I'm
trying to get Rainbow Catcher ready and if everything goes as planed it
should be published at the end of June, so exciting!
I'm also working on the cover so you might see some changes soon.
Summary of previous episodes:
Clarissa is coughing and wanted to watch Everett Cooper on TV but Jason
refused, she is due to get her rainbow the next day but she seems
scared, to make her feel better Jason leave the TV on. Clarissa tried to explain about rainbows.
Now let's go back to business. We start just where we left off last week.
Recently, Clarissa had been feeling weaker and weaker, and even hiding it from Jason, she started coughing blood. If the rainbow didn’t arrive soon, her heart’s damages would be too high and she wouldn’t survive the surgery. The doctor wouldn't explain why though, he have her a picture book, the one they use to teach children before the surgery so that they don't get scared. But at twelve, Clarissa wasn't a child anymore, she had stopped long ago, when her parents died and then she was locked here. There were no complicated words in the book, only drawings of people smiling, most of the time thinking about the surgery, she didn't want to smile, she had hidden the book in her drawer.
“I wonder how he can find the rainbows so quickly and even at night, nobody else goes to work at night, it’s like this guy never sleeps or something,” Jason said. “That’s why he is so good! He knows how to find them everywhere, he calculates the wind and rain direction in the desert at night, that way, he knows exactly where the rainbow is going to appear in the morning and he just has to wait for it. That’s the smartest and most brilliant technique ever,” Clarissa answered.
“I wonder how he can find the rainbows so quickly and even at night, nobody else goes to work at night, it’s like this guy never sleeps or something,” Jason said. “That’s why he is so good! He knows how to find them everywhere, he calculates the wind and rain direction in the desert at night, that way, he knows exactly where the rainbow is going to appear in the morning and he just has to wait for it. That’s the smartest and most brilliant technique ever,” Clarissa answered.
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He does sound very clever indeed. And I do like the premise of a healing rainbow. lovely snippet.
ReplyDeleteFinding rainbows... Intriguing, Linda. :-) I think the book cover is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful prose! I felt the pain Clarissa is experiencing. I do hope she finds that rainbow.
ReplyDeleteI just love the way you've worked out all the details around rainbow-finding!
ReplyDeleteI love the last line. It is so perfectly child-like in its enthusiasm -- and maybe a touch of hero-worship?
ReplyDeleteHe'd have to be clever to catch such a rare rainbow.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing story. I liked the detail about the picture book, which of course is too childish for your character, as she herself said. Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteWhatever the surgery is--and you've got me wondering about that--I'm sure it'll be interesting and different.
ReplyDeleteI sure hope the rainbow gets there in time.
ReplyDeleteIm just loving this new story. So Intriguing.
ReplyDeleteRainbow catching, not as easy as it sounds, right? Nice detail.
ReplyDeleteCatching rainbows... it's clear he's already caught a heart. Or... is that the dark side of this story!!! (just thought of that possibility... eep!)
ReplyDelete(I guess my first comment never made it.)
ReplyDeleteI was just wondering though if the rainbow catchers might have a darker side... the possibility that the catcher was gathering the power of the health of all the people whose illnesses were escaping into the clouds, and that only the wealthy were able to pay enough to get back their health.
Very good. I agree with Paula about that last line. It's very effective.
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