I'm fascinated by truisms, aspects of the fiction writer's life that make their way to the story. Here's another of mine. Our last couple years of HS, my friends and I worked late nights cleaning up at the #publiclibrary and nearby senior center. We did a fair amount of cleaning in between a ton of horsing around and talking about girls 😍. Those nights in many ways shaped who I am today, the writing a minor side effect from days spent in such close proximity to books. #bublishme #bookexcerpt #KoPPM https://www.bublish.com/bubble/stream/12930 ___________________________________________ Trajan didn't mind the work. It gave him something to do with his spare time. He especially liked the vacuuming. The vacuum was like a bloodhound, head down, sniffing out hidden grime. The low-pile textured carpet was chosen to hide visible signs of dirt. But direct the vacuum along the right path, and you were rewarded by the sound of a million loose particles finding a home deep inside the vacuum cleaner bag. The thick, push-broom fiber mat lining the entryway told a buried tale of all that had transpired in the library on any given day: who had paid a visit and in what numbers, what the weather had done outside. On sunny days, the vacuum cleaner unearthed little more than light dust picked up on the walk from the gravel parking lot. Come wintertime, Bloodhound got his fill on the sand and coarse salt left over after each snowstorm. It took two whole weeks vacuuming the same spot for the rush of loose granules to subside. A tough stretch of winter barely left two days in between storms, keeping Trajan and his trusted sidekick on heavy patrol. ___________________________________________ #igwriters #writersofig #writersofinstagram #bibliophile #readsoullit 📚 (at Otis Library)
