Sunday, April 10, 2011

My 8th Sunday six sentences - a modest proposal

Here's the 8th installment in six sentences from Bride of the Living Dead, a romantic comedy about a woman who loves horror movies too much. Last time Oscar and Daria (finally!) got together. Now weeks have become months and things keep getting better:
      "Daria, I do love you." It wasn’t the first time he had said it, but it was the first time he had said it when we were both fully clothed. "You could move in here, we could get married."
For a moment I was speechless. I had just managed to fall into my sister Sky’s "Step 2 - Get him to propose" without even trying. I was so shocked that I wondered if there was something wrong with the idea, even though every fiber in my body was in favor of it.

Daria's sister Sky's 5 Steps to living happily ever after are described in the first few pages of Bride of the Living Dead which you can read by using the handy dandy Book Buzzr widget on the right.
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21 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    I liked hearing her inner thoughts, interesting that she didint just jump and agree to something she planeed to get him to ask in the first place. Great six xx

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  2. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 12:46 AM

    Thanks, Kerrianne! Also good to hear from a fellow night owl!

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  3. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    Commenting on my comment to your comment Kerrianne, I see that from visiting your blog that you are in the UK (for the moment) and clearly I need to sleep before calculating the time difference--LOL!

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  4. JApril 10, 2011 at 2:22 AM

    LOL! The bit about "the first time he said it when we were clothed" was great. :)

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  5. Sarah GrimmApril 10, 2011 at 3:02 AM

    Love that she noted it was the first time he'd said it when they were dressed.

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  6. Rebecca RoyceApril 10, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    He said it while they were clothed. Great line

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  7. Linda MorrisApril 10, 2011 at 9:05 AM

    Ha! As others have said, the line about both wearing their clothes made me laugh aloud.

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  8. Viviane BrentanosApril 10, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    Agreed. I love the line about fully clothed. I love the underlining humour.

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  9. Claire RobynsApril 10, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    So true, meaning of the "L" word varies depending on state of dress, lol

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  10. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    guess I've missed some - more interested in the living dead part than the clothing issue

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  11. Jessica E. SubjectApril 10, 2011 at 10:40 AM

    Great showing of her inner conflict! Nice six.

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  12. Lauri J OwenApril 10, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Absolutely fabulous six, Lynne. I feel her angst - her fear of believing.

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  13. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    Thanks J. Rose, Sarah, Rebecca, Linda, Viviane and Claire! (If it's correct to say "thanks for laughing--LOL!)

    About the "living dead" thing, sassyspeaks, I fell in love with the title. I paid the price when it caused confusion among zombie-loving readers, because this book has no paranormal critters. Titles shouldn't need an explanation but here goes: Daria is an indie film critic who loves horror movies. The bone-chilling horror that makes her feel like The Bride od the Living Dead dawns as Daria is "Family-drama-forced" into having a formal wedding with her control freak older sister in charge... More about that soon.

    Thanks, Jessica, this rebellious heroine mistrusts rules and conventions so a marriage proposals spooks her!

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  14. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Thanks, Lauri, got it in one!

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  15. LindsayApril 10, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Love hearing her thoughts.

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  16. Jayel KayeApril 10, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Good six and I love taht you write about real sized people.

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  17. AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    I like the inner hesitation and the calculating sister - it makes the character pleasingly complex.

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  18. Liana BrooksApril 10, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    That's a rocky start. Usually I advise waiting until the person will answer yes before proposing. I hope it works out...

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  19. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    Thanks, Lindsay, Daria has a very strong smart-alec streak that only sometimes expresses itself out loud.

    Thanks, Jayel, to be honest I'm playing a little game to see how the non-size-related parts of the story work on their own. The body positive message is clear from the first few pages of the book and it continues to surface often, but I'm enjoying telling the story "as if people weren't so nutty on the subject of body size." Fun for me anyway!

    I'm glad you liked that ada, the sister-to-sister drama is important to the story!

    Good point, Liana...more on how it works out next week...

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  20. Laura KayeApril 10, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    I like how, when she gets what she wants faster than she expected, she questions it--says a lot about her character! Great!

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  21. Lynne MurrayApril 10, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    Thanks, Laura!

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