Setup for this snippet: WIP from Heart and Soul. This is a snippet from my new 'rock star romance' that I'm working on. It's in the very early stages.
Last week: Rowan is on her computer and pulled up an old photo of a couple.
This is Rowan's POV.
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They stood in front of a banner with the words scrawled in florescent bright colors: Welcome 1983! Happy New Year!
She was fascinated with old photos. It was like a free ticket to the past for a glimpse of another life. She came across this particular photo in an antique shop in Orange, California. It was one of many in the photo album long forgotten. She realized people were prone to dump photos without a thought, especially if they no longer knew whom the people were smiling back at them. The visual record of the person's life ceased to be important. The thought of it made her cringe to think even her moments captured on film would one day vanish as if she had never existed.
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About Heart and Soul...
80s rock star, Haley Rose went missing without a trace on October 31 1988 and was eventually presumed dead. Three decades later, a thirty-year old woman, Rowan Beckett recalls things only Haley Rose would know and she can belt out songs in the same fashion as the missing 80s star. However, Rowan couldn't be the missing rock star since the woman would now be in her fifties. Could Haley Rose have came back reincarnated as Rowan Beckett?
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That’s so very true. I try to write on the backs of my images, but in the digital age things get a bit more difficult. Great snippet, Karen. 🙂
That is so true. I hardly print any of my photos anymore.
Excellent way to show us an intimation of immortality. And yet . . . when I look at old family photos of people I never or hardly knew, going back over 100 years on my Dad’s side, those people in funny clothes do linger with a tiny bit of life. It’s not exactly immortality, but perhaps an extended life?
Ed,
So very true.
We have boxes of old photos.
But, does she know the couple in the photo?
Aurora,
You’ll soon find out.
Beautifully written snippet!
Amy,
Thank you. 🙂
Very cool snippet and so true about old photos. I’m always sad when I see them at a thrift store. I have a few from the late 1800’s from my own family and no one has a clue who they were or what they meant to my great-grandmother (they were found in her desk). Enjoyed the snippet…
Veronica,
So glad you enjoyed the snippet. It’s so important to write on the back of those photos. I’ve recently started my family tree. I love the old photos that I’ve found.
Such a poignant truth! Good for her for breathing life into those old memories . . . but getting possessed by them, maybe not such a good idea!
Nancy,
Good points. 🙂
What a fascinating snippet – and so true. I always used to write names and dates on the backs of photos – now I very rarely even print them off.
Hywela,
I rarely do too.
I found a random photo from 1966 tucked into a used book today. I hadn’t thought about the memories being lost, but it is sad.
Wow … so true and so beautifully put into words. Great snippet !
So sad that the people in the photos are forgotten. We, too, have photos of people from long, long ago. They must be relatives and we have no clue who they are. Good job on this scene. it’s one we all can identify with.