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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Weekend Writing Warriors



Time for the Weekend Writing Warriors!



For the next couple months, I'm highlighting sentences from my Boys of the Zodiac novel, the m/m action/adventure erotic romance, Aries: Riddle Me Wicked. Last week, Lucas told Ian he was picked because of his language skills, while Lucas can find order in chaos, meaning he sees patterns when things are all jumbled up. I'm jumping ahead some again, to a point a couple days later where Sultis has tracked them down in San Francisco. Lucas ran inside to retrieve their research while Ian waited in the car to drive them away from there, and he's now leapt into the front seat and ordered to Ian to go...

...He had to lean forward to make room for the bag, and Ian was taking him at his order, hitting the accelerator so hard the car lurched. Lucas slammed back. His spine jarred, and his teeth rattled, but the door was closed, and Ian had both hands tight on the wheel.

He spun tight around the corner of the hotel. A Jeep Laredo reversed out of a spot, forcing Ian to cut into a row farther away from the lot exit. Lucas dropped the bag to his feet, then reached around for his seat belt. When he looked forward again, he spotted one of Sultis’s men coming out of the lobby doors.

“Bugger,” Ian said under his breath.


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24 comments:

gemma parkes said...

Bugger indeed! Exciting snippet.

Anonymous said...

Bugger, indeed. Terific action scene!

Karla Doyle said...

Oh boy, sounds like they're heading into some excitement (and not the good kind!).

Veronica Scott said...

Full of action and adrenalin!

Maggie said...

Ooh! Interesting 8! Thanks for sharing. :)

Sarah W said...

I'm absolutely loving the action adventure part of this. So many M/M novels sacrifice well-crafted plots for steamy scenes, but this one hasn't!

HistorySleuth said...

Exciting driving scene. I always have trouble with those. Nice tension too- they're in a heap a trouble!

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Sharon Buchbinder, Romance Author said...

I love action/adventure thrillers! Great fast paced snippet! Something evil this way comes!!

Unknown said...

Love your writing, Vivien.

Monica Enderle Pierce said...

Great action and terrific pacing! Hope they get away, but not too easily, right? ;D

Siobhan Muir said...

Eep! RUN!! Great intensity in this snippet, Vivien. :D

Anonymous said...

Wow terrific action tottally visual and realistic

Summer Ross said...

Love that- 'bugger' LOL nice scene.
~Summer
My 8

Elaine Cantrell said...

Great pacing and intensity.

Kate said...

Love the fast pace here. Great job, V!

Anonymous said...

Oh bugger it! Love the snippet this week!

Anonymous said...

Great fast action. Really gets the adrenalin going.

Karen Michelle Nutt said...

What a great action scene. Fantastic.

Claire Gillian said...

Fantastic pacing!

The Belle in Blue said...

I love how understated his comment is in contrast to the action going on. Great snippet!

~Joyce Scarbrough

Sue Ann Bowling said...

Nice action scene.

FCEtier said...

Hands tight on the wheel.
We know how he felt.
Nice 8.

Linda Morris said...

Nice intense action scene, and the last line says it all.

Stephanie Burkhart said...

Very suspenseful. Bugger!
Smiles
Steph