Sunday, December 11, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday #16

Another snippet from my weird-ass work-in-progress. I'm currently at 93,000 words and praying I can wrap this beastie up within the week. Here's the book's anti-heroine explaining the vigilante anti-hero, Boston's bicycle-riding, paintball gun-wielding, bargain basement-quality Batman.

The Badger fights violence with violence. If you ding a pedestrian or cyclist with your car, he’ll smash your mirrors off with his U-lock. But if it’s something less heinous, you just get balled—run a red light or splash somebody with dirty puddle water, and he’ll nail your window with a white pellet shot from a Glock-style paintball pistol. Harass or intimidate somebody on the street, or generally be a dick in any way to your fellow man and get caught—thwack! big white bird-shitty splatter all over your nice new coat.

Given what a career coward I am, you can see why I’d find the Badger both terrifying and hugely compelling; I hate a scene, and he’s a human scene. He’s everything I’m not and can’t ever be, not outside of painkiller withdrawal.


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15 comments:

  1. o_O Oh my dear! This sounds like the type of guy I wouldn't want to meet...well...ever. But I'm still strangely intrigued...

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  2. Oh, I love this part. I love Badger. Baaadger. The energy in this six is so great -- somehow, you pick up the heroine's excitement about him. I love "run a red light or splash somebody with dirty puddle water, and he'll nail your window," and also "or generally be a dick in any way to your fellow man."

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  3. Ha! He sounds like my kind of guy. Nice job.

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  4. LOL! I love, love, love this! You are my hero!

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  5. Love this! sounds awesome. I love your description of the novel too.

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  6. Very nice six. Her character is evolving in an interesting way.

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  7. OK, yeah, that is pretty weird ass and yet...strangely compelling. So want to read this.

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  8. Fabulously descriptive six! Loved it!

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  9. I kind of agree with the retribution side of Badger. I'll live vicariously through him. Fun six, Meg. :)

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  10. I think I like this Badger fellow. Love how your anti-heroine is drawn by his very public displays of vigilante justice. "I hate a scene, and he's a human scene." Fantastic line. :)

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  11. Ha, but at least nobody will ever forget him! Well done!

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  12. Oh, wow, I love this! More!! Especially loved this part: I hate a scene, and he’s a human scene.

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  13. Huh. I'd like to know more about this badger!

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  14. Great snippet - fabulously descriptive! Well done! :)

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