Week
four…I think it's safe to say I'm getting in the habit now. :D
Seriously,
I've read and seen that posting fresh content really helps when readers want to
interact and/or check out an author they've discovered or grown to like.
Thankfully, once I get into a groove, I tend to stay there.
Okay,
for this week's Sunday Snippet, I'm featuring a preview from Fan the Flames.
This story got a start almost twenty years ago. I know! What the hell, right?
What can I say? Except I'm really glad I NEVER throw out anything I've started.
LOL
In all
honesty, this book needed the hook and that didn't come to me until recently.
What's the hook? Lovejoy the Cupid, of course. :D He's what the story needed to
mesh and gel…and get Alix and Jamie together.
Let's
start with a tag line:
A modern day cupid
discovers a couple with matching auras and thinks he'll have an easy time
matching them up. Right...not so much. While Jamie and Alix definitely have the
hots for each other, one big obstacle stands in their way: Jamie's job.
And now
for the preview snippet (featuring Lovejoy)…
Lovejoy felt the zing. The one indicating
two potential matches were in the same vicinity. He closed his eyes and let his
instinct guide him.
Up and over the high rise office
buildings of the city, through the factory district, onward, across the river
and down into the charmingly quaint suburb of Reese Woods.
It had been a long while since
he'd found his quarry on the outskirts of the city. This must be a special
case.
Lovejoy picked a wrought iron
park bench and settled down to wait. He watched the humans go about their everyday
lives and wondered which two unsuspecting people he'd be zapping with his
arrow.
Time would tell. He'd see the
auras of the couple and know.
Pulling a bag from his coat
pocket, he figured he might as well feed the birds while he passed the time.
Does
anyone remember The Avengers? Not the Marvel Comics heroes, but the BBC
television show? Patrick Macnee and Diana Riggs? My inspiration for Lovejoy is
Steed. Not in the super spy way, but more in the uber cultured man kind of way.
:D
That's
it for this week. Stay tuned for more.
Cheers!
Skye
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