Blank

by Zibby Owens

Google Drive is even worse than Google Docs. Maybe my Google Drive got into a car accident. It got lost. It got its driver’s license revoked.

Hahaha!

Clearly indulgences like this would have to end soon if I didn’t hand in my book; I could redeploy the family food budget and not have to ask Ethan for more?

Is it normal to have to ask your husband for food money???

Publishing a blank novel would be a commentary on the literary world. I could say that I was addressing the reader’s almost nonexistent attention span.

Stupidest idea ever. Insulting.

Just walking into a bookstore is overwhelming—not to mention scrolling through websites—and selecting a book is close to impossible.

100% FALSE

I paused at the eight-way intersection. How did anyone know when to go? I waited until the Bentley behind me honked. Ah, my turn!