The last two weeks I’ve concentrated on the romantic side of my writing. More and more, romance, though usually hard won, is becoming a prominent theme for me.
Not this week. Today I’m getting back to the darker side of my work where I began. Back to my roots. To the kind of story that drew me into Stephen King and Laurel K. Hamilton novels and gave me the desire to write my own twisted tale.
My heroine is Suri Carver. The picture to the left is how I imagine her.
Black heart. Selfish. Deadly with or without a weapon.
The world locked her away for doing her job. Now they need her again. Will she turn her back on the people who sent her to prison, or will she find her way back to humanity and save their sorry asses one last time?
Here are the opening six lines from Mortal Machine:
Water leaked through a spider web of cracks in the block ceiling and splashed into the rusted toilet.
Another stream plinked against a tin plate by my cell door.
Drip. Drip-drop. Drip.
It was the cruel heartbeat of Telusa Prison where the monsters of the world were sent to die.
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And a bonus six from later in the first chapter:
The guard’s mouth gaped open. “Fuck me, you’re Suri Carver. Is that why they keep you in solitary, so the shifters won’t kill you?”
I tilted my head back and belted out a laugh. “No, you ignorant lump. They put me in solitary so I won’t kill them.”
How has your writing changed?
Whoa! Think we were on the same wavelength this week with the blogposts Jocelyn. The dark & feisty females are my favorite. Although for my WIP I was FORCED to give her a sweet and clumsy side. FORCED. So totally different from where I was originally headed. Your newest work sounds like a great read! 🙂
Thanks! Haha. Forced, were you? Hate it when that happens. 🙂
Wonderfully written. Sets a tone, sets a mood, sets up the story. Great description.
Wow, thanks, Taryn.
Fantastic six!! Thanks for sharing. Try and make the six stand out a bit more I almost missed seeing them! :(!
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Thanks, Angela. Good point, I forgot to put my block quotes around the 6. Added now. Cheers!
Nice, Jocelyn! Suri sounds like my kind of hero!
Thanks, Lila. If you’ve read my novella, For Now and Always, this is the novel I took Ren (cheetah shifter) from, though he’s more of a primitive, animalistic hottie in this one. 🙂
What a great opening. Nicely done 🙂
Oooooh. More devilish goodness from you?? 🙂