Sunday, November 13, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday #12

Greetings, my sixy beasts! This past week I finished the initial draft of a romance I've been calling Meet Your Match (that book about the matchmaker who inherits her estranged father's shady boxing gym), and also ruminating about its untitled sequel. The new work-in-progress is currently little more than a file of notes and scene snippets and unfit for public consumption, so here are six sentences from Meet Your Match, with the first mention of its sequel's hero, mixed martial arts fighter and trainer, Rich:

Another man approached them, about Mercer’s age, dressed to fight in shorts and shoes, fingerless gloves. He had long hair and dark, aristocratic features, a Spanish prince with an aquiline nose and a raging black eye.

“Jenna, this is Rich Estrada, Rich, this is Jenna Wilinski.”

Rich smiled—an easy, deadly, sigh-inducing smile, and took her hand in his gloved one. His smooth, foreign airs evaporated the second he opened his mouth, his accent pure Boston sandpaper, even worse than Mercer’s. “You must take after your mom—your dad was a fugly son of a bitch, God rest his soul.”


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21 comments:

  1. Ha, love the contrast in that last paragraph. Fantastic six!

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  2. I love that last sentence! Your six always make me feel like I'm right there in the midst of everything and I love it. Fabulous, Meg.

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  3. I like how the accent grounds him. Great intro.

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  4. Love the description! And the photo, too!

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  5. "his accent pure Boston sandpaper" I loved this and I loved what he said. Great six, Meg!

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  6. 'Boston Sandpaper' LOL Good six

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  7. LOVE him! What wonderful touches in his description.

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  8. Dear God, I like him! All of him!

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  9. Ha! Now that's awesome. Love how his voice shattered the illusion.

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  10. LOL! Great last line. Love your description of the hero of your sequel. Sensational six!

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  11. Love the last line. XD

    -Nellie

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  12. Wow, great six! Loved the "fee" of this. And I love the layout of your blog. It makes me feel right at home!

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  13. Wonderfully written description. Great six!

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  14. I like how the accent makes him human. Great six!

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  15. LOL Oh my goodness, excellent description! Loved it!

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