Last little snippet for the month. Shucks. I was kind of having fun posting these! But I can't give away too much, I guess, right? This piece comes from Chapter 16, and is also unedited. Thanks as always for reading! - JRF *** Vince brought the van to a sliding halt at the much smaller secondary gate along Una Duo’s southern side and jammed it into park, flinging his door open as he turned to Sokolov. “Grab the gun. You see anything coming near us that ain’t me or that guy over there, ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: An excerpt from "The Good Thing", the NaNo novel.
An itsy bitsy third piece for all of you lovely people! Thanks so much for reading and commenting and liking things around here! I really appreciate it! November's almost over, and then I'll have more interesting (and varied) things to say, promise! ;) In the meantime, enjoy this snippet from Chapter 14... unedited and raw, hopefully not terrible... although I admit I feel kinda cruel for leaving you hanging on this one but, hey, I gotta make you want to read the book, right?? Mehehehe... ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Defining "Loblolly"
Something a little different this week! This started as purely for random fun, when a friend of mine (agirlwhowrites, in fact) posted the Word of the Day on her Facebook page and offered Life Points for anyone who could come up with the best sentence using that word. At first, I wasn't going to attempt it. But when no one else seemed to seriously rise to challenge, I thought, "Well, why not give it a whirl?" In the end, I had so much fun coming up with a sentence for each definition ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: An excerpt from my WIP novel, "The Good Thing".
Following is an excerpt from Chapter 5 of my current novel WIP, a science fiction with a romance twist. It was going to be submitted to the Quirk Books Looking For Love Contest, but will be nowhere near finished by the deadline. The new goal for this one is to be finished with the entire rough draft by the end of December 2013. Hope you enjoy this little snippet! *** “Hey, Sokolov!” Pavel jumped, spinning the chair around to see George himself standing there, his strawberry-blond hair ... View Post
Lessons from Nora Roberts: From Lovers and Labels to Dialogue and Description…
I have a confession: I have never been into romance books.I read one in college at the bequest of my roommate and while I did actually enjoy it, and it was a well-written and engaging (while generally cliché) story, I just never bothered to pick up any more afterward. I don't even remember the name of the book or author now.I am almost exclusively a sci-fi and fantasy girl. Sometimes a literary fiction, sometimes a non-fiction. But mostly just sci-fi and fantasy, whether adult or young ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Excerpt from "The Good Thing"
Unfortunately, I'm so behind in my Camp NaNoWriMo word count for this contest entry novel that I can't afford to spend any time or words on anything outside of that project. So for this week's Wednesday post, I have elected to share a small excerpt from that project. The image here is model Sean O'Pry, my inspiration for the character Pavel Sokolov, who features in this excerpt. This is a very rough draft, but I hope you enjoy! :) *** “Oh look,” Vince said, his tone ... View Post
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