh of relief. Andy, Stardust's brother, saw her sigh and walked over. "look Dusty, I know you don't like Shayla, but it's been 4 years since Ryan met her. why don't you act nicer to her?"
"you don't like her either." Stardust mumbled. "Dusty-" Leo interrupted him with a "hey, look at me!" as he rode in on uncle Dylan's shoulders. everyone smiled. Leo giggled. Stella burbled. Stardust picked up the baby and turned on the football game.
(end of chapter)
so how'd you like it? please leave comments, they help make the story better!
-Mgirl
P.S. OK i know the chapters are really short, but they kinda have to be!!
5.12.2010
5.11.2010
ok here is chapter 2 of "celtic chaos"!
chapter 2
finally, after organizing all 7 closets in our house and cleaning each sink drain, we got into the car and drove to the airport to pick up innana.
"where is she?" my brother dru asked impatiently(surprise, surprise) "there! in the bright green sweater!" selene yelled as she waved to innana. "ah me, it's sae good to see ye children!"(innana has an irish accent)"ach, selene, arlette, raylynne, lil' gracie, ye've grown sae big! dru, child, yer nearly a man! well we all ahd better get home! ach, sae much work ta do!" (my mother finally got a word in edgewise) "b-but mother, we just want you to come home and relax! there's no work to do!" innana stared at us in surprise."but hasn't bryn talked ta ye? ach, tha' lass! we mus prepare for her weddin'!" mom gasped,"but mother, bryn's wedding isn't till next summer!"
"yer tellin' me she hasn't called ye?"
"no, not a word!"
"well bryn was engaged to drystan, until last month. she told him she didn't want him to celebrate her 37th birthday!"
"you mean he believed her?!?!!?"
"mm-hmm. so she ditched him for dyllon."
"so why do we have to prepare? why isn't she getting married next summer?"
"ahh, drystan was sae angry he said e'd ruin her wedding next year! so she decided to get married next week."
"oh?"
"here."
"oh!"
"at your house!"
"oh, no!"
(end of chapter)
so did you like it? i need your ideas! and comments!!! come on people!!!!!
i will be posting the next chapter tomorrow, along with the next chapter of the "novel" about stardust!!! TTFN!!!!
-macky
chapter 2
finally, after organizing all 7 closets in our house and cleaning each sink drain, we got into the car and drove to the airport to pick up innana.
"where is she?" my brother dru asked impatiently(surprise, surprise) "there! in the bright green sweater!" selene yelled as she waved to innana. "ah me, it's sae good to see ye children!"(innana has an irish accent)"ach, selene, arlette, raylynne, lil' gracie, ye've grown sae big! dru, child, yer nearly a man! well we all ahd better get home! ach, sae much work ta do!" (my mother finally got a word in edgewise) "b-but mother, we just want you to come home and relax! there's no work to do!" innana stared at us in surprise."but hasn't bryn talked ta ye? ach, tha' lass! we mus prepare for her weddin'!" mom gasped,"but mother, bryn's wedding isn't till next summer!"
"yer tellin' me she hasn't called ye?"
"no, not a word!"
"well bryn was engaged to drystan, until last month. she told him she didn't want him to celebrate her 37th birthday!"
"you mean he believed her?!?!!?"
"mm-hmm. so she ditched him for dyllon."
"so why do we have to prepare? why isn't she getting married next summer?"
"ahh, drystan was sae angry he said e'd ruin her wedding next year! so she decided to get married next week."
"oh?"
"here."
"oh!"
"at your house!"
"oh, no!"
(end of chapter)
so did you like it? i need your ideas! and comments!!! come on people!!!!!
i will be posting the next chapter tomorrow, along with the next chapter of the "novel" about stardust!!! TTFN!!!!
-macky
ok here's chapter 2!!!
chapter 2
the copier hummed as it scanned the pages. it rolled out a clean sheet of crisp, white, printer paper, then started vibrating as the ink block moved back and forth across the new page. stardustglanced around nervously to make sure that no one was within hearing range. after the machine finished, Stardust crept up to her room to begin studying.
several hours later, Stardust woke with a start. she blinked slowly as she raised her head.then she heard what had woken her so suddenly. her eldest sister, Ursa, and her sister's husband were in the entryway right below stardust's room, talking to her parents. stardust shoved the answer key to friday's math test in the back of her binder and tore out of her room. she ran downstairs and tackled mike in a bear hug. out of the corner of her eye, stardust noticed 2-year-old luna and 4-year-old stella looking at them curiously. ursa had been 21 when stella was born and 23 when luna was born. now, at 25, ursa was married and had 2 kids, penny and kyle, with another on the way. stardust jumped up to answer the door.
(end of chapter)
ok, i know, it needs work! does anyone have any better ideas for ursa's name? it has to do with like stars and planets...
ok and any ideas on how i should rework the last sentence? i need your ideas!!! please comment!!!!!
