History in the Making
“Do you think it will last?”
“What? The fireworks?”
“No, I was thinking about the country.”
She stepped closer to him while waiting for his reply.
“You shouldn’t worry about it so much. We pray and God is with us.”
“Will He always be?”
“You shouldn’t even think like that,” he scolded, his voice rough and his eyes darting around.
She looked at the child wrapped up in the quilt.
“I am … sorry. I worry for Alexander.”
“I know, but stop worrying. We will always be strong and safe. After all, it’s 1776 and we have come so far.”
Namaste,
Scott
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Very interesting take. I enjoy historical fiction though I have never tried writing it. I liked this a lot.
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Thanks for stopping by. I will check yours out too.
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i’m glad you wrote this because i was thinking of something similar but went “alien attack” instead. well done.
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Well, glad we covered the bases. I liked the “alien Attack”!
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i was going to write – and i should have written – about a guy in jail, watching, looking for paper, looking out again, then beginning “oh say, can you see…” that would have been much better than what i wrote. dangit.
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Rich, I really liked what you wrote. Don’t beat yourself up about it. I would not have thought of that idea with the frame of mind I was in and I was trying not to do horror, so I am glad you did.
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i always beat myself up. a little. then i get over it. usually. hard to say. then i talk too much. keep making comments. don’t know when to shut up. babbling on and on. ugh.
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🙂 Sound like me.
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Hi Scott,
Were you maybe named for Francis Scott Keys? Ha! That last line put it all in sharp context. Good one! Ron
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🙂
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Wow. Nice take on the pic. While I read the title for historical fiction but definitely didn’t think of Alexander and 1776 at all.
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Alexander may have been a poor choice of names for the time period. I don’t know there.
Scott
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nice ending. I wasn’t expecting it and liked it.
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I am glad. Thanks for stopping by.
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A wonderful historical fiction story. I like it.
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And look where you are now!
Must have been an incredible time for the “young country”. You told the tale very well, I enjoyed reading it
Dee
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Glad you like it. Thanks for stopping by.
Scott
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“It’s 1776, and we have come so far…” Makes me wonder how far we’ve come, here in 2013.
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I so agree.
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Ha! Loved the twist at the end. Nicely done.
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Thank you! And, thanks for stopping by.
Scott
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That was so clever, Scott 🙂
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I had a lot of fun with that one.
Thanks,
Scott
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Hi,
What a great idea bringing history into the present, very nicely written, and well thought out.
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Had fun with it. Thanks!
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Dear Scott,
An enjoyable piece that put me back in time. Well said in few words.
shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanks!
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Dear Scott,
This was a great piece that really put me in the time and place and meade me worry for your characters. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
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Thanks, Doug!
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Timely reminder. Enjoyed it.
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Scott,
Nice work…Makes you think if the distance traveled is just a circle or if we really are progressing forward.
Tom
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yes, doesn’t it?
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Scott,
Sometimes I think history is a pendulum. Not so much a circle just a seesawing of extremes.
Tom
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I think I could well agree with that.
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Nice Historical Fiction. We could be asking the same question today at times…
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My thoughts as I wrote it.
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good one, scott. brilliant idea to include history, makes it very real and makes the readers feel..
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Thanks! I enjoyed writing it.
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I really like this one. History in the making indeed, very well done
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Thanks!
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