Tuesday 16 June 2009

Two Sentence Tuesday: 16 June 2009

My current reading has been in “The Toss of a Lemon” by Padma Viswanathan a profoundly interesting book about another culture, that of Brahmin. Two recently read sentences are:

“The humble folk trip back to their relatives’, four doors down the street, for snacks and happy anticipation of their consultation with the auspicious young man, who also has some fame as an astrologer.

“At that strange hour that gives the impression of light even though each figure is masked by darkness, Sivakami’s father, with two of the male relatives, finds Hanumarathnam on his veranda.”

My own writing has been of late non-fiction in history articles, although I have managed to write a little on my current WIP Keeper 2, a dark fantasy. Three recently written draft sentences are: “Salathiel peered into the pool of clear water atop the pedestal. At first he saw nothing, then a shadowed movement formed into the image of a face. A face he had seen before, but only in his dreams.”


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10 comments:

David Cranmer said...

It doesn't get better than your lines: Salathiel (marvelous name), "shadowed movement formed" (splendid description), and "but only in his dreams" (nice and mysterious).

Teresa said...

Great sentences, Barbara. The Toss of a Lemon sounds interesting, as does your work in progress. Is this a different one from the people walking in the forest?

Leah J. Utas said...

oooohh most intriguing.

Clare2e said...

Nice sentences, Barbara. Very mysterious.

Linda McLaughlin said...

Barbara, I like the description in the sentences from Toss of a Lemon. And now I can't wait to see whose face is in the pool of water. Your fantasy book sounds really good.

Raph G. Neckmann said...

That sounds really mysterious! Are you writing history articles too, Barbara?

Barbara Martin said...

David, I have been working on keeping the writing tight for less revision later.

Teresa, this is part of the Keeper series I have been working on. All of the novels have forest episodes.

Leah, it's great to he encouraged.

Barbara Martin said...

Clare, the hook is working, hooray.

Linda, this tidbit is from the draft WIP Keeper 2 and still in its formative stage.

Raph, thank you, and yes, I am now a contributing writer for an online company writing historical and environment articles.

Merisi said...

I am looking forward to read your review of "The Toss of a Lemon" - the quotes you have chosen are intriguing!

Your own work has a strong mysterious bent, I love how pull the reader in. Good luck!

Barbara Martin said...

Merisi, I find the best background material for my own fiction work whenever I read books in other genres. My recent book review on "The Tenth Gift" provided a fresh new look at the Barbary corsairs and Moroocan life.