To prepare for the historical posts I write I read from a variety of sources. Two recently read sentences from “True Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes” by Mark Bourrie are: “There were still enough lifeboats left on the Mary Ward to take all the passengers off, and the waves were so small that they didn’t scare the passengers. The warm late-fall weather, which has caused so much false confidence in so many doomed sailors, lulled the Mary Ward’s passengers and crew back into their bunks.”
From my current dark fantasy WIP, Keeper 2, two sentences I wrote: “Stefan started up the narrow path, Maggie behind him, scrambling over the loose scree at the bottom. About a third of the way up it stopped in a badly eroded area, one side sheet rock, the other dropping off into space.”
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14 comments:
All your nature posts have paid off. "Loose scree" and the entire two sentences have me there in the moment.
Two more great lines! Thanks for sharing, Barbara.
Barbara- You keep taunting us with descriptions from your fantasy MS. At some point, you simply must give us sentences with:
"...and the secret turned out to be.."
"...she suddenly realized the most important thing was..."
"...their eyes met, and then their..."
You are too cruel!
David, it's those years I spent tramping around Banff National Park coming out.
Crystal, glad I could whet your appetite.
Clare, this is the second novel manuscript, though it does carry part of the premise of the first. Sorry, not revealing the secret. That's the best part. The physical liaison is too x-rated for here. The most important thing is...you have to read the book when it's out.
X-rated, huh? Well, since you've teased me so without really telling me anything, you wicked creature, I'll have to read it for sure!
eeeek, and then....
Thank you so much for your visit. Interesting post, Barbara.
Both selections are intriguing. I sense a coming tragedy for the passengers and crew of the Mary Ward. Hope your characters fare better, but I'm left waiting with baited breath to find out what happens next. From the bits and pieces you've posted, it sounds like a fabulous novel!
Clare, I take your comments as a compliment and they are cute. I've sent you an email and you can respond in the comments.
Gary, I'm not too keen on drop-off paths either.
Wil, thanks. A writer's lot is never easy.
Your sentences about the loose scree and drop off give me vertigo!
Linda, the Mary Ward was a shipping fatality that occurred in 1872 near Collingwood, Ontario.
Next week I will post the subsequent two sentences following these two while I work on this second WIP. This section is full of suspense, action and conflict of an internal nature.
Even your sentences evoke a sense of wild nature.
Another worthy post, Barbara. Aloha-
Raph and Charles, then it has the effect I intended.
Cloudia, thank you.
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