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Saturday, June 30, 2018

Weekend Writing Warriors July 1, 2018


Happy July! Time is flying. Seems like just yesterday we were digging out from April snows.( I thought that maybe in this sweltering heat and humidity, remembering that nice spring snow would help people feel cooler) :-)
It's time for snips and bits of amazing tales by talented writers! Weekend Writing Warriors is a weekly bloghop. Each week, participants sign up HERE at wewriwa.com, then post 8 to 10 sentences of their work, published or unpublished, on their own blog to go live by 9:00 AM Sunday, EST. Then we visit each other and read, comment, critique, encourage--all those things that do a solitary writer's heart good. 
             Snippet Sunday group from facebook--not us, but many of our participants do both, can be found HERE
            This week's snippet is from "The Sands of Dhor".  Lily, abducted from Earth by alien slavers, is with Theusand. He's not a slaver, and he's just told her he wants to talk to her--alone...     
          This week's snippet picks up directly from last week's--which ended with heartbreaking news for Lily... That Earth has been destroyed, along with her mate (husband Ben) and her children. Her reaction:
 
It was a lie, a flat out lie. “How could you know such a thing? I don’t believe you. Your mind can’t cover that distance. There’s no way you can know something like that. No way…” Her voice trailed off into mumbling until the argument died in a sob. The look on his face… However he knew, it was the truth. She crumbled.

 That's it for this week.  All opinions greatly appreciated. :-) Thank you so much for visiting and for commenting!

17 comments:

  1. Oh, no! That is heartbreaking. :'(

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  2. Great emotion in that snippet. Tweeted.

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  3. A touch of unbearable sadness. Thus far, she's trapped. Help, Teresa. Save this brave girl!

    Thanks for being my pal week after week.

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  4. Such heartbreaking news. You capture the emotion well! :)

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  5. A devastating situation. Of course, maybe he knew because it was his own people that did the destroying ...

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  6. Noooo, poor Lily! *gives her a hug* Also my blog link isn't working, so here's my post! http://amybraunauthor.com/sunday-snippet-i-got-the-charm-and-you-got-the-glower/

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  7. I'm with her--cling to that total denial. Powerful snippet.

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  8. Oh no! I was hoping it was a lie, too. :-(

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  9. Still standing by my comments of last week (re this not flying in a romance) BUT eager to see how the events unfold in your very capable writerly hands! It was a heart wrenching snippet for sure...

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  10. Of course she must try to deny it. So heart wrenching to know it's true. How will Lily go on? You've touched such a chord in me with Lily's plight. Can't wait to find out more about this devastating news and how she will cope with it.

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  11. That's the last straw. She'll have a long way to go to be alright after this. This snippet hits right in the heart!

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  12. What a dramatic and emotional scene! Well done, Teresa!! Great use of brevity for powerful impact.

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  13. That's going to be hard to overcome. It's so sad. Powerfully written.

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  14. Oh, no! I feel for her! And such a well written snippet!

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