When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Mindy said, “I forgot to pick up the baking powder. Mimil, can you get a packet from that shelf over there?”

“Sure,” Miranda said, knowing her mom was trying to send her away.

Once Miranda was out of earshot, Mindy turned to Edith. “I mentioned this morning that I’m still thinking about it.”

“Still thinking? I brought this up three months ago. You said you’d consider it, and I’ve given you time, but now it’s been months and you still haven’t given me a clear answer.”

Mindy frowned. “We’ve worked together for years. You know I write short to mid–length suspense thriller novels, about 200,000 to 300,000 words. Now you want me to switch to writing web novels, which just doesn’t fit my style!”

“But aren’t they all novels? How can they not fit? Literature is universal; there’s no such thing as a mismatch!” Edith’s tone became more serious, and her smile disappeared.

often over a million words. Second, genres like urban romance and rich–guy dramas aren’t my specialty. How am I supposed

Green Fruit‘ enough of a lesson? You told me to change

young adult novel that got

your reputation and that you’ve had a tough time since, even

why are you

Edith said calmly. “The Green Fruit‘ didn’t do well because you took too long to finish it. By

not fair to put all the blame on me, right? You have some responsibility too, and so do

wrong.”

genre Edith was suggesting. Her ideas often felt all over the place, making it hard to

always popular online. It doesn’t matter if you write fast or slow. I promise we won’t have

is interesting, but the story gets weaker

for