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Abra Staffin-Wiebe ([personal profile] abracanabra) wrote2009-07-09 10:21 am

First Lines of Works in Progress

In Progress, Writing

They thought they could come and conquer our world easily. - Kept in Coral

With great reverence, Leander committed the greatest blasphemy of his life. - Tree of Life

In Progress, Editing

When Albin's nursemaid woke him in the dead of night, he knew something even worse than the death of his father had happened. - The Unkindness of Ravens

Clara ought to be home by now, an' my daughter. - And the Dog Died

"Just go, Will," Isabel said, turning her head to look out the window as if he were already gone. - Writ in Snowflakes and Sunshine

Having the king of Achromia's confidence was a heady sensation, but Bertrand had only to think of some of the tasks he'd been assigned to feel his feet become firmly grounded once more. - Pneumatic Knights

The old woman found the naked boy curled up in a semi-truck tire on the beach. - The Old Woman By The Sea

"What a huge, marvelous fish!" John's wife exclaimed. - Out of Focus

Night mist swirled around Valinda's boots as she walked through the empty street. - Vicesteed

[identity profile] cloudscudding.livejournal.com 2009-07-20 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! Half right. Kept in Coral will be either nano- or flash fiction. Tree of Life, on the other hand, started out a short story and then announced its intention of being a novel despite my best efforts. I sulked and then gave in to it.