-macky:)
chapter 2
the copier hummed as it scanned the pages. it rolled out a clean sheet of crisp, white, printer paper, then started vibrating as the ink block moved back and forth across the new page. stardustglanced around nervously to make sure that no one was within hearing range. after the machine finished, Stardust crept up to her room to begin studying.
several hours later, Stardust woke with a start. she blinked slowly as she raised her head.then she heard what had woken her so suddenly. her eldest sister, Ursa, and her sister's husband were in the entryway right below stardust's room, talking to her parents. stardust shoved the answer key to friday's math test in the back of her binder and tore out of her room. she ran downstairs and tackled mike in a bear hug. out of the corner of her eye, stardust noticed 2-year-old luna and 4-year-old stella looking at them curiously. ursa had been 21 when stella was born and 23 when luna was born. now, at 25, ursa was married and had 2 kids, penny and kyle, with another on the way. stardust jumped up to answer the door.
(end of chapter)
ok, i know, it needs work! does anyone have any better ideas for ursa's name? it has to do with like stars and planets...
ok and any ideas on how i should rework the last sentence? i need your ideas!!! please comment!!!!!
-macky:)
5.10.2010
a short story
ok i was just cleaning out my school shelf and found an old story i wrote in like 5th grade! it is 4 chapters long, so i'll keep working on it. meanwhile, i'll also be posting new chapters of "celtic chaos" each week. ok here is chapter 1! enjoy!!:)
chapter 1
stardust, a 15-year-old girl, grumbled as she was, once again, grounded, this time for stealing a purple lotus from a local electronics store. a few months ago if she'd done this sort of thing, before her parents became christians, she might have gotten away with just a scolding. "stardust!" her younger twin sisters, moondance and moonbeam whisper-shouted. they were 8 years old, with misty gray eyes and silvery blonde hair. "what are you two doing out of bed?" stardust asked, her voice softening. the girls glanced at each other."we wanted to say good night to you." they both said at once. "okay. well you should get back in bed now." stardust whispered. the twins scampered back to bed.
the next day at school, stardust rushed through her classes. she paused on her way past the teacher's desk after math. she stunk at math and they had a big test next friday. she glanced out in the hallway, but it was clear of teachers. then she rummaged through the stacks of paper on mr.phillip's desk until she found what she was looking for. she shoved it in her binder and hurried to lunch.
(end of chapter)
well, did you like it? i really want feedback here! tell your friends, family, everyone! if i get positive feedback then i might try to get it published!
-mckenna
P.S. i need ideas for a title!
chapter 1
stardust, a 15-year-old girl, grumbled as she was, once again, grounded, this time for stealing a purple lotus from a local electronics store. a few months ago if she'd done this sort of thing, before her parents became christians, she might have gotten away with just a scolding. "stardust!" her younger twin sisters, moondance and moonbeam whisper-shouted. they were 8 years old, with misty gray eyes and silvery blonde hair. "what are you two doing out of bed?" stardust asked, her voice softening. the girls glanced at each other."we wanted to say good night to you." they both said at once. "okay. well you should get back in bed now." stardust whispered. the twins scampered back to bed.
the next day at school, stardust rushed through her classes. she paused on her way past the teacher's desk after math. she stunk at math and they had a big test next friday. she glanced out in the hallway, but it was clear of teachers. then she rummaged through the stacks of paper on mr.phillip's desk until she found what she was looking for. she shoved it in her binder and hurried to lunch.
(end of chapter)
well, did you like it? i really want feedback here! tell your friends, family, everyone! if i get positive feedback then i might try to get it published!
-mckenna
P.S. i need ideas for a title!
i give up!
ok i give up!! i am having writer's "loss of inspiration" with the untitled story, so here is a new book called... umm... "chaos crisis"? or maybe... "irish crisis"? no ive got it!! "celtic chaos"!!! ok well here it is!:)
chapter 1
hi everyone! im raylynne mcCrady. i just wanted to tell this hysterical story about my family.
i was trying to write a story for this contest, when...
"raylynne!" my mom, kellyanne, marched into my room at top speed. "lynne, your innana is on her way! from IRELAND! we have to clean this house! find your sisters and lets move MOVE MOVE!!!!!"(innana is gramma). she raced out of my room. now, you have to understand, my gramma is like OCD about dust. if there's a single speck of dust ANYWHERE in our house, you can trust innana to find it. i scurried out of my room and promptly bumped into two of my older sisters, selene and arlette. i asked what they were doing and they said mom told them to dust all of the ceiling fans (which i had dusted already), color coordinate the pencils, then alphabetize and categorize the recycling cans in the pantry! i gulped then headed downstairs to get my instructions from mom...
(end of chapter)
-mgirl
chapter 1
hi everyone! im raylynne mcCrady. i just wanted to tell this hysterical story about my family.
i was trying to write a story for this contest, when...
"raylynne!" my mom, kellyanne, marched into my room at top speed. "lynne, your innana is on her way! from IRELAND! we have to clean this house! find your sisters and lets move MOVE MOVE!!!!!"(innana is gramma). she raced out of my room. now, you have to understand, my gramma is like OCD about dust. if there's a single speck of dust ANYWHERE in our house, you can trust innana to find it. i scurried out of my room and promptly bumped into two of my older sisters, selene and arlette. i asked what they were doing and they said mom told them to dust all of the ceiling fans (which i had dusted already), color coordinate the pencils, then alphabetize and categorize the recycling cans in the pantry! i gulped then headed downstairs to get my instructions from mom...
(end of chapter)
-mgirl
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