Best lines, an Open Book Blog Hop post

 

Welcome to Open Book Blog Hop. You can find us every Monday talking about the writing life. I hope you'll check out all the posts: you'll find the links at the bottom of this post.

What is the best line/s you've written recently?

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That's a fun one :-)

Earlier this month, I finished a romance novel and sent it off to my editor (Hoping she can help me title the darn thing!). 

My two protagonists are Becca, a never-married single mom facing empty nest as her daughter leaves for college, and David, a widower who hasn't been having the best luck putting himself back out there for dating. 

 When David talks about how online dating is going for him, his good friend Luisa tells him: 

“Right, but the thing is—we’re not looking for ‘nice,’ honey. We’re looking for spice!” 

 That line has been a hit with my critique partners, so I'm hoping it'll get a grin from my readers, too, when I release the book this spring. 

The other thing I've been working on is a Menopausal Superheroes short story for an upcoming anthology (Disruptive Intent--now up for backing on Kickstarter!).  

 

The working title is "She Chose Anger" and it centers around Patricia O'Neill, the Lizard Woman of Springfield. She's famously curmudgeonly and brooks no nonsense, which makes her great fun to write. 

My favorite line in this story so far: 

Patricia sighed. Why were the bystanders always just standing by? If they’d just panic and run away, preferably far away from the bad guy, this would all be so much easier. It was harder to fight when you had to worry about innocents getting hurt in the process.

 So, that's my October fun on the page. How about you? Write or read any good lines lately? I'd love to hear about them in the comments! 

 

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IWSG: Choosing favorites

 

Welcome to the first Wednesday of the month. You know what that means! It's time to let our insecurities hang out. Yep, it's the Insecure Writer's Support Group blog hop. If you're a writer at any stage of career, I highly recommend this blog hop as a way to connect with other writers for support, sympathy, ideas, and networking. If you're a reader, it's a great way to peek behind the curtain of a writing life.

Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the October 1 posting of the IWSG are Beth Camp, Crystal Collier, and Cathrina Constantine!

October 1 question - What is the most favorite thing you have written, published or not? And why?

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 Now that's a doozy of a question isn't it? 

 I mean, if I pick a favorite, am I denigrating the rest of my own work? I love all my book-children and their story-siblings!

 But I think I actually do have an answer: it's a poem. 

Happiness—

that elusive animal,

that fluttery, giddy bird—

can only truly be held

when your chosen love

chooses you.  

Strange how slight butterfly wings

so delicately built

(on trust, on faith, on love)

can make you fly.

I don't generally seek publication for my poetry. Poetry is more something I write for myself and those I love, than something I wrote to share with the world.

That's what makes this one special. I wrote it for my husband when we got engaged. We used it on our wedding announcements. He *glowed* when I showed it to him…and the kiss I got afterwards? (fans self). That's how mushy-sweet we are :-)

 

And here we are quite nearly twenty years later, still flying.