A small excerpt from Caught in the Middle.
Chapter entitled, "Hey! What's the buzz?" (aka step away from the book bag)
It is a little known fact that you put your life at risk
when you decide to unzip a middle school student’s book bag. Well, that’s
a bit of an exaggeration, but your health could certainly be in jeopardy. In
elementary school the parents are all excited in regards to the child going to school and about all the things he or she will be learning. They go through the book bag nightly looking for sweet things their little
munchkin made or created during the day so they can completely cover every inch
of the refrigerator with their child’s work. This starts to taper off by 5th
grade and by middle school they are only thinking, “How many more years do I
have left of this s**t?” and then proceed to leave the kids’ book bags alone until
college to collect as much junk as possible and grow enough mold to harvest penicillin from all the food left
inside to rot.
When administrators find it necessary to search a book bag, we are never
sure what we are going to find; however, two things are guaranteed. The bag will
definitely be toxic enough to warrant a haz mat suit, and we are probably going
to find things we wish we hadn't, which is exactly what happened to Harry on this fateful
day...
I have had one rejection from an agent and have not heard from the three others. Keeping fingers and toes crossed!
Did you consider publishing yourself? Lots of writers are doing that on the Internet.
ReplyDeleteYes. I just recently met with a published author and she gave me some information on that. It's not quite as easy as it sounds but definitely a possibility if traditional doesn't work out.
DeleteI think this would make a very good dramedy on television. We certainly have enough drama! My thinking is we can all pick who plays us in the movie/tv show. : )
DeleteI personally think there is a movie in your book and/or blog...wonder who will play me????
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