Gena Showalter
Playing With Fire (tales of an extra ordinary girl)
To Margo Lipschultz-who helped make this book better than I ever could have dreamed.
To Diana Peterfreund (aka Brainstorm) and the League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen (Dedicata, Secret Narration Girl, Themia, Chaptera, Agentextradinara, Blog Girl-who wields the Sword of Buzzsteria-and Comedia). This mighty team braves the wilds of Procrast Nation, constantly fighting against the evil Blank Page, Fickle Muse and Lord Lexicon, who taunts us with wrong word choices. To all of you: Novelique salutes you.
Ordinary-adj [ME ordinaire, fr. L ordinarius, fr. ordin-, ordo order] 1: of a kind to be expected in the normal order of events: ROUTINE, USUAL. 2a: of common quality, rank, or ability. 2b: deficient in quality: POOR, INFERIOR. 2c: lacking in refinement. 3: Belle Jamison.
Résumé of Belle Jamison
(First Draft)OBJECTIVE:
To find an exciting, exhilarating career with the opportunity for advancement and a low rate of employee dismissals
EXPERIENCE:
•Five years Remmie’s Steak House-waitress
•Four and a half years Holiday Escape-maid
•May 18th-May 29th Harrison and Co. Books-dust patrol
•June 2nd-June 20th Kimberly Dolls-assembly line (heads)
•June 25th-July 3rd Rizzo’s Grocery-cleanup, aisle 5
•July 19th-August 1st Hot House Flowers-funeral arrangement specialist
•August 11th-August 13th Professional clown (independent contractor)
•September 5th-September 30th Cutter’s Gym-towel girl
•October 18th-October 31st Wisteria Elementary School -bus driver
•November 3rd-November 9th Donte Aeronautics-nuts and bolts finder