If being mundane is a superpower, Andy Dawson deserves a cape.
Andy’s younger sister Amy is a self-proclaimed phenomenon. She was a spelling bee champion at the age of five. She never needed training wheels on her bike. She has the ability to turn strawberry yogurt into chocolate mousse (albeit it takes fifteen minutes and a trip to the nearest Wal-Mart).
Andy is sixteen years old and doesn’t know how to use a washing machine. The only thing he excels at is typing. The time he’s ever been close to female genitalia was during his birth. His only friend is never seen without a fedora. And to top it all off, he’s constantly outshined by his nine-year-old sister.
Andy always believed he’d be nothing more than an average Joe. Andy was, in fact, correct.
I have a picture to use for the cover [though Bevey is welcome to make a few if she wants. *wink wink nudge nudge*]
I just need a title! I'm looking for something deep, and I'd like the last word to be "normal" or "ordinary" or something. [I sound like an ad in the personals. :]
Any help, Beve? :D
Hmm...
ReplyDelete"The Ordinary Life of Andy Dawson" sounds too...well, ordinary.
"The Art of Being Normal"?
"Because I Am Ordinary"? <-- sounds too much like "Because I Am Furniture". Great book, BTW.
IDK. Sorry. :(
The Art of Mundane?
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Ah well.
Now I need to change Andy's name. How do you feel about...
Jeff?
Jase/Jace [yes, from The Importance of Getting Revenge]
Chase
Matt
NATE :D
Scott [is this not the most normal name out there?]
Steve [now that is normal]
Frank [ew]
Ernie!
Erm, I don't know.
The Art of the Mundane.
ReplyDeleteRichard. Eric. Wesley. Greg. Boyd. Tim. Kevin. Raymond. Adam. Chris. Vince. Bryce. Arthur. Robert. Caleb. Alvin. Steven. Stephen. Michael. Justin. Dustin. Frank. Taylor. Dylan. Jerry. Alex. George. Fred. Ron. (yeah, I'm naming Harry Pottee characters now,) Thomas. Garrett.
I don't think I can use Taylor because my best friend's name is Taylor.
ReplyDeleteAnd she's a she.
OMG though, I totally remembered, I was planning on using Caleb, but I forgot!
Beve, you're uh-may-zing.
Okay the " I totally remembered, I was planning on using Caleb, but I forgot!" doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteBut you get it.
Don't you?
Sure, sure.
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