Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. Today I’m sharing sentences of my new novel, STEAM ME UP, RAWLEY. I finished the rough draft only last month ago, so this is pretty rough. It’ll probably get revised a ton, but this will give you a rough idea.
I apologize for being largely absent last Sunday visiting y’all! Our power went out from the storm at 9 a.m. and we didn’t get it back on until that evening, combined with family visiting it proved too much… I WILL visit today!
This is a steampunk romance set in 1890 Mobile, Alabama, and a loose sequel to MUST LOVE BREECHES. The female protagonist is a reporter and she’s marched into the office of her boss to demand to write more challenging pieces. He’s being a jerk and she starts to day dream about her pet monkey, Loki, wreaking havoc on Mr. Tonti’s desk. Then, as he continued being a jerk and ignoring her, it progressed to this. When I wrote this, I had not idea the heroine had such a violent streak.
Now Loki was pulling out his left eyeball in her imagination. A nice satisfying pop as it came free. Now the other one. Yes, and with other items plucked off his person, Loki juggling them on his desk. And still Mr. Tonti worked on, unfazed.
His face turned up and glared at her with his healthy and decidedly whole eyes.
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Stephanie
/ June 17, 2012Suck wicked thoughts for a delicate lady, lol! She sounds like a real firecracker, that one.
Donna Cummings
/ June 17, 2012LOL — I like her imagination — it’s a great way to deal with frustration! And I hope you don’t have storms to deal with this week.
Joyce Scarbrough
/ June 17, 2012I love a girl who’s not afraid to envision dismemberment!
Cara Bristol
/ June 17, 2012Yuck – plucking out eyeballs? Creative imagination — and writing.
Joya Fields
/ June 17, 2012Wow, heck of a visual for this six! LOL. Love her spunk. Glad the storms are gone and you are safe.
E. P. Beaumont
/ June 17, 2012Sounds like an ordinary day at work to me.
Nothing more appalling than jerks with power.
Joanne Stewart
/ June 17, 2012haha! Oh my. Something tells me you don’t want to tick her off! Yup, love her spunk and her imagination!
ellaquinnauthor
/ June 17, 2012She is bloodthirsty and vengefull.
Owllady/Marcia
/ June 17, 2012Cool Six Angela. I love writing scenes out just to discover what my characters are capable of. As you’ve discovered, some of the best stuff comes out that way!
Tonya Burrows
/ June 17, 2012Haha, don’t you love it when your character surprises you like that? Besides, who does like a little bit of fun dismemberment?
*crickets*
Um, anybody? Bueller?
Lea
/ June 17, 2012Ooohh…I like her. Bloodthirsty wench she sounds like and Loki’s quite the accomplice, yeah? Great job.
Jasmine Aherne
/ June 17, 2012I approve of her imagination!!
Sue
/ June 17, 2012boy she really hates the guy – and has a blood thirsty imagination. I note she doesn’t do this damage but the monkey does.
veronicascott
/ June 17, 2012Ewww! But inagoodway…that “pop” was very effective! Terrific excerpt!
Gem
/ June 17, 2012Nice insight into how her mind works and Mr. Tonti’s attitude.
Cera duBois
/ June 17, 2012LOL…. Violent streak is right… Great six!
K.E. Saxon
/ June 17, 2012LOLOLOL! This is too good! Lovin’ your heroine, lovin’ the monkey–and the name for her boss: “Mr. Tonti” PERFECT. Even his name makes him sound tight-assed and assholish. Great six!
Monica Enderle Pierce
/ June 17, 2012Violent streak? No, my dear. Right now it’s just a wickedly wonderful imagination. It becomes a streak when she starts leaving streaks on the wall, if you know what I mean.
Angela Quarles
/ June 17, 2012LOL, true!
sueannbowlingauthor
/ June 17, 2012Love her imagination. BTW, as a Jane Austin fan, you might be interested that our author booth at the farmers’ market is right next to that of a quiller. She pointed me to quilling in Sense and Sensibility–I’ll have to reread to find the place. Also get some photos of her work for my blog.
Angela Quarles
/ June 17, 2012That’s so cool, and even more intriguing is that you have an author booth! I might have to look into that here for our market on the square!
Paula Martin
/ June 17, 2012What a great imagination she has!
Lila Shaw
/ June 17, 2012Yes, women have Walter Mitty moments too, even if they have to train their monkey to do the dirty work. LOL
siobhanmuir
/ June 17, 2012LOL, I’ve had vivid moments like this. Fun six, Angela.
Karla Doyle
/ June 17, 2012Eww, ick! But that’s a good thing, right? Cute six.
Ryan Derham
/ June 17, 2012Thata boy…er, monkey, Loki! Day dreams of dismemberment, huh? *shudders* Lol Great work, Angela!
gzidar
/ June 17, 2012Such a cheeky monkey
There must have been something wicked in your coffee the day you came up with that… great six.
Angela Quarles
/ June 17, 2012yeah, it surprised me too. It was my first day writing out my first scene of this new story….
Kylie Scott
/ June 17, 2012Cool! What a great way to show her thoughts and feelings. Love it, Angela.
Sandra Sookoo
/ June 17, 2012Very original snippet. Nicely done!
Elin Gregory
/ June 17, 2012Ooh, a little touch of horror there. Very good.
Cate Masters
/ June 17, 2012Love her dark side.
L.J. Kentowski
/ June 17, 2012OMG.. that was morbid but oh so hilarious! Now I don’t feel so bad in my visualizations of coworkers LOL Great six Angela!
S. J. Maylee
/ June 17, 2012Gross, but I totally get her agitation, lol. I hope you just wrote what she told you. I wouldn’t want to mess with a character that has that imagination
Angela Quarles
/ June 17, 2012LOL, yep, I pretty much obeyed her, even when she said things that made me shake my head.
Mae Clair
/ June 17, 2012Go, Loki! Even if it’s only in her head, it’s nice to get the upper hand. I have a feeling her boss deserved the dismemberment!
Wildcat's Wife
/ June 17, 2012Wicked! You know what they say? Monkeys see no evil. Teehee!!
Eleri Stone
/ June 17, 2012LOL. She has a twisted imagination. I like her!
Jess Schira
/ June 17, 2012I like the way her mind works!
Karysa Faire
/ June 17, 2012LOL. A new twist on visualizing someone naked. And Loki doing the damage (instead of visualizing herself doing it) makes it palatable and even humorous.
Amy Durham
/ June 18, 2012Ha! What imagination! Love this six!
A.S. Fenichel
/ June 18, 2012Very interesting imagination. Great six!
J.M. Blackman
/ June 18, 2012She seems to be totally different from your heroine in BREECHES. It’s an cool difference. She’s clearly not shy of the dark and twisted. I just love that her fantasy is completed through Loki.
Angela Quarles
/ June 18, 2012Yep, totally different! She’s a thrill seeker
Lorraine Paton
/ June 20, 2012LOL! Wow – what a vivid imagination she has! Loki must be very talented too.