Sunday 3 July 2011

Six Sentence Sunday


For Six Sentence Sunday here's another excerpt from my newly released 'His Leading Lady'.
To save her twin sister's career, Jess is pretending to be Lora who's gone missing. She's just been out for the evening with Kyle Drummond, the director of Lora's new show in the West End and is worried about how the evening will end (a follow-on from last Sunday's post):

As Kyle followed her across the landing to the apartment door, her nerves fluttered like a bird caught in a net and her fingers trembled as she started to put the key in the lock.

His hand on her arm stopped her.  “I’ll pick you up at nine thirty tomorrow,” he said.

She looked at him, genuinely taken aback.  “But – but aren’t you coming in?”

The instant she said it, she could have kicked herself.


'His Leading Lady' available from www.whiskeycreekpress.com

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36 comments:

  1. Ah, those comments that come out before we mean them too. Great six!

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  2. Fantastic Six! Thank you Paula.

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  3. Thanks, Marie and Alix. Come back next Sunday to find out what Kyle does next! Or better still, download the whole book from whiskeycreekpress.com ! :-)

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  4. This is very cool. Thanks for posting this and congrats on your book! =D

    --Diana Jillian

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  5. Thanks, Diana. More next week :-)

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  6. Great six sentences. I used to participate in the six sentence Sunday but haven't done it in awhile. I guess I should do it again. I pushed your fence button. Good luck.

    Joyce
    http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

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  7. Thanks Joyce - and also for the link to the picket fence too! I have a long way to catch up with you LOL

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  8. Thanks, Peter. Haven't we all opened our mouths and then felt like kicking ourselves for not thinking first?

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  9. Nice! Definitely makes me want to read more. :)

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  10. I've not heard of six sentence Sunday...but those are 6 great sentences!!

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  11. Whoops! Can't wait til next week. :)

    ~Xakara
    Dawn's Early Light 6SS

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  12. Jenn- it's quite a challenge to find 6 semtences that can stand alone.

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  13. Paula, like the six. She revealed her desire for him in her little slip. Wonder what he'll do with that.

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  14. Great sensory details. Poor girl! Can't wait to see how he responds.

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  15. I've felt like that before!! The kicking myself part. lol! Great snip!

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  16. Love when the mouth moves faster then the brain. lol Great six!

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  17. Uh-oh, all aboard for Embarrassment Central! Poor Jess! Great snippet :-)

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  18. Love the six. Especially how he stilled her shaking hand with a touch.

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  19. Thanks, all. Kyle saying something she didn't expect threw her off balance LOL!

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  20. Whoops, can't wait to see how she gets out of that one. Also is she going to have to do her sisters show? That could be interesting!

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  21. Now she's opened a can of worms! That was quite a "whoops" moment. Can't wait to see what happens next! Love your six.

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  22. wearegoing.., you can always check out the blurb (and first chapter!) at http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=900&zenid=df619379e8da244634cfc3638eb145dc

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  23. LOL, Jenna, definitely a 'whoops' moment! Followed by 'Dang, why did I say that?'!!

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  24. Hey, you never know until you ask, Right?

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  25. Depends what his answer is going to be, Jayel!
    ;-)

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  26. A great tease - I want to know what he says next. Thanks for sharing!

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  27. I liked the "bird caught in a net" part. Very visual and set the mood. It made me feel for her when she stuck her foot in her mouth.

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  28. I wonder if he did come in? LOL

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  29. Thanks, Randi, Verna and Peter.
    More next week!

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