Episode 7
A short riff today. A mere 270 words…
After Bumblebore magically cleared the table of detritus, Harry went off to find the boozehound something to drink. Next to a Scarf and Barf he found a Three Broomsticks Express and ordered two butterbeers.
He carried them back to the table and put one in front of the wizened wizard. “Okay, speak,” he said.
Bumblebore picked up the flagon of flavor and downed half of it with one big gulp.
“Thank you my boy.” He wiped foam from his face with an iffy sleeve. “Where were we?”
“The Horcrux, you mangy magician.” Harry twirled his wand like a light saber.
Bumblebore downed the dregs of his buterbeer. “Uh…huh. Horcrux, Horcrux…hmmm, I seem to have a faulty memory.”
“Oh, okay,” sighed Harry despondently. “I’ll get you another butter beer you olde boozehound.”
“Who you calling a boozehound?” retorted the red nosed wizard.
Harry came back with the drink and set it on the table. All the butter beers had magically emptied.
“Now,” Harry growled menacingly. “Horcruxii or I’m reporting you to AA.”
“Amalgamated Alchemists? I doubt they’ll do much.”
“Horcruxes!!!!!”
“Horcruxii, are a portion of a magical person’s sole.”
Bumblebore sipped contentedly at his drink while wondering if he could get Harry to buy him something stronger like a Sloe Gin Fizz or Long Island Iced Tea. He might be able to con a tea out of the little weenie if Harry thought it didn’t contain booze.
“When a wizard does something bad, like jaywalking, a piece of the sole is torn away and can be placed in a container. Making the wizard, as it were, immortal…if he or she can remember his or her shoe size.”
To be continued…
Nullius in Verba 
Cannot wait to see where you go with the “sole” bit.
“I’m a sole man”
I’m thinking it’s to be sole survivor.
What’s a weenie?
I’ve come across ‘weenie roasts’, mention of which always creases an English audience up, for some reason.
I’m tut-tutting about the 270 words. JKR made each book, except the sixth, longer than the one before, an example I feel you should emulate in your posts.
You cannot flag at this stage.
More about Hermione! And some sinister stuff about Count Warl de Mart and his pet snake. And where are the Malfoys? Draco has a big following in fanfiction, where he leads an alternative life as a teenage girls’ fantasy figure…
Hey Norm,
What do I get if I’m your tenth visitor?
A weenie, according to the American Heritage Dictionary is a person, especially a man, who is regarded as being weak and ineffectual.
Weenie is also a: wiener, frankfurter or hot dog. So a weenie roast is ripe for double entendre.
I gladly accept all suggestions and reserve the right to continue wherever this thing goes.
I’m flattered that you think I have ANY idea where this is going. It’s just an exercise, after all.
Since these are my 15 minute exercises, I’m limiting them to person vs person, person vs setting, and person vs self.
Like JKR, we’re in the expository but maybe once that’s done Weasel and Ms HG will have a scene.
10th visitor? I think that etiquette rules state that the 10th visitor is sprinkled with confetti made from virtual paper.
Continuity for Harry Splutter? Pish and tosh!
Darn.
Missed the confetti.
Draco has a big following in fanfiction, where he leads an alternative life as a teenage girls’ fantasy figure…
Lexi,
It’s just a tad disturbing that you know this sort of thing.
But then I think we all need to have disturbing aspects or we have no chance as writers.
This of course means that Norm has a terrific career ahead of him.
I am envious.
But I’m working on catching up.
I’ve found the perfect music to write by: Coleman Hawkins’ iconic take on “Body and Sole”.
I like the Barnes and Noble podcasts of Meet the Writers. Steve Bertrand often asks what music the authors write to. Lots of them say they listen to hard charging stuff when writing hard charging stuff.
Me? The only music that I can write to is Baroque. Lyrics distract me.
“This of course means that Norm has a terrific career ahead of him.”
You too. I’ve seen your racket. And your shirt…palm trees below the belt. You’re a rebel without a frond (showing).
Mr. Konrath is very big on creating a MySpace account. He mentions it in his article in Writers’ Digest and on the link you have on your site.
I’ve started the process, but not sure what I’m going to do with it.
Has anyone chatted about this on YWO that I haven’t seen?
Not that I’m aware of.I defer to you. You’re the senior member. Though YWO I joined in Aug 2006, I didn’t join in the message board until March of this year.
It seems the idea of a MySpace page is to develop a tipping point from a community of readers.
If you’re not around on Tuesday, I can ask if anyone is using MySpace or Facebook.
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2006/12/myspace-redux.html
Konrath has an index to his blog. He talks about how to make a MySpace page work. See the link above.
Timber. Stop chatting there and get on with the next installment. It’s hilarious.
Ms. Cake (It is Ms., isn’t it?)
is right. Write.