Six Sentence Sunday ~ November 4, 2012

I have a friend who has asked me a few times to start participating in Six Sentence Sunday, but I always seem to forget.  In my defense, Sundays at my house tend to be a bit crazy.  However, since I’m not a glutton for punishment and have no desire to participate in NaNo, I thought now would be a good time to suck it up and start with the other I’ve long promised to do.

Today, you get two bonuses.  The first is from my original work, Bleeding Again.  It stars a bartender named Ella - a young woman on her own, lonely, and a bit clumsy.  Her life changes irrevocably one night after mistaking her own flesh for that belonging to a lime.   

These next six sentences are from the prologue:

This was how it all began, after all.

It’s true, it all started with a simple little cut, with being in the wrong place at the very worst possible time. He reached for the drawer closest to him, tugging it open, and pulling out a box of Band-Aids he’d stashed there the last time she’d tried to amputate a finger. Bracing her arm against his side, feeling the warmth of her body seep into his skin, he liberated a single slip from the box. Peeling the wrapper from it, he wrapped the bandage around her finger, thinking back to that night.

It seemed like it had been forever ago…

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And since I’m feeling generous (or cruel, your choice), the following six sentences are from a piece of fan fiction I hope to write as well.  It’s tentatively titled Bitter as Blood.

I've known he was a vampire for eighteen months. For six of those months, ever since that night back in March, I’ve been his donor. He needed me, and I was there for him.

He'd promised me it would be just that one time that he was hungry, desperate.

But he liked it too much. Liked me too much.

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So, there you have it.  Two sets of six sentences, both very rough and needing of editing.  Comments?  Questions?  Rotten tomatoes? 

Buddies

I belong to this wonderful writing community on LiveJournal called The Character Loft and they post theme-related prompts seven days a week.  I must say, I’m constantly finding lovely little plot bunnies to feed my creative side, even if I don’t have the time to fill most of them.

Anyway… my point… Mondays are for the author themselves to answer, instead of the character.  They’re most often writing questions and today’s was a good one.  So, guess what?  I’m hitting you with it. 

This Munday we are going to talk about writing buddies. 

1.  Do you have writing buddies?

I have two, for the most part.  I do have others that help out, but these two are my main buddies.  The ones who really ‘get it’.

2. How did you meet each other? Do you interact in person or over the internet? 

The first is and has been my best friend forever.  We met in Girl Scouts and have been attached at the hip ever since.  We interact on the phone, in real life (when we can) and over the internet.

The second is a lovely lady I met in a Chuck community on LJ.  I’d been reading her stuff and when she put out a plea for a beta, I answered the call.  The rest is history.  We interact over the internet because I’ve been banned from her state.  KIDDING!  Or am I? 

3. What kind of support do you give one another?   Beta reading?  Late night chats about plot?Writing parties or word wars? 

The first, my long-time friend, isn’t a writer, but she supports me in so many ways.  Reading, commenting, suggesting, sending me sugar and LOLcats.  Anything that she thinks might inspire me.  Or help me.  Or encourage me.  Or make me laugh.

The second, we beta read each others writing, write long and rambling e-mails to each other about the technical side of writing, the joys of motherhood… and often supply one another with hysterical, useless gifs (see below) that make us laugh endlessly…

(What I call ‘the magic gif’ because I can watch it endlessly and never stop giggling…)

*coughs*  Where were we?  Oh.  Right.  #4

4. Do they write the kind of stories or the same genre as you?

Yes and no.  As I said, my first friend doesn’t write, but she helps me with ideas.  The second writes slashy, delicious fan fiction.  While I don’t write fanfic, I try my hardest to write other, delicious, slashy stuff.  *evil grin*

5. Have you ever collaborated on a story?

No.  But I think it’d be interesting if nothing else.  Why?  Because our styles are so different.  I wonder if it would work? 

Six Sentence Sunday… on a Monday

Why?  Because I’m a professional procrastinator and I just could not get my butt into gear over the weekend.  Sound good?  No?  Oh well… but here I go anyway…

 

Today’s contribution – my first! – is the first six sentences from the prologue of a work-in-progress I’m tentatively calling Bleeding Again. 

 

The set-up?  Ella’s in love with a vampire.  What more do I need to say?

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“I’m bleeding again,” she said to him, holding out her left hand, index finger outstretched.

He could see the blood welling up in the cut running the length of her fingertip. With a sigh, he dabbed at the small wound, attempting to staunch the flow of blood from her vein. One thing he’d never understand was how someone so graceful and light on their feet could be so prone to knife-inflicted injuries.

However, focusing on her clumsiness forced him to think about something other than the blood so near his nose. Its scent, its color, its heavenly taste.

 

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Hopefully this brings a smile to your face on this promised-to-be warm Monday.  Or rather, warmer, Monday.  I don’t call 75º warm.  Not when you consider what I’m used to.  :-)

 

Happy Monday, happy reading, and love, joy, and kitty kisses to all.

 

Mika