luisa_mystery (luisa_mystery) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2015-12-22 15:16:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, !partner thread, luisa rey, rose dewitt bukater |
Who: Rose and Luisa
When: Mid-December
Where: Baxters Bakery
What: Coffee and writing
Rating/Warnings: Low/None
Status: Complete
Luisa found that whenever she couldn’t write in the house, despite her office being beautiful and very inspiring, she headed to Baxter’s Bakery. She liked Audrey and the older woman didn’t mind Luisa taking up the corner table with her laptop and a latte whenever she needed to write somewhere away from home.
Entering the shop she smiled at the girl behind the counter, glad to see it wasn’t so busy that she would be in the way by sitting. “Afternoon” she greeted, “A sparkling latte please”
“Good afternoon,” Rose said, smiling at the woman. “That will be just a moment.”
There was something familiar about the woman who had recently started coming to Baxter’s. It wasn’t just that she’d been in before, because she had had the same feeling when the woman had first started coming. When she’d finally found the answer, it had been completely by accident. With her finals being done, Rose finally felt comfortable doing some pleasure reading again, and when she had finished the book and glanced at the ‘About the Author’ section in the back, she had been struck by the fact that she actually recognized the photo.
In the months since she’d started working at Baxter’s, Rose had gotten quite good at making sparkling lattes, and had even started practicing some latte art. The cup that she gave Luisa had the image of a heart in the cup - fairly easy to do, but Rose knew she had to start with the easy stuff - and placed the cup on the counter and giving the total. “Forgive me for asking, but you wouldn’t happen to be Luisa Rey, would you?”
Luisa smiled as she saw the art and then blushed a little, “Guilty as charged” she replied, “And thank you for recognising me, it’s only started happening in the last year or so and I’m still getting used to it” she told the girl honestly.
It was always very flattering when Luisa was recognised and she made sure to be as friendly as possible. After all without these readers she wouldn’t have such a successful career which she was now able to make a living from. Something that for a while she thought wouldn’t happen.
Rose smiled once she had confirmed it was the author. At home she had spent some time mingling with authors, artists, and other minor celebrities at various social functions, though she hadn’t been expecting to meet an author of the novel she had just finished reading while she was working. “You deserve the recognition. I just finished reading one of your novels the other day,” Rose said. “It was quite good. I had some trouble putting it down; I’m lucky that I waited to start reading it until I was finished finals.”
“Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you” Luisa said, “And I am glad you did wait, I’d have felt terrible if I had caused any finals trouble” she teased with a grin. It was always so nice to receive good feedback.
Rose had had other problems with her finals, the dreams first and foremost, though that wasn’t something that was appropriate to talk about with customers and strangers, of which Luisa was both. “Well, it certainly lifted my spirits once I was done them,” Rose said, smiling. “I’m glad it was what I chose to make the switch from reading just for studying to going back to reading for pleasure.”
“Believe me I’m glad it was too” Luisa said with a grin, she knew all about dream trouble but Rose was indeed right that it wasn’t always appropriate casual talk. “I’ll be sure to drop by an advance copy of the next one if you’d like, I’m always interested to hear what my readers say”
“Would you actually?” Rose asked, breaking into a pleased smile. “I would very much like that, and I’d be more than happy to tell you my thoughts on it. How long have you been writing for?”
“Of course” Luisa would happily do that, she truly did appreciate honest feedback and found it helped her when she was thinking of future stories too. After all when writing a series it was important not to bore your reader. “I’ve always written but I wasn’t published until about eight years ago and it’s really only in the last couple that it’s been really successful” A writer’s life was not an easy or lucrative one.
“There aren’t many people who can say that they’re a successful writer, though you certainly deserve it.” While Rose was very interested in the creative arts, she’d never really written anything other than a few short stories when she was a teenager and her journal. She was, however, aware of the difficulty in getting published, and the even more monumental task of actually getting people to read your novels once they were published.
“Thank you and trust me when I say I am well aware of how lucky I’ve been and don’t plan on taking anything for granted” Luisa was thankful for everything she had achieved and worked hard to not let anybody down.
The bell above the door came in as a couple of new customers came through the door, stomping the snow off their shoes. Rose wished that she could keep talking to Luisa, especially as Luisa didn’t seem too put out to discuss her work like some other writers and artists Rose had come across, but she knew she was likely to see her again. “I suppose I should let you enjoy your latte,” Rose said, smiling. “Though I do hope that we’ll be able to speak again soon.”
“Of course and I should let you get back to work” Luisa said, “But I am sure we will. In fact I will make sure of it. It’s been nice to meet you Rose” she smiled, having read the girls name on her badge. Luisa was happy to talk about her work, she wasn’t precious about it in fact she liked giving what help she could to those interested in writing themselves or even those who were just interested for no other reason than learning.