Jeanne Birdsall

"Once there was a beautiful maiden named Sabrina Starr who had never been in love."
The hair was twiddling started up again, but Batty wasn't going to wait so long this time. "Then what?" she asked.
"That's all I have so far. What do you think?"
"It's okay," answered Batty carefully. This seemed as much a trick question as the one about blowing up. "But not very long."
"I know. I just can't figure out how to start this book."