20. tap(在打字机上)敲打。
I remember vividly the call that changed
my life. It was Tuesday, February 18, when the 1 rang in the kitchen of
my Los Angeles
home. On the 2 was Marty Bandera, a literary agent to whom I had sent a
draft(草稿) of my novel three
weeks earlier. " I have a couple of 3," Bandera said.
"First, how old are you?"
" I'm 48," I replied.
"Are you in good 4?"
"Yes, excellent. What's this about?"
"I've sold your novels 5 one
and a half million dollars."
I sat down in 6. I had written
over fourteen novels in twenty years, but each one had been 7 by the
publishers. I suppose many people would have been 8, but not me. Each
time, I just 9 writing another one. My husband advised me to find
something else to do, but I refused to 10. Seeing this book 11
was the best thing that has ever happened to me. It's a mystery story (like all
the others) and it was on the best-seller 12 two weeks after
publication!
I got my first lesson in story 13
from my grandmother. She used to read me stories. She was the one who gave me a
14 of words. She sparked(激发) my 15 and she has been a 16 influence on me. I
always had stories running through my 17 and as soon as I could write I 18
them down on paper.
I married young and I have three
children, but I never stopped writing, 19 novels between doing the
diapers(婴儿的尿布) and dishes. I am writing another novel now. Yes, my 20 has
changed my life.
1. A. phone B. bell C. clock D. alarm
