Character Sketch

The Turtle
The unusual stone, warmed by the sun slowly stretches out scaled limbs and scoots itself like a reptilian penguin to the end of the log. Like a drunk on a barstool the turtle falls into the lake and swims like a damaged alien submarine to the bottom. One on the bottom he lays on the bottom in a near perfect disguise like a mine ready to destroy and submarine unfortunate enough to go by. In several minutes a small bass swims across a round segmented piece of basalt. A flash of movement and a cloud of blood. The fish is nowhere to be seen. The turtle slowly swims to the surface, and just as clumsily as before, he climbs back onto the log.

Impulse Dialogue

That swim meet was awesome, said Max to Sean.
I know, I can’t believe we won, said Sean with a huge grin on his face.
Happily Max said, the relay at the end was the craziest… what are we listening to.
Sorry, said Sean, this is what my girlfriend listens to. I know I sound weird but I am starting to kind of like country music. It’s getting fuzzy, you can change it if you want to.
Quickly Max changed it to the reggae station as he said, I can’t believe you would choose fuzzy country over amazing reggae.
After a short pause Sean complained, I’m hungry, do you want to get some food?
Denny’s is open, offered max, let’s stop there.
Sean jokingly said, you need a girlfriend.
I know said max, what’s the deal?
There is your sister. He continued thoughtfully.
No way man, said Sean angrily as Max laughed. That’s not funny.
They had arrived at Denny’s and had just sat down when Sean asked max, what should I get?
I don’t know said Max... I am going these two as he pointed to the two largest things on the menu..
That’s ridiculous, said Sean with a sigh.
I’m starving explained max, you know I eat like a wolverine after swim meets.
You always eat like a wolverine laughed Sean.
After the old decomposing waiter came and left Sean Joked, She was kind of cute, why don’t you ask her out?
That’s disgusting said max, not during dinner.

First Story First Page

I have conquered. That is what Mike thought as he left the navy base and hopped into his new hummer 1. He had just finished his training as a Navy S.E.A.L. and was scheduled to begin after a 4 week break. he had finished in the top of his class and he was held in very high regard by his fellow soldiers along with his leaders.

Mike was so well respected because he was so successful after his troubled past. Mike's first memories were in a foster home. He didn’t know but he was only in there so that Maurice, the 60-something year old cat lady could collect money from the government. she was the kind of lady who cared about any one of her seven cats more than she cared about all of her 3 foster children, of whom 2 had mental disabilities and the other,Mike, was forced to appear mentally challenged because that earned more money from uncle Sam. Maurice used the extra money for the cats monthly appointments with the Petsmart animal groomer.

Mike stayed with Maurice until Mike was old enough for Elementery school. She had to give him away at that age because it became to much work to convince the government that Mike was mentally challenged. It wasn’t too much of a problem for maurice because there are always foster children who need a home and she was able to find one within the next 2 months and the cats were quickly able to return to her favorite groomer.