Monthly Archives: April 2017

Rainbow Snippets April 29 – 30

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Happy Saturday. I am tired and looking forward to naps today. Hope all is well with you. 🙂

Here’s a snippet from a work in progress called “The Artist’s Mechanic.” Forgive any typos, etc.

Brothers. Gotta love ’em.

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My baby brother tricked me.

Okay, so it wasn’t quite a trick, but, he’d somehow shifted his piss poor efforts at getting better grades into, “oh, well you never finished high school so why should I?” after which I reminded him that I got my diploma last year. And then he said, “Well why can’t I do the same thing?” And I retorted, “Because you can do better than that. I want you to have a chance at something good, not become a grease monkey like me.”

After that, he’d crossed his arms, narrowed his too-sharp brown eyes and told me I’d have to do something really big and outside my comfort zone for him to agree, something I’d never do in a million years, just to prove that I was serious about him finishing school. Naturally, he came up with the most embarrassing thing possible—being a nude model for his best friend’s brother’s drawing class for the rest of the summer.

 

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Rainbow Snippets April 22 – 23

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Welcome to the weekend! I hope you have fun things to do. 🙂

Here’s a snippet from “All A Steer Can Do Is Try,” published by JMS Books. Clifford (first person) has just returned to the resort where he met the love of his life, Jet. Bambi, Clifford’s Corgi, is in this scene, too. 🙂

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Bambi barked happily when she spotted Jet coming around the side of the building, his arms full of neatly folded towels. As the window was down, her friendly greeting was heard by her other favorite human, and Jet looked up in shock.

I witnessed those poor towels fall to the ground and get trampled in Jet’s haste to get to us. I let Bambi out of the car before she tried to jump out the window and hurt herself.

By the time I made it into Jet’s arms, Bambi had been greeted heartily and had scampered off to reacquaint herself with the resort. I jumped into his arms, legs locked around his waist, as I greeted him as though we’d been apart for eons instead of just a week.

 

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Rainbow Snippets April 15 – 16

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Happy weekend! It’s warm here and I am recovering from a long week. Hope you’re well!

Here’s a snippet from “Dion’s Redemption,” published by Less Than Three Press.

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“To what do we owe this honor, Mr. Doukas?”

I tried not to fidget where I stood. “Dion, please.”

“Greek, right?” Mr. Flannigan asked, and I nodded. “Well, you’ve never been the visiting kind in all the time I’ve been here, unless it had to do with maintenance or rent problems. So it’s either my health, or my grandson. Which is it?”

Those pale eyes I’d thought tired and worn were suddenly sharp and focused. “Uh,” I began, but Nolan cut me off.

“Ignore him, Doukas. He has old-fashioned ideas. He forgets I’m close to thirty and more than able to handle myself as an adult, despite what he thinks. Isn’t that right, old man?” I could hear the easy affection in his voice and felt a pang for what I’d never known.

“You sassing me, boy?” Mr. Flannigan said.

 

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Rainbow Snippets April 8 – 9

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It’s the weekend! My little house survived the bad storms that roared through Atlanta this week, and I am thankful.

Here’s a snippet from “Crumbs Together,” re-released today by JMS Books. A scene between René and Serge (in first person).

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René leaned across the table and took my hand in his. “Are you happy?”

I smiled. “Much happier than I was in my previous job. I’m doing something I enjoy, and while it might not be glamorous, and I may be covered in dust and paint most of every day, I can live with that. I realized I don’t need recognition. I just need to feel as if I’m making a contribution, helping someone find their joy by giving them their dream house or a new deck or whatever. I have simple needs, you see.”

“Can I tell you how sexy that sounds to me?”

“You just did.”

“Can I show you?”

“Be my guest.”

 

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Rainbow Snippets April 1 – 2

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Hello, everyone! Wishing you well on a beautiful Saturday.

Here’s a snippet from “Because of Sam,” published by MLR Press. It’s more than six sentences, but it’s for context. Martin, the main character, is remembering the night his drunken father attacked him and his sister. It’s not pleasant…

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“Stop, Dad. Please! Why are you doing this?” I said, my scrawny, eleven-year-old body no match for his height and strength. But I had to try. “You’re hurting her. You’re hurting us!”

He shoved me away, but at least he’d stopped harassing Louise. Dad picked up the beer he’d been drinking, and swallowed its contents. He wiped his mouth on his sleeve, then grabbed the neck of the bottle. “You think you can talk to me like that? Goddamn pansy. I’ll show you how to be a man.”

Dad hauled me to him with one fist in my shirt and then pushed me into the wall by the fridge. “I’ll teach you to interfere in things that don’t concern you.” And then he took his first swing at me with the bottle.

 

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