- Jun 5, 2020
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I wrote this novelette, The Dead Priest’s Dagger, for a writing prompt. I part of a Writing group called The Write Connection at our local library. We met once a month for several years at least till Covid-19 made this impossible. During one of these meetings our leader gave us each a chance to name a item, person or season. In the end we came up with the following list (as best I remember them):
- Cassandra Gianchi
- A disheveled man wearing ragged or unkempt clothing
- A museum
- Archaeology
- A mouse
- A cat or dog
- Sometimes in the spring or fall
- A cliff hanger
I was the only one who used this prompt and Chapter 1 of this novelette was what I brought in. Everyone I read that chapter to wanted to know what happened to Cassandra and what Albert would do with his three pets to solve the case.
Of course I made each chapter end with a cliff hanger at least to the end, so one chapter led to the next and the next and before I knew it I’d written my first novelette. This is the origin of this story. I hope those here will enjoy this as much as those in our writing group did.
The Dead Priest’s Dagger, a novelette in PDF:
- Cassandra Gianchi
- A disheveled man wearing ragged or unkempt clothing
- A museum
- Archaeology
- A mouse
- A cat or dog
- Sometimes in the spring or fall
- A cliff hanger
I was the only one who used this prompt and Chapter 1 of this novelette was what I brought in. Everyone I read that chapter to wanted to know what happened to Cassandra and what Albert would do with his three pets to solve the case.
Of course I made each chapter end with a cliff hanger at least to the end, so one chapter led to the next and the next and before I knew it I’d written my first novelette. This is the origin of this story. I hope those here will enjoy this as much as those in our writing group did.
The Dead Priest’s Dagger, a novelette in PDF:
