Well, I imagine if it’s bad enough she’s running from it, she’d have to be some kind of bad person to leave an innocent boy at the not so tender mercies of whatever she was fleeing.

Thanks. It’s always fun writing the first scene in a book. You’re all excited about it, and it’s so easy to make it intense and grabbing, just like my short stories tend to be. Frequently, the first scene is easy, getting that with later scenes is a challenge.

As for the second part, I was joking, like always. 😉 Now if only I was a little more productive. Seems like the further I get into the process, the more parts I discover that slow me down.

How nice to get your work back from your beta. Of course we care. We’re all writers. We totally get the thrill of every step of it. If we didn’t care we wouldn’t come here to read your snippets, now would we? Positive thinking girl!

History Sleuth’s Milk Carton Murders

Oh, you know. They just be hatin’. 🙂

Both, actually. Though, that’s maybe giving away too much. Well, sort of. The setting is intended to be vaguely medieval, but not really sticking to any culture or time period. I’m trying to write the story so certain things remain a mystery for quite some time. I’m laying down little bread crumbs for the main character to piece together as she goes. I haven’t decided yet how she’ll discover the truth.

Yeah, the sucky thing about these little snippets is how bloody short they are. If it was up to me, I’d post much more. And I’m going to have a hard time next week, because some of the next sentences in the WIP are really short. I want to move it along, but I don’t want to skip over too much…

Thanks. I’ll have to look into that. I always like getting these types of comments. What’s in my head isn’t always what other people will interpret the words on paper as.