Welcome to Day 20 of the A-Z Challenge 2017. Who can believe there's one week left? The time is flying by. This month I'm sharing my "Black & White Snippets" - snapshots of some of the characters, places and concepts that populate my forthcoming YA dystopian trilogy, Black & White. There won't be a lot of details or spoilers - just short scenes and vignettes that give you a hint of the world I've created. Today, it's T for Tindleson.
Tindleson
liked these kids. He hadn’t thought about them for a long time, but he was glad
they were more questioning of things than most of their peers. Just because the
circumstances of their birth were out of the norm, didn’t mean that was
guaranteed.
In
fact, they were doing things he’d only dreamed of doing, and for that, he had
100% admiration.
Sound like a feisty lot! Hopefully they change the things their previous generations couldn't.
ReplyDeleteI admire the kids too. They are creating room for optimism with their courageous prudence.
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Best wishes
Moon
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Hi Nick - I wonder if there's more to the kids than Tindleson has taken into account .. interesting - cheers Hilary
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Glad that he is cent percent happy in what he does.
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In fact, they were doing things
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for that, he had 100% admiration.
Obviously, he has great confidence in the kids.They appeared to have been good kids anyway!
Hank
Good for the kiddos. And good for Tindleson for admiring them rather than be envious for doing things he only dreamed of.
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Can't tell much about him with the snippet, but he sounds like a nice guy.
ReplyDeleteWhat's so different about these kids, I wonder? Happy A-to-Z-ing.
ReplyDeletePerhaps Tindleson needs to live a little and start questioning a few things himself.
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I'm really enjoying this. Well done!
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I can't believe it's the last week either! Feels like this month was never going to end... :-P
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Maybe I'm just too much of a fan of twists/dark endings, but that single commentary makes me worry about what those kids are actually doing.
ReplyDeleteHi Nick, Tindleson sounds interesting and kind in this glance into him. He appears to care about the extraordinary kids. Hopefully they will not have to later find a way to escape from him.
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One of my folktale motifs this year was "great men take time to play with children." Fitting :)
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Never heard the name Tindleson, though I used to know a guy named Tilson which I thought was an unusual name at the time.
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Oh, lovely. A good guy? For the moment, at least.
ReplyDeleteAnd just what makes these kids so amazing?
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There's clearly something quite special about the little ones!
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Questioning is always a good thing, I sense hope for the next generation!
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Tindleson is quite a name. How did you choose it? I've never heard it before.
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Now I wonder what they were doing. Good lead in.
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