Welcome
to another Sunday with Weekend Writing
Warriors. Meet writers in
various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their stories. Find a new
author and sample their work. Enjoy!
I’ve
switched to snippets from an unpublished short story in my superhero series. It
was originally intended for an anthology that didn’t receive enough
submissions. I’m debating whether to expand it into a novella or make an
anthology with other short stories. Any suggestions are welcome.
You can
read last week’s snippet here – https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2018/08/fricka-hawk-snippet-from-superhero.html
Gecko, a skinny lad with dark curly hair, had his laptop open. His
elbows on the table, Toby sat beside him; his sleeveless black shirt exposed
the tattoo of a cat leaping up his muscular biceps. He leaned his chin on his
hand and peered at the screen as if he were helping with Gecko’s homework
instead of organizing his gang. A graduate student in Aerospace Engineering,
Toby had a brain to match his brawn, and layers of secrets. The Ice Princess
sat with her chair pushed away from the others. Her long, silvery locks draped
over the back of the seat, she examined her fingernails with a disinterest that
was not feigned. Apart from Toby, Estelle did not know their real names.
Rockette said, “Cheers.
I’ll go and bother Growler.” She flew across the lawn to the parking lot,
and plopped onto the handlebars of the black motorcycle propped by the wall.
Estelle slipped into the chair next to Toby.
Labor Day
Holiday Splash
Learn how
Estelle gained superpowers and a flying horse by reading Super Starrella, Book
1 in the Secret Supers Series.
Dragon Lady Boxset - $2.99 from Aug 31- Sept 5
SciFi
Romance. 1) Sassy scientist solves puzzle of scaly aliens on the remote planet
of Eden.
2) Rescue mission to hostile alien planet.
You can read about the real background for scenes in The
Lady is Blue at https://www.auroraspringer.org/2018/08/dragon-lady-boxset-scifirom-background.html
As always, I’ll be happy to reply to your
comments.
So many interesting characters!
ReplyDeleteThanks, although I introduced them quickly in this short story. Maybe too fast.
DeleteLove the way you've described these assorted characters, all so different!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Their superpowers are different too.
DeleteYou're still building the suspense as to what this meeting is about with these descriptions. Well done!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I had to bring in characters quickly for the short story. If it becomes a novella, I'll have more space.
DeleteI'm enjoying trying to match the characters to their nicknames to their real selves - really a great snippet!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Their nicknames hint at their superpowers.
DeleteGreat job describing the characters and the scene!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteFantastic imagery. I could picture the scene.
ReplyDeleteGreat!
DeleteSounds like an interesting group! Wonder what they’re really up to?
ReplyDeleteThey're the Secret Supers.
DeleteWell done describing all the different characters, and the scene. Interesting read.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Estelle learned about them gradually in the first book, Super Starrella.
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