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Margaret Lukas
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River People
Literature & Fiction
Author Insight
Images In My Work
#WritingCommunity #BQBPublishing. When writing, I make extensive notes even on single images. Cleaning, I found these on the snow dress: "Bridget wondered, had the dress been to warn her of today? Was the future so much a part of today pieces of tomorrow—if one dared look—had already arrived? * Silent and empty, the dress shouted. Bridget sucked in a deep breath, wanting the story of the dress, and yet, it might be only snow. Cold vapor. Nothing. * It danced for her, came close. The way the owl had landed close and stared at her. Only a moment, before the bird lifted on great wings, but its visit left her touched. * Effie would think her foolish, and the thought made Bridget wish for Grandma Teegan. Grandma Teegan might not have an answer, but her face would soften, and she’d understand something had happened." Several long paragraphs on these ideas were condensed into a few words. The snow dress feels like an entirely new piece of writing seeking its own place, perhaps in memoir.
Book Excerpt
River People
Jake was nowhere to be seen, but she prayed he’d spent the storm in the trees, seeking what shelter he could. She’d return the pail, rewrapped her stinging toes, and go look for him. Stepping from the trees, a wide whirl of snow like a summer dust devil lifted off the frozen river. The shape, thin and empty, looked like Effie’s white underslip. The bit of ghost clothing danced onto the shore. Bridget stood fixed as it waltzed a few feet more before stopping and falling away. Was it an omen? If Grandma Teegan were there, she’d know. Would she say shadows around bodies aren’t the only warnings?
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