Saturday, August 27, 2011

27th Week of Six Sentence Sunday ushers in The Falstaff Vampire Files

The Falstaff Vampire Files arrived earlier than its scheduled September publication date. I'm celebrating by selecting six sentences to share from Chapter 1:

My name is Kristin Marlow and I'm supposed to be sane for a living, but my ex-lover stole the one irreplaceable item I own, and god help me I broke into his creepy old house by the ocean to get it back. As a psychologist I know a dozen techniques to calm down and think rationally, but I was too angry to use any of them.

Technically I didn't break in. I had Hal's key, but before I could use it, the front door flew open and the old woman caretaker came bustling out like a wool-clad force of nature. I caught the door and edged past her, mumbling something about getting my stuff.

She stopped right in front of me and warned me in a hostile tone, "Don't go in the shed."


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9 comments:

  1. Arrrrh the shed!! What is in the SHED! Fantastic six. I'm so intrigued. Well done.

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  2. Now you know, if someone tells you to "stay out" you just have to look.

    Great six!

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  3. Of course, the first place I'd beeline for is the shed.

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  4. Great six! Now I NEED to know what's in the shed!

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  5. I love crazy shrinks - and yeah - let's look in the shed!

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  6. Alix, Gem, Dee, Heather & Sassy, you're right, it's just a matter of time.... Lynne

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  7. This really made me smile. I think it was the combination of the voice and the heroine. Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Thanks, Vivien, getting readers to smile is part of the destination for me!

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  9. I really like how you've set up the characters and their story/backstory in just that first line.

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