h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

An interesting witty story, Carol.

You have a lot of references to things British that I don't know anything about, but I understand the wit of your story.

Have you ever made cherry cake?

Thanks Viveann - glad you liked the story.
Yes I have made many cherry cakes - and it is true if you wash the goo of glace cherries (a much more hygienic way to go about it!) they do not sink to the bottom!

I am sure if you read more English books you will come to understand the references. I have read hundreds of American authors in my time and eventually the unfamiliar bccomes as commonplace as our own brand of the English language.

Carole

My name is Leiann. You can call me Leiann, if you like.



I invented the name ViveAnn because my own name also has a unique spelling to a common name. The name "Leiann" is commonly spelled as "Leanne", or "Liane", or "Lee-ann". I think that my name accurately describes me because I am common but with a unique touch (you can call this attribute my individuality, and yet I have met clones of myself).

***I will, later on in this message, talk about your Cherry Cake story and your revealed recipe to have the cherries not sink. ***

I decided to take the name Vivian, and make that common name different with a different spelling but with the same root meaning. So, Vivian has the word "Vive" in it, which means "LIVE" or also "Life".
I decided to write ViveAnn to mean "Live Ann" or if written as "Annvive" the name will mean (without the two Ns) "Alive". I created ViveAnn to reflect Leiann because the character is a reflection of myself.

Hmmm... I like the name "Annvive". Well, names, people and stories change. I think that I should use "Annvive" instead of ViveAnn.

Well, I am 24 and I am continually revising how my life will achieve my goals and what this particular story that I write will look like and achieve as its goals.

Also, I have two other stories to write: One is based on my Uncle Dorian's idea that the 1958 black/and/white Hollywood film called "The Day the Earth Stood Still" is REALLY the 2nd coming of Jesus Christ. And (2nd) I will be writing a story about Chickadees and Magpies feuding with each other (but a reconciliation is the happy ending).

You wrote about a Mummy and a Cherry Cake -- to an extent you revealed your own perception and life by these stories that you wrote. So, I also put a fictional character in an imagined story, however, I get discouraged and think that creative writing and this story is a silly affair. Hmmm, but then I want to show my perception and describe good and reprehensible characters that I've met so far.

Have you ever asked yourself what is the point of writing? I do mean creative writing, and not reporting.

I asked myself what is the point of Expressing the Imagination. I know that people will appreciate or not appreciate your Expression (whether you admit it or not) of Yourself in your Creative Writing. I simply don't want to be rejected and I wish to have my stories be appreciated as good stories. However, I know that creative writing (*and reporting the truth*) is an act of bravery. You have to be brave because there will be some people who won't like what you write because the genre, either science fiction (for instance) or the truth, that you write will not be understood nor appreciated by them.

Well, I LIKE your story "The Cherry Cake". Also, I now know how to make a Cherry Cake without the cherries sinking to the bottom.

You should make "The Cherry Cake" a series. I would like to read what happens when Pearson-Smythe wakes up from her spell of fainting.

Dear Leiann (I will call you by your real name then )

Thanks for your message and I am glad you liked the story. I think you are saying what is the point of writing stories - but, of course, we all like to read - where would we be without Stephen King? Somerset Maugham, etc. etc.

My stories I know are trivial compared to such writers but people do seems to like them - The Cherry Cake was one which won a competition here in England and the prize was £1,000 (I used that to get tickets to Australia to see my son).

I am glad you liked the story - I must say I had not thought of extending it and cannot imagine what would happen when Mrs. P-S regains consciousness! I will give it some thought!

I do have plans for longer works (a novel perhaps one day! I have started several but never managed to finish them).

Best wishes Carole

PS I wish I was 24 again with as many ideas as you have - I might be famous by now!

Carole, please write a series to your Cherry Cake story. I would read it. I think your writing has a light touch that is humourous.

You should consider expanding your Cherry Cake story. Well, think:

You've already won a 1000 POUND prize for it. Roughly, $3000 dollars (or you can correct me if I am wrong). So you have an incentive because you already got approval and a good review.

Also, once you expand your Cherry Cake story into an episode or so more, you will probably think "Hmmm, I could do even more with this story" and you would then make your story into something You Never Thought could happen if you've never considered expanding it.

My writing has lots of humour in it, but I must make it more apparent above the themes of "darkness" in my stories. I have had difficult times, and I write based on my experience and my perception of the difficulties in the world. I have a wicked sense of humour and I laugh at the ridiculousness of situations to lighten heavy moods. This humour is what I really want to show in my writing along with the seriousness of its themes.