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I want to tell you about a book that I wrote for part of 2010 and almost all of 2011. It is a story that I never expected to tell, and with less than five months until this book is be published, I am equal parts thrilled and terrified that I did tell it.
(Okay, that's kind of a lie. The thrill is definitely there, but the terror is much higher than 50 percent.)
As you can easily guess, the book I... read more »
(Okay, that's kind of a lie. The thrill is definitely there, but the terror is much higher than 50 percent.)
As you can easily guess, the book I... read more »
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Freefall
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Live Through This
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“Maybe it's like free-falling. You feel like you'd rather do anything than face it, but once you do it you realize it's the best feeling you've ever had.”
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
“I just love that feeling when things are about to change. Like when you know that in a few seconds you're going to do something and become someone else.”
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
“I don't know why, but I didn't want her to call me Dick anymore. It was feeling kind of fake. 'Maybe we should use our real names outside of class. Yours is Rosetta, right?'
'Yes. Rosetta Vaughn.'
'All right,' I said. 'Well, mine is - '
'Seth McCoy. I know.' She kind of wrapped her arms around herself like she was getting cold. 'I've known since February fourteenth, actually.'
She's memorized the date she found out my name? What the hell?
She laughed. 'Don't freak out! I only remember because it was Valentine's Day.'
As if that explained it. 'And why do you remember learning my name on Valentine's Day?'
'Kendall Eckman was running after you in the hall screaming, "Seth McCoy, if you don't buy a rose from me, I'll kill you!" She was doing that Valentine's drama club fundraiser. Remember?'
'Actually, yes.'
What I remembered was getting stoned with Isaac before school, and Kendall harshing my mellow the minute we walked in the door.
Rosetta was looking like there was more to this story. 'And after she kept asking, you bought a red one?'
'Right. And I passed it off to -' I'd been about to say 'some chick,' but with how intently she was watching me, I was getting a different idea. '-you, right?'
She extended her arm to pass me an imaginary rose in the same way I must have handed her a real one. Then she imitated the corny voice I must have used. 'Here, beautiful. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day.'
Oh, Christ. The stupid shit I said sometimes.”
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
'Yes. Rosetta Vaughn.'
'All right,' I said. 'Well, mine is - '
'Seth McCoy. I know.' She kind of wrapped her arms around herself like she was getting cold. 'I've known since February fourteenth, actually.'
She's memorized the date she found out my name? What the hell?
She laughed. 'Don't freak out! I only remember because it was Valentine's Day.'
As if that explained it. 'And why do you remember learning my name on Valentine's Day?'
'Kendall Eckman was running after you in the hall screaming, "Seth McCoy, if you don't buy a rose from me, I'll kill you!" She was doing that Valentine's drama club fundraiser. Remember?'
'Actually, yes.'
What I remembered was getting stoned with Isaac before school, and Kendall harshing my mellow the minute we walked in the door.
Rosetta was looking like there was more to this story. 'And after she kept asking, you bought a red one?'
'Right. And I passed it off to -' I'd been about to say 'some chick,' but with how intently she was watching me, I was getting a different idea. '-you, right?'
She extended her arm to pass me an imaginary rose in the same way I must have handed her a real one. Then she imitated the corny voice I must have used. 'Here, beautiful. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day.'
Oh, Christ. The stupid shit I said sometimes.”
― Mindi Scott, Freefall
“[A young adult novel] ends not with happily ever after, but at a new beginning, with the sense of a lot of life yet to be lived.”
― Richard Peck
― Richard Peck
“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
― Ernest Hemingway
― Ernest Hemingway
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell
― George Orwell
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Pamela wrote: "Hey Mindi...Thanks for accepting my friend request."You're welcome, Pamela! Thank you for making the request in the first place. :-)
Alexandra wrote: "OMG Mindi, the FREEFALL cover is SO fantastic!!!"Yay! I'm so glad you like it! :-)
Alexandra wrote: "Is that the picture you chose for your author pic? So pretty!"Thanks! I'm not sure if it will be the one on/in the book yet. (It won't be the one in the catalog.) But it is the one I'm using all over the interwebs, at least. :-)
Dani wrote: "Thanks for the add, I cant wait for Freefall! I love Magic-8 Balls! :)"Yay! I love Magic-8 Balls, too! :-)
Carmen wrote: "Thanks for friend-ing me. :) I'm looking forward to your novel coming out. "Thank you for friend-ing me! I very much appreciate your interest in my book! :-)
