My book

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I love books, I’ve always got one on the go. A while ago John, a friend of mine asked me why I didn’t write one myself. It seemed a great idea at the time, but I’m finding it more difficult than I thought.

John’s an interesting person so unbeknown to him, he’s become my main character. I need to come up with something to spice the story up a bit, so I asked him if he had any ideas I could use.

He said he likes books in which the hero gets unexpectedly murdered towards the end.

I thought that was a great idea, however he might regret coming up with it – I forgot to tell him my book’s an autobiography!

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Thanks to Sadje for hosting What Do You See?

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Image credit; Ebahir@ Unsplash

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30 thoughts on “My book

  1. Sadje's avatar Sadje August 3, 2026 / 13:45

    Oh no! He will regret it very much. Love your humorous touch.

      • Sadje's avatar Sadje August 4, 2026 / 17:27

        You’re welcome ☺️

  2. Dale's avatar Dale August 3, 2026 / 13:54

    Ummm… the one writing it is gonna do himself in…

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 4, 2026 / 17:15

      Other way round, Dale, John the hero of his yarn is about to get a surprise!

      • Dale's avatar Dale August 4, 2026 / 21:26

        But an autobiography means he has to have his hero write it…

  3. Kymber's avatar Kymber August 3, 2026 / 14:13

    You’ve managed to make autobiography feel delightfully dangerous. Poor John never saw it coming.

  4. Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬'s avatar Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬ August 3, 2026 / 14:53

    Yikes! Maybe it should be a “bio” and not an “auto-bio”! Just saying…..

  5. parikhit's avatar parikhit August 3, 2026 / 15:43

    Will he ever get to read the book, just asking 😀

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 4, 2026 / 17:54

      I somehow doubt it – unless there’s an after-life library up there!

  6. gc1963's avatar gc1963 August 3, 2026 / 16:17

    Hee…Hee…John’s in grave trouble

      • gc1963's avatar gc1963 August 4, 2026 / 18:09

        Last summer

  7. clark's avatar clark August 3, 2026 / 18:32

    Your friend might be well-advised to be told one of the other bits of how-to on writing: ‘Write what you know.”

  8. beth's avatar beth August 4, 2026 / 04:10

    oops, plot twist

  9. Ange's avatar Ange August 4, 2026 / 14:13

    Oh no poor John – great story Keith 😄

    • Keith's Ramblings's avatar Keith's Ramblings August 5, 2026 / 17:14

      I know 😒. I shouldn’t really take advantage of other’s misfortunes!

  10. Suzette Benjamin's avatar Suzette Benjamin August 4, 2026 / 18:24

    Great turn of events at the end, Keith. Well done!

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