Sunday, September 11, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday #5

Greetings, sixers! This week I thought I'd share six sentences from my current work-in-progress, Meet Your Match. The heroine has just inherited a boxing gym from her estranged father, which she plans to close so she can use the space to open a matchmaking service…

Where the stairs doubled back, Jenna passed a landing with a water cooler, a huge vintage fight poster framed and hung beside it, Marciano v. Walcott. What struck her then was the smell—sweat and rubber. Leather, disinfectant. The odd, pungent potpourri of her father’s legacy. The sounds came next, slapping and grunting and the squeak of equipment joints. Jenna took a final breath and stepped through the open double doors and into the gym.

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Posted by Meg Maguire at 12:00 AM
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21 comments:

  1. Vivien DeanSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    Very vivid description! Thanks for sharing. :)

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  2. Brien MichaelsSeptember 11, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    Slapping and grunting and the squeak of equipment joints, eh? Sounds like a place I might like to be. Loves it.

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  3. JoAnne KenrickSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Love the descriptions, and all the senses being used. Very vivid. Love it!

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  4. Cara BristolSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    So vivid. You really put me in the gym. I'm looking forward to this book.

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  5. Cherie MarksSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Loved the sensory details. Great six!

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  6. Carrie Ann RyanSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Oh, I feel as though I am there. Lovely descriptions.

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  7. RuthieSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:13 AM

    Very nice. Next Sunday, we'll get to see somebody punched in the face, right? Right?

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  8. Amy RuttanSeptember 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Great Six and your premise hooked me. I would like to read more and see what happens when she tells them she's closing down the boxing gym.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Love the way you describe the smells and sounds coming from the gym. Bet there's someone in there she'd love to go a round or two with

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  10. Taryn ElliottSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:59 PM

    Man...love the description of the gym. I was right there with her.
    Awesome Six.

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  11. AlixSeptember 11, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    You painted this scene so well. Fabulous six.

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  12. Siobhan MuirSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Wow, great six! I really felt like I was there, smelling the scents of an old workout gym. Well done!

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  13. UnknownSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Lovely description! Very vivid mental picture.

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  14. SonyaSeptember 11, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    Fantastic description, it really pulls you in.

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  15. Gemma ParkesSeptember 11, 2011 at 5:21 PM

    Great description, especially the smell1 Loved it!

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  16. Cari QuinnSeptember 11, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Awesome six. Can't wait to read this! And super huge congrats on your second Blaze contract!

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  17. UnknownSeptember 12, 2011 at 1:48 AM

    Very good with the description. I can see it, smell it and hear it. A good all around boquet for the senses. Good six.

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  18. 1000th.monkeySeptember 12, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    Very nice descriptions... I especially liked the, ''... squeak of equipment joints."

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  19. E. JamieSeptember 13, 2011 at 4:47 PM

    Loved how you used the sensory detail to evoke her memories of her dad. Great six, now open those doors! (winks)

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  20. Meg MaguireSeptember 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Thanks, everyone!

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  21. Nichelle GregorySeptember 15, 2011 at 12:33 AM

    Descriptive six, Meg! I can totally picture the scene and I want to read what's going to happen next! :)

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