by Wendel Potter from the August 30, 2021 issue
Tagline: As a recent widow, Desi finds her only solace painting pottery for her store...until handsome Sam arrives to fill her world with the color of love.
Stream of Consciousness Observations: For those of you who are new to my blog, sometimes instead of reading and then analyzing the story, I just type my reactions to the story as I read. To be honest, I often do this when I have several stories sitting in a pile and need to catch up. LOL However, never fear. I will still point out teaching moments if I find them.
- Hmm. I'm wondering what kind of store this is.
- Nice description of the setting.
- Desi has a dog. A dog can be a handy secondary character the hero/heroine can talk to, instead of talking to themselves.
- Oh, it's a summer-only store that her late husband gifted her. That's so sweet. However, I'm assuming she threw the pots herself, as well as painted them, but it's a little unclear.
- So, she's painting some extremely detailed scenes on her wares. It's not the type of pottery I was imagining. Maybe she's doing porcelain type pottery not regular clay.
- Desi is short for Desiree. That makes sense. All this time I was thinking Desi as in Desi Arnaz of I Love Lucy fame. LOL
- Aha! A coincidence. He just happens to be an air conditioner repairman and she is having problems with her A/C. The coincidence is a time-honored device in Woman's World stories.
- Nice...they barter the plate for the thermostat. I think bartering is something that should be brought back. It would certainly provide a little savings come tax time!
Photo by Francisco Anzola via Flickr Creative Commons License
2 comments:
Kate,
You brought up a lot of issues I didn't even think about when I read this story. As a reader I loved it, but as a writer, I totally understand your questions. Something writers need to think about. Thanks.
I enjoyed this story.
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