Tag Archives: WIPs

Wednesday Words: Twisting in the Wind

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Silver James

Another Wednesday, another #1lineWed prompt. Today’s? **TWIST** Oh, the possibilities…twist and shout, twist and turn, twisting in the wind, twisted up. 😆 Today’s snippet comes from NIGHT FIRE, the story of an arsonist named Smoke and the arson investigator who … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Luck of the Irish

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Silver James

Happy almost St. Patrick’s Day, which makes today’s #1lineWed prompt rather fitting. The theme is **LUCK**. In today’s snippet, our hero Riley O’Brien is of obvious Irish descent. The former Navy SEAL doesn’t rely on the leprechauns for his luck. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Crossings

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed theme is all about the crossings. Crossed up, crossing streams, uncrossed, crossing over, crossing out, across, the cross, double cross… The possibilities are endless! And in this little snippet from my current WIP, SEAL MOON (releasing March 21), … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Fame Game

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Silver James

Today is Wednesday and we all know what that means, right? It’s #1lineWed on Twitter and the theme is **FAME**. Ten points if the song isn’t playing in your head at the moment. 😆 So, drawing from the first draft … Continue reading →

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Monday and Editing Cat

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Silver James

Red Dirt Royalty #7 hit THE END yesterday. Now to spend today and tomorrow working on continuity, typos, language, flow, and story. Easy peasy. 🙄 Needless to say, when a writer is under a contracted deadline, we get a little … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Books and Pages

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Silver James

Since yesterday was National Readers Day, today’s #1lineWed theme is most apropos! 😀 When I retweeted the theme, I asked the question: As writers, how many of us actually mention books or pages in a book in our work? My … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Birds of a Feather

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Silver James

Another Wednesday to mark off the calendar. Today’s #1lineWed theme over on Twitter is **BIRDS / FEATHERS**. Would you believe that in two WIPs, I only mentioned a bird one time? Here’s a look at an early scene in my … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: New/Fresh

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Silver James

The theme for this week’s Kiss of Death twitter prompt for #1lineWed is **NEW/FRESH**. Finding a snippet that is hopefully interesting was a bit of a challenge. Or not. 😆 I plugged “fresh” into my search bar of my upcoming … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Gimme Some Sugar

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Silver James

Another Hump Day, another #1lineWed inspiration to share. Today’s theme is **Sugar or Sweet**. This scene is from the current WIP, CRASH & BURN. This unedited scene is the aftermath of a plane crash that our heroine has worked. Kit … Continue reading →

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Monday Countdown to Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Silver James

Seven days from Christmas… Yeah…I’m not ready. But then I never am. More fun that way, right? Of course it is! Those of you who are ready, raise your hands so I can *phbbthh* at you. 😛 On a more … Continue reading →

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