Envy is a word

"Tall and angular as a gravedigger's spade, she considered herself an expert in the crafting of bitter sorrows.  Her hair was long, black, and as rigid as piano wire."

How's that for a description?  In just a very few words you know pretty much everything you need to know about Emilina the Witch.  This is from page 2 of The Witches' Kitchen by Allen Williams.  I hope my novella will glow with well-crafted passages like that!