Using the Tritest Opening Yet

by Betsy Ashton

Betsy Ashton, born in Washington, DC, was raised in Southern California where she ran wild with coyotes in the hills above Malibu. She protested the war in Vietnam, burned her bra for feminism, and is a steadfast Independent. She is a writer, a thinker, the mother of three grown stepchildren, companion and friend. She mentors writers and writes and publishes fiction. Her first mystery, Mad Max Unintended Consequences, was published in February 2013. The second in the series, Uncharted Territory, A Mad Max Mystery, came out in April 2015. In her spare time, she is the president of the state-wide Virginia Writers Club. She loves riding behind her husband on his motorcycle. You’ll have to decide for yourself if and where she has a tattoo.

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November 5, 2009

I have always wanted to use the oldest and tritest line to open a story. And I got my chance to do so in last week’s Laker Weekly.

“It really was a dark and stormy night when I joined my friend Karen Wrigley of Hardy and seven others for ghost hunting at Avenel, an historic museum home in Bedford.”

Yup, stole Bulwer-Lytton’s line and used it in print. I couldn’t help myself! Will somebody stop me!!!

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4 Comments

  1. Clementine
    Clementine on November 5, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    LOL! You and Becky are two peas in pod.

  2. Becky Mushko
    Becky Mushko on November 6, 2009 at 2:55 am

    I wouldn't dream of stopping you! You're on a roll, here. Now let's see what you can do with the famous Dickens' line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

  3. Betsy Ashton
    Betsy Ashton on November 6, 2009 at 1:33 pm

    ROTF

    Oh, Becky threw down a serious challenge. I have another one too: “his hand crept slowly up her thigh.”

    Something tells me that won't fly in a family paper, though. Maybe I'll save it for fiction.

  4. Sally Roseveare
    Sally Roseveare on November 7, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    I loved your first line! Becky's right–you're on a roll.