Wow what a week! I’ve been nervous about starting up a blog and had been putting it off for ages but now I really have no idea why. Thank you so much to everyone who has followed meπππ. I’m really enjoying being a part of this crazy community and hope that the fun just keeps coming from here on out βΊοΈ
I thought that maybe some of you would like to have a read of the opening paragraphs of my upcoming novel Chained and would love to hear any thoughts you have βΊοΈ I’m super nervous and excited about doing this but I’m just going to do jump in π so here goes…
Chapter One
I slammed my palms against the cold glass that separated us but they didn’t react.
“Mom!” I shouted. “Dad!”
They didn’t look up. No matter what I did, they didn’t look up from their work. The white lab was cold and unwelcoming but they seemed at home in it. They didn’t know what was coming, it was just like any other day. I slammed my palms on the glass again. They couldn’t hear me.
A blue light started flashing above their heads and they both turned abruptly to stare at it. My mom dropped the vial she was holding and it smashed into a thousand tiny pieces by her feet.
“Mom!” I screamed. Tears were running down my cheeks. “Dad!” My throat felt raw as sandpaper but I kept screaming and hammering on the glass.
Mom grabbed my dad’s hand. Their eyes met and in that second, they knew what was coming.
“No!” I yelled. “Please, run… please,” I sobbed.
Dad pulled my mom into his arms and kissed her hair. Their fingers dug into each other’s clothes and they held on so tightly it must have been painful.
I screamed again.
The flames dove from the ceiling in a wave. They washed over my parents, kissing their skin and wrapping them in fingers of orange flame. Then I lost sight of them. There was only fire and my screams and burning.
… I hope you like it because my cat Roly doesn’t care πΈ
Hey, if you’re still interested in having a look a my work, I’m offering out arcs of my first book chained now πxoxo
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Haha one of mine likes lay next to me and pull my hand away from my iPad so that I’m tickling him instead! xoxo
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a good beginning…grabs the reader…and no, my cats don’t care either, they just want to walk on the keyboard π
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Thank you so much – that really means a lot to me! ππ xoxo
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Definitely loved the starting. I’m really looking forward to reading your works. π
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Thank you so much! It’s really amazing to get positive feedback from people and it means the world to me βΊοΈ xoxo
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That is a tremendous hook. You had me at “they didn’t look up.”
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Oh my gosh thank you so much! πβΊοΈ
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That sounds so good so far! I’d be hooked if that was the start of a book I was reading. Actually, scrap that, I am hooked!
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Welcome Susanne π
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Aww thank you so much! π
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Typical of cats Susanne – nice hook for a book btw πππ΅
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