The Truth

Okay, I might as well admit it: An angel didn’t come down from heaven, touch me onna head, and say, “Go thou forth and WRITE!” Novel Reads asked me, and I told them how it really happened.

I found a copy of THE 10TH KINGDOM on VHS at the library book sale room and snatched it up. I knew I had read the novelization and I knew I had seen the show on television, and I was eager to share it with Mom. So we watched it, and the truth seems to be that I read the novelization but only thought I had seen the show. The book claims to have been written by Kathryn Wesley, but the truth is, it was co-written by Kristine Kathryn Rush and Dean Wesley Smith. THE 10TH KINGDOM novelization is MADE OF AWESOME — or so I remember.

Another truth is that my mother and I are now openly admitting our entertainer crushes. , who plays Wolf in THE 10TH KINGDOM, is one of our imaginary boyfriends. who plays Mayhem on the insurance commercials, is another one. If you have a couple of hours to kill, go to YouTube and look up Mayhem Commercials and enjoy. Truth is, they’re funnier than a lot of television shows. And Mayhem is cute, even all beat up, with a butterfly bandage in a different part of his face every time.

A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: Give a character an imaginary sweetheart.

MA