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Sep. 15th, 2010 12:37 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Oh my gawwwwwd you guys guess what! There's this totally cool website, BookByYou.com, where you can order your own pre-written book with customized characters! And there's a preview option too, where you can fill out a few test names and see what your book will read like once it's in print! This definitely couldn't get abused by bored RPers looking for a few laughs!
Check out the first part of my super amazing and romantic story:
Birkin and Wesker meet in a library thanks to a falling bookcase ...
Birkin could feel the heavy shelves wobble and tilt precariously. Before she could even think of escaping out from underneath, she heard the sound of sudden footsteps and the slap of wood against flesh. She looked up, surprised. A young man in a dark brown leather jacket smiled at her, one arm stretched mere inches above her head as it held back the skewed bookcase.
“Pardon me,” Wesker murmured with a slight smile, and with a movement as smooth as a dancer’s, he turned and tipped the heavy bookshelves back into their proper position.
Her heart hammering, Birkin scrambled to stand up. She was so shaken she nearly tottered back off her feet, but the stranger reached out to steady her, his touch lasting only seconds. But it was enough.
“Are you all right?”
Like his clothing, his voice was soft and rich. The light fell gently on him almost like an aura—very appropriate for a guardian angel, Birkin thought as she pushed away some messy strands of blonde hair from her face. “Thank you,” she said after a few speechless moments, one hand patting her heart to calm herself. “Those shelves could’ve killed me.”
“You should be more careful,” he chastised lightly. “This is an old building that’s falling apart. I advise greater caution.”
“I know. I usually am—careful, I mean—but I was so happy to find this book…” Birkin hugged the red leather to herself, flushing under his piercing blue gaze. Why am I babbling like this? “I didn’t even know you were there. Lucky for me you were, huh? You always keep an eye out for klutzy bookworms?”
“Only when there is need, I assure you.” He smiled, teeth reflecting brightly and his broad shoulders casting a shadow over Birkin. “But you do yourself an injustice. There is nothing wrong with loving books, and you are certainly no klutz.”
The word sounded wrong coming from his lips. He had a strange way of speaking, as if English weren’t his first language, although Birkin couldn’t identify any accent. She grinned at his gallantry but had to blurt, “That’s ‘cause you don’t know me.”
He just smiled again and she was lost in his stare. And for a second she had an odd certainty that he’d argue, But I do know you...
ISN'T IT AMAZING OHMIGODDDDDD SO ~*MYSTERIOUS*~
So in case it's not obvious, I've been amusing myself a bit with this website and decided to share the love. If you want to do it too, click on the type of book you want (romance-- which is het only, as you can see in my above example-- mystery, teen, etc.; the options should be at the bottom of the page), then choose the book (they all have headdesk worthy names; ex. Prom and Prejudice), then click "free preview". THEN FILL IT OUT WITH DDD CHARACTERS AND POST HERE.
Check out the first part of my super amazing and romantic story:
Birkin and Wesker meet in a library thanks to a falling bookcase ...
Birkin could feel the heavy shelves wobble and tilt precariously. Before she could even think of escaping out from underneath, she heard the sound of sudden footsteps and the slap of wood against flesh. She looked up, surprised. A young man in a dark brown leather jacket smiled at her, one arm stretched mere inches above her head as it held back the skewed bookcase.
“Pardon me,” Wesker murmured with a slight smile, and with a movement as smooth as a dancer’s, he turned and tipped the heavy bookshelves back into their proper position.
Her heart hammering, Birkin scrambled to stand up. She was so shaken she nearly tottered back off her feet, but the stranger reached out to steady her, his touch lasting only seconds. But it was enough.
“Are you all right?”
Like his clothing, his voice was soft and rich. The light fell gently on him almost like an aura—very appropriate for a guardian angel, Birkin thought as she pushed away some messy strands of blonde hair from her face. “Thank you,” she said after a few speechless moments, one hand patting her heart to calm herself. “Those shelves could’ve killed me.”
“You should be more careful,” he chastised lightly. “This is an old building that’s falling apart. I advise greater caution.”
“I know. I usually am—careful, I mean—but I was so happy to find this book…” Birkin hugged the red leather to herself, flushing under his piercing blue gaze. Why am I babbling like this? “I didn’t even know you were there. Lucky for me you were, huh? You always keep an eye out for klutzy bookworms?”
“Only when there is need, I assure you.” He smiled, teeth reflecting brightly and his broad shoulders casting a shadow over Birkin. “But you do yourself an injustice. There is nothing wrong with loving books, and you are certainly no klutz.”
The word sounded wrong coming from his lips. He had a strange way of speaking, as if English weren’t his first language, although Birkin couldn’t identify any accent. She grinned at his gallantry but had to blurt, “That’s ‘cause you don’t know me.”
He just smiled again and she was lost in his stare. And for a second she had an odd certainty that he’d argue, But I do know you...
ISN'T IT AMAZING OHMIGODDDDDD SO ~*MYSTERIOUS*~
So in case it's not obvious, I've been amusing myself a bit with this website and decided to share the love. If you want to do it too, click on the type of book you want (romance-- which is het only, as you can see in my above example-- mystery, teen, etc.; the options should be at the bottom of the page), then choose the book (they all have headdesk worthy names; ex. Prom and Prejudice), then click "free preview". THEN FILL IT OUT WITH DDD CHARACTERS AND POST HERE.