Conversation with the six-year-old tonight

3 Comments Published by Deanna Hoak August 15th, 2009 in blog

“Mom, can I do an experiment to turn myself into a monster?”
“For how long?”
“Forever.”
“No.”
“How about two hours?”
“What kind of a monster?”
“A T-Rex!”
“No, you’d eat us!”
“How about a skeleton?”
“Ehhh…”
“A giant foot?”
“Okay. For two hours. But don’t stomp on us!”

One of the fun times to be a mom. :-)

3 Responses to “Conversation with the six-year-old tonight”

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1 Chris Billett Sep 4th, 2009 at 10:57 am

Commenting ‘cos I can… I hope.
2 Robin Spriggs Oct 14th, 2009 at 12:43 pm

This entry, as is, makes an excellent prose poem. Well done!
3 Deanna Hoak Oct 14th, 2009 at 5:51 pm

Thanks, Robin! Glad you enjoyed it. He’s got a great imagination. :)

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Deanna I'm a freelance copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. SF/F novels I have copyedited have been finalists for (and have sometimes won) the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Endeavour, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I became the first and only copyeditor ever short-listed for a World Fantasy Award.

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