Hi everyone! Back with a one-shot, this time another song. Hope you enjoy!
These are the guest review responses for my one-shot Accents of Teal. Thanks to all those who Followed and Favorited it! You all gave me a wonderful welcome back into the fanfic world!
light-and-Shadows-Mist-and-ice: Thanks, and thanks!
Guest: *blushes*
Linh Song: Thanks for the virtual fave! They mean as much as real faves!
Strawberryair: I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT! I'm glad you like my writing, and I'm not giving up on my WIPs, I just need some time. You don't sound creepy at all!
You were at the Richmond event?! I wish we could have known each other then, but hey maybe there will be another east coast event we can meet up for some day!
Smiles: Friend! Hi! Oh my goodness, you leave the best epistles! I'm so glad someone else geeked out over the signing thing! And I'm glad the ending wasn't too abrupt.
Yes, I play the piano and sing in a choir and I teach little kids and it's my life calling! Aww, you're making me blush. God gives me the strength to do it all, and he's blessed me with my dream jobs! And I will always write. :)
UPDATE:
Due to a complaint, the format is now sung lines in normal font, spoken lines in italics. Shannon's lines are off to the side to visually allude to the conversation going on.
What do you do when you have a fanbase;
What do you do when you're cast aside?
So many people love and want you
So many times you're left behind!
What do you do when it's clear to you
That all your hopes and theirs have been denied…
You're not s'posed to mind.
Do I fade back in the woodwork,
Back to my life from long ago?
Or do I die in a blaze of glory-
Are those my only choices though?
Oh!
What's the deal,
Why do I feel
That I've outlived my usefulness so?
What do you do when your author
Won't even try to put you on a cover?
Dex!
Shannon… have you been avoiding me?
Not at all! Why would you ask that?
Shannon always said she loves all her children the same.
The truth? She plays favorites.
She won't bother show my face,
It's time I had a bigger role,
Time I took my rightful place.
Well, It's just that I haven't been on a cover since book one, and I'm starting to feel unwanted.
That's not true! It's just that you haven't really been in the climaxes.
And why not? Because you hate me?
No! I just see you as more of a…
Background character?
…sidekick.
What?!
I've been here since chapter sixteen,
I've been everything you ever asked me to be!
And for what?
I'll never have a big flashy part
As long as I'm last in your cold author's heart!
And I'll do anything,
I don't care if you have to rewrite till you drop-
It doesn't pay to be a sidekick, a sidekick, a backstop!
It's clear you see me as a seventh wheel,
But if you'd read your own books they'd reveal
That without what I did,
There would be no plot at all!