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All seventeen-year-old Jazz Fischer wanted for graduation was a ticket, for one, to England. It was a battle convincing her father, but she did it, and now she is on her own in Jolly Old.
And she's just been hit by a motorcycle. She’s hurt, but David, the man who was hit with her, cannot walk. It’s up to Jazz to find help for them both. Luckily, there is a house not far down the road.
It’s hardly Jazz’s fault that the people who live there think she’s their daughter. Nor is it her fault that David disappears, or that the police think she’s made the whole thing up.
What is her fault, however, is what happens to her cousin. And when Jazz's father decides it's time to come clean about something that's been kept from her for years, everything disintegrates.
A holiday in England seemed the perfect way to practise being grown up. But for Jazz, practise is over. Something is coming.
Can't you feel it?
And she's just been hit by a motorcycle. She’s hurt, but David, the man who was hit with her, cannot walk. It’s up to Jazz to find help for them both. Luckily, there is a house not far down the road.
It’s hardly Jazz’s fault that the people who live there think she’s their daughter. Nor is it her fault that David disappears, or that the police think she’s made the whole thing up.
What is her fault, however, is what happens to her cousin. And when Jazz's father decides it's time to come clean about something that's been kept from her for years, everything disintegrates.
A holiday in England seemed the perfect way to practise being grown up. But for Jazz, practise is over. Something is coming.
Can't you feel it?
237 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2012
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J.S. Veter
15 books10 followersHaving tried and failed to write 'normally', Jessica embraced failure and went on writing SF/F. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Luna Station Quarterly, New Realm Magazine, Thunder on the Battlefield: Sword (Seventh Star Press) and on CBC's The Vinyl Cafe. Jessica is the author of three novels, none of which take place in the 'real' world. She has no idea why her mind works like this.
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June 27, 2012
Much of this book was written during the winter of 2010, sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace as it was the only warm spot in the house. It went through 7 drafts before I realized it was finished in the spring of 2012.
GATEWAY began as a dream I had a long time ago; I woke with a feeling, only that, and I kept that feeling in my heart as I wrote. Jazz and David told the rest of the story themselves. I submitted the first chapter to Paula B. at The Writing Show podcast far her slush pile series, and her kind words kept me going through the revisions. Also, her comments helped me cement the themes of the work and bring it all together. Thank you.
I give it 4 stars as some of my best writing is in here, but there is always room for improvement.
GATEWAY began as a dream I had a long time ago; I woke with a feeling, only that, and I kept that feeling in my heart as I wrote. Jazz and David told the rest of the story themselves. I submitted the first chapter to Paula B. at The Writing Show podcast far her slush pile series, and her kind words kept me going through the revisions. Also, her comments helped me cement the themes of the work and bring it all together. Thank you.
I give it 4 stars as some of my best writing is in here, but there is always room for improvement.
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