Happy November 25th! Not only is it my birthday - I'm putting in a request for a cupcake that is more icing than cake - but it is also the Canadian Football League's Grey Cup. (Go, Stamps, Go!)
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Six Sentence Sunday: Over the last few weeks, I've been highlighting some excerpts from my historical paranormal romance work-in-progress, Awakening A Witch. Click here to read earlier posts.
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Set Up: I'm skipping ahead from the last excerpt. Alex decided to keep Mattie prisoner, but in the night she managed to escape - Alex's guards were too scared to try to stop a strange witch. She tried to return to her family, but she kept getting turned around in the woods and a fierce storm. Mattie had just accepted that her best option was to return to Alex - if she only could find her way back to him - when...
My Six (these are in Mattie's POV):
Illuminated by another strike of lightning, the approaching figure was immediately recognizable. He was cloaked in black, his face hidden under a hood, but Mattie knew it was Alex.
He'd chased her, and she'd been caught.
The tension and fear she'd been fighting for the past two hours broke, sending tremors through her body. She would be saved from the storm.
But who would rescue her from her rescuer?
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Thank you for stopping by on your busy Sunday to check out my six! I hope you enjoyed them. And, a special thanks to everyone who comments! I love hearing everyone's thoughts.
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55 comments:
Oh, I want to know why he'd been chasing her. Great six!
Have a wonderful birthday!
Happy birthday! I'm glad we share a birthday month. :) This is a lovely snippet -- I love that last line!
Thank you, Jessica! :)
Thanks, Donna!
(November is a great month for a birthday!) ;)
Happy birthday Lorraine! loved the six, tense and exciting!
Happy Birthday, Lorraine!"...But who would rescue her from her rescuer?" Great last line and set up.
I bet in the end she really doesn't want to be rescued from him. :) But a fantastic last line!
I love this. I love that she has no clue about her power, and I love that she has no choice but to trust him, because she's lost. Terrific, tense moment. I really feel for her right now.
Happy Birthday!
This is one of those times I wish this was Fourteen Sentence Sunday! The tension is amazing---I wish I knew what happened next!
Happy Birthday!!
That six is such a tease! I need to know so much more.
Delightful six. Love the last line and want more.
Ahhh, so good! Love the last line!! Happy birthday to you! And thank you for sharing such a fabulous six! :)
Love the imagery of this...the storm, the dark figure.
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Lorraine! Great six here, love her conflict.
Ooh, shivery - rescue her from her rescuer - loved that! Happy Birthday and I also love the frosting more than the cake itself - have a great day!
Ooooh, fantastic six! Love the final line ... it's perfection.
Ah...rescuers from rescuers must be in short supply. Nice!
Happy Birthday! Here's hoping you have a festive one :)
I know I've missed a lot of your sixes over the last few weeks but I love the set-up for AWAKENING A WITCH. Great ending for this six. It definitely makes me want to read more!
Ahhhhh. I LOVE the last line. Your words sent goosebumps on my forearms!
Happy Birthday!
Great six - and love the last line.
Happy Birthday, Lorraine! It was nice of you to give us a snippet gift on your day. You could feel her exhaustion and trepidation. Great six. Need more!
First of all, happy birthday!
Great build of tension in this short snippet. Well done!
Who indeed? and when does she learn she's a witch? and what powers does she have? so sue me I ask questions.
Happy Birthday!
and yah another canuk :D
Wow, great set up. I love her acceptance of her current fate and her worry for what's to come. Great six, Lorraine. :)
Me thinks someone will come to rescue her from her rescuer. Fun six and happy birthday. I'm pulling for the Stampeders, too!
Terrific six! Great description and conflict. Plus the last line is a winner!
Ooo!! Rescue her from her rescuer! Nice 6! :D
Happy Birthday. Nice tension in your six.
Seems like a delicious dilemma to me! Great six!
~Joyce Scarbrough
;) Maybe...
Thanks, Joanne! That's exactly it! :)
Thanks, Sarah! Sometimes it is tricky trying to decide on only 6 too, isn't it? :)
Thanks, Lisa! :)
Thanks, Charmaine! :)
Thanks, Evelyn! :)
:) Thanks, Eleri! :)
Thanks, Kate!
More frosting than cake is always best. ;)
Thanks, Veronica!
Aw, thanks, Sarah! :)
LOL. Yes, I believe they are.
Aw, thanks, Mae! :)
Thanks, Carrie! :)
Thanks, Paula! :)
Thanks, JM! :)
Thank you, Vivien! :)
LOL. She doesn't know about her powers... yet. She'll get a few hints soon. :)
Aw, thanks, Siobhan! :)
I guess our combined cheers didn't help the Stamps, hey? Oh well, I guess there is always next year. :)
Thanks, Patricia! :)
Thanks, Karen! :)
Thanks, Cara! :)
:) Thank you, Joyce!
Hmmm, seems a very mixed blessing! Belated happy birthday, btw. :)
I hope you got that cup cake, yum. Hope you got a chance to enjoy your birthday. My heart pounded through this six. Fantastic. And now I get to right and read the next, yeah!! :)
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