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Eight Sentence Sunday #1

1/1/2017

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I present to you Eight Sentence Sunday, a blog hop hosted by Weekend Writing Warriors. For my very first #8Sunday post on this website I have the first eight lines of the second scene of my Moon Murder rewrite. The first scene is available as an audio sample on my sample chapters page if you want to give it a listen!

It was impossible to miss the tall man standing next to the teal skinned alien holding a sign saying ‘Watts’.

Zheng walked up to them, “Are we in the 1950s now?”

“I had seen a movie where humans held signs while waiting for someone they hadