July 30, 2007
What about you . . .
So you all know we can write . . . what about you?
Give us a little taste of your work.
Put a 200-500 word excerpt of something and we will toss your name into a drawing for some prizes (we have extra copies of our books–woohoo!).
Great idea, Dennie!
Our books and books brought back from Nationals!
Where are everyone’s excerpts? Entertain me!! Fine then. Here’s the intro to my upcoming fall release from Samhain — HEART OF THE SEA in the LOVE & LORE anthology.
It was cold! Meriel hated being cold and it was always fricking freezing in the North Atlantic, even in late April. She longed for home down in Tennessee and tried to remember what a summer’s night felt like. It was no use. Even under layers of blubber and fur, she was still human and still cold.
Seven years had passed since she’d gone to the Burbank company party and fallen into the waters of Block Island Sound in Rhode Island. She should have died. There had even been days early on when she wished she had. But nope. Not her. She was cursed.
No, seriously.
Cursed.
Meriel Byrne had turned into a Selkie.
Seven years ago, she’d thought impressing her boss was important. Since then, she’d learned otherwise. Now, finding fish was important. Staying away from seal-eating killer whales was important. Fending off the damn real seals who wanted to mate with her was important!
“Back off, fur face!” she barked at an importunate male. “I am not your girlfriend du jour. A) We’re in open water, not the rookery, B) it’s not mating season, and C) just yuck. Call me politically incorrect, but I don’t think I can go for the whole interspecies thing.”
She grumbled to herself as she dove away from him. If she’d known how attractive she was as a Selkie, she wouldn’t have worried so much about shaving her legs when she was human.
A lone halibut, separated from its school, swam past her. Lunch time. In a burst of speed, she chomped down on it and swallowed.
If she ever regained her human form, Meriel swore she would never, ever eat sushi again.
Love the except Sela!
LOL @ saving legs–maybe. . . . naw, I don’t really like cold water–I’d never last!
Thanks for sharing.
Love the excerpt Sela, lol.
Awesome Sela!! I love the excertp! :)
Thanks y’all!