Sometimes I get scenes that flash into my head. They don't belong with a character or in a book that I'm working on. I might use them in the future--MIGHT. I know, even if they never make it into a story, I have to write them down.
Rather than have them get lost in the piles of half used notebooks languishing in my office never to be looked at again, I thought I may as well type them up here. At least they will be easy to copy and paste should I decide to use them!
She could feel him staring at her from across the room, his gaze burning through her. She refused to look up and acknowledge him. She understood why he'd said the things he'd said and asked for space. Being the understanding, overly polite individual she was, she decided to give him what he wanted. She'd told him he'd have to help her resist, to not be so readily available everywhere she went.
He wasn't holding up his end of their bargain.
She sipped her tea and turned the page even though she hadn't read a damn word since he'd walked in. Like the shock wave after a bomb, she'd known as soon as he'd entered the room. After another ten minutes of staring at words she wasn't comprehending and clenching her jaw, she tossed the book aside and tipped her head back, aligning her gaze with his without much effort. She knew the very tilt of her head signaled the depth of her displeasure.
For good measure, she raised her brows.
He chuckled but made no move toward her. So this was how he was going to play it.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
DogStar Books: Cover Reveal for Mike Resnick
I'm a little late for the cover reveal but my intentions are good! Check out Mike Resnick's new book coming out this summer from Dog Star Books. I can't wait for the release!
BOOK: A Miracle of Rare Design
AUTHOR: Mike Resnick
ARTIST: Bradley Sharp
PUBLISHER: Dog Star Books
GENRE: Anthropological Science Fiction
SUMMARY: The best way to learn about an alien species is not only to live among them, but to become them in both physical form and function, but could a human really learn to think like an alien, and at what cost to his humanity?
Journalist and adventurer Xavier William Lennox becomes obsessed with the rituals of the Fireflies, an alien culture of gold-skinned inhabitants living on the planet Medina. When he gets too close to their mysterious society, he's captured, tortured, and banished for his curiosity, but vows to learn what it is that the aliens are so desperate to hide, even if it means becoming one of them.
But his curiosity doesn't end with the Fireflies. As opportunities arise to study more alien races, Lennox undergoes a series of cosmetic surgeries so that he can blend in with their cultures. But each time his humanity is stretched until he faces his biggest challenge—trying to return to the ordinary life of a man who has experienced the universe in ways he was never meant to.
RELEASE: Summer 2013
LINKS: Dog Star Books - http://dogstarbooks.blogspot.
Mike Resnick – http://mikeresnick.com
Bradley Sharp - http://www.bradsharp.co.uk/
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