I’m approximately 75% finished with a short story called The Covet. And since I so much enjoy adding history, especially personal history to my stories, The Covet also follows this format.

My great-grandmother  lived to be 99 years old. During that time, she outlived three husbands. The third one was the one I grew up knowing, the one I can still picture in my mind out in their yard with the chickens. What I can’t see are images of his first wife, my great-grandmother’s sister. It turns out that my great-grandmother’s sister was diagnosed with a terminal illness some time after their marriage. She requested that my great-grandmother come stay with them, which she did. It is my understanding (through various family stories) that her sister/my great-great aunt wanted my great-grandmother to care for her husband after her death, which she also did. And that (if you are actually able to follow it) is the story I chose to build on…except in the short story both women wind up dead, and the husband has to explain what happened.

Pearls and a Blue Car – great-grandma

You like the pearls, right. And the pin, placed high up on the shoulder, we just don’t do that anymore. I wish I had a better picture of the car. Maybe I can add the car to the story.

One man…many names

Now that I’ve written that I’m 75% done, I’ll set a goal to have The Covet published by September. Besides, it’s only a short story. I really should be able to accomplish that. Yes?