Hello everyone and welcome to fellow Weekend Writing Warriors!
Each week, this blog hop invites writers to post 8 sentences from their work, published or unpublished.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been posting snippets from The Phoenix’s Wake. Well, not this week! I’ve decided to share 8 sentences from the opening scene of Dante’s Dove, also known as “the romance/erotica story I never meant to write“.
Set-up: Grace summoned Dante, an incubus, by mistake. The next day, she’s sitting in her Illusion Magic class (which she’s flunking) and finds herself in a small predicament.
The voice rumbled against the nape of my neck and sent pleasant shivers down my spine.
I knew very well there was nobody that close behind me. You’re in my head, aren’t you?
Near effortless telepathic connection with my desirable summoner. Or are you flunking that class too, little dove?
I clucked my tongue. The tiny sign of my annoyance landed straight between two of Madam Flamand’s sentences. “Disagreeing, mademoiselle Higgins?”
What do you think?
Dante’s Dove isn’t my main wip, but since snippets are catching up on my progress on The Phoenix’s Wake, I decide to switch for this week. I’ll most likely write Dante’s story once I’m done with Phoenix: I’m having way too much fun with that incubus’ powers. So much potential for naughtiness…
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October 6th, 2013 at 9:02 am
Very nice use of 8 sentences in capturing my interest! Well done.
October 6th, 2013 at 10:38 am
Thank you!
October 6th, 2013 at 9:39 am
Looks like things are about to get interesting for her. The incubus has great “voice.”
October 6th, 2013 at 10:39 am
Oh, yes! Dante is a persistent one and I’m having lots of fun with his dialogue.
October 6th, 2013 at 10:08 am
Nice! You’ve packed a lot of information into these sentences without it feeling like you’re dumping information. Good flow 🙂
October 6th, 2013 at 10:40 am
Phew! There’s a lot to introduce early on and their dynamics is… peculiar. *laughs*
October 6th, 2013 at 10:09 am
She has such a nice timing. Maybe she should be listening in her class if she doesn’t want more accident to happen. Funny snippet!
October 6th, 2013 at 10:41 am
*laughs* She tries, but that telepathic connection gets in the way. Dante is very skilled with illusions…
October 6th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
sign me up for one of the classes. LOL. Dante sounds hot. I love how he teases her interrupting her focus on class. great use of the 8
October 6th, 2013 at 5:46 pm
That, he certainly is. Forged in hell fire, hot! And it is not the last time he’ll interrupt her with teasing at an odd time…
October 6th, 2013 at 3:44 pm
Uh oh, that was a fun snippet! Can’t wait to see how she gets out of the jam in class.
October 6th, 2013 at 5:49 pm
I had a blast writing that chapter so I’m glad people enjoy it too. Getting out of a jam is what Grace tries to do throughout the story. 😉
October 6th, 2013 at 7:17 pm
This works so nicely! I really like your word choices, none of it seems forced. I get the sense you know both of those characters very well, and that’s always helpful in making your “people” come alive 🙂
October 6th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
Thanks! This is one of those bursts of creativity in which the characters popped in my head, fully formed, and I wrote the chapter super fast. I’m glad it works!
October 6th, 2013 at 9:53 pm
She’s in trouble–first with that teacher, and I bet many more instances to come of him getting her in hot water. I bet he enjoys messing with her life.
October 6th, 2013 at 11:06 pm
There’s definitely more trouble to come, but though Dante likes being a pest, they’ll find some sort of balance soon.
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