Saturday, October 2, 2010

They're People Too blogfest!!!



Fun fun fun blogfest today!!!!!! Tessa over at Tessa's Blurb has organized this really cool blogfest! So please stop by and show some blog love and check out the other participants!!

So, this blogfest is about personifying a concept...and of course, I chose karma!!! This is a scene from my WIP, Karma Kameleon, the sequel to A Bitch Named Karma. For my main character Lexi, karma is a very real concept...so real it's become a person.

Enjoy!



Why did this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this sadistic kind of torture?

And then it hit me. That Karma bitch.

My back straightened and I stood up, tears having been replaced with fire. I looked around the bathroom and saw nothing. I continued out into the hall and the living room, the kitchen. Nothing.

“Where are you, you fucking bitch?”

I stomped into my bedroom, then into Preston’s nursery.

“Show your goddamn face!”

This couldn’t be happening—not again. I wasn’t the same person I was before. I’d reformed and grown a conscience. I was a good person. I didn’t deserve any kind of bad karma.

I thought Karma and I were good. I thought we were friends. Why the hell would she do this to me again? And something as awful as this? This didn’t just hurt me, this hurt Rich. He definitely didn’t deserve this kind of pain.

I went back to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, only seeing my bedraggled reflection. I turned and jerked open the shower curtain. “Where the fuck are you hiding?”

As I tore into the linen closet, I heard footsteps behind me and swung around to meet Karma’s icy gaze.

“Lex, what are you doing?” Rich stood there, staring at me and the pile of towels sitting at my feet—the ones I’d yanked from the closet in my search for a paranormal figure that only I could see.

“Um, uh…nothing. Just looking for something.”

He didn’t look convinced. “Can I help?”

“No,” I said and shook my head, the tears and sadness returning. He reached out to me as I broke down and cradled me in his embrace.

“What’s going on?” He spoke in his most calming voice as he smoothed my hair. My apparent mind loss was probably freaking him out.

19 comments:

  1. Hi,

    Oooh, nicely handled: inner emotional conflict and ever present Karma!

    best
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  2. :) Thanks!! And thanks for stopping by!!

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  3. That was a nice piece. Also interesting how Karma *is* actually personified... is real, or at least real to your MC. Good job.

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  4. Thanks!! In the first story, A Bitch Named Karma, Karma is VERY real to my MC...she sees her, talks to her....has to deal with the crap she throws at her! :)

    Thanks for stopping by!!

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  5. I really liked this! A person who thinks Karma is real when it is all in her head! Such a cool slant to the blogfest!

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  6. I was hoping to get to meet Karma! That's okay though. Good entry. :)

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  7. I love it! The way she looks for Karma (physically) and it's karma that's following her in a way... very cool! Also loved the slightly guilty "um, uh...nothing" *grins*

    Thanx for taking part in my 'fest!

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  8. I know we only had 500 words to work with, but I would have liked to meet Karma or even know why the MC suspects that Karma was behind what happened.

    I liked the writing. Even though I didn't really know what MC was in pursuit of, I wanted to keep reading. You certainly kept my interest!

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  9. Cool. I loved how she was tearing through the house, seeking out her nemises. Yes, she was definitely a real person in this.

    ......dhole

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  10. Sorry guys....Karma didn't actually make an appearance in this scene :( But I thought it was a great scene for the blogfest...my main character is searching for her..something that is very real to her!

    Thanks for stopping by!!

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  11. :) Intriguing! And very interesting idea!

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  12. I love the idea of karma being a person. That's hysterical. And I'll join my voice to the chorus: intense scene. Very nice.

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  13. I so wanted her to kick some Karma booty. Great job. Totally loved it! :D

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  14. Interesting. Your protagonist here comes off as powerful yet vulnerable. I like that.

    Scribbler to Scribe

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  15. Youch! Don't want to cross paths with her.

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  16. Hey, just hopped over from the blogfest! Love the idea of choosing Karma as your subject!! It's a great name for a character too. I also appreciate a well used F-word : ) I have my own entry at Hypothetically Speaking

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  17. Thanks everyone for stopping by!!! I've already stopped by some of your blogs...hoping to get to the rest today!!

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  18. Karma, great idea for the blogfest..:)

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