Tag Archives: Wednesday Words

Wednesday Words: New

The #lineWed theme for this first week of the new year is very apropos. It’s “NEW.” I’m three chapters into the beginning of the newest Red Dirt Royalty story. As a brief rundown, Cash Barron runs Barron Security Services. There’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve Eve and what better theme for #1LineWed than CHRISTMAS! I only have one WIP with Christmas in it–next year’s Moonstruck Christmas Novella–MIDNIGHT MOON. Subscribers to my newsletter got a blurb from the Light Wars chapter. 😉 So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Memory

Today’s #1lineWed theme is Memory. Since I don’t really have a WIP going at the moment, but I did have the Nightriders file open, I did a quick search for the word. And these two bits showed up. The first … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Sounds (and the S’mores)

Today’s #1lineWed theme is SOUNDS. And as always, I’m cheating by posting a snippet. Since I’m not really working on a project currently–I’m still deciding what comes next–I went back and pulled this snippet from my files. It will appear … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words–Action and Veterans

First, a heartfelt thank-you to all who serve or have served, to the families of those who made the supreme sacrifice in service to their country. Today’s #1LineWed is all about the action. And with my rowdy bunch of vets, … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Brrrrr

Hump Day once again, which means #1LineWed on Twitter and snippets here. Today’s theme is cold. 😉 Have I mentioned that THE DEVIL’S CUT is live on Amazon? You know, in case the faithful here haven’t indulged yet. 😛 So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – It’s About Time

Today, #1lineWed is all about time. I never have enough it and as I’m on the downhill slide of final edits and formatting, I’m way past any hope of coffee salvation. So…from THE DEVIL’S CUT, two quick snippets about good … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Last Line Standing

Today’s #1lineWed theme is to post the last line of the chapter. Since I’m such a rule-breaker, I’ll give you the last paragraph of a few of the chapters (remember this is draft mode still, kay?). Chapter 1 – Standing … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – First Lines

Argh! And FLAIL! And all that angsty writerly stuff. I really thought I get THE DEVIL’S CUT finished yesterday–first draft anyway. Then I hit chapter 26. Which is the big battle between good and evil. And I discovered that I’d … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Something to Talk About

Today’s #1LineWed is all about dialogue. Characters talking means telling rather than showing. That’s a good thing, as opposed to that whole show is better than tell thing. Info dumps (telling) is not good. Bringing out info/back story via conversation? … Continue reading →

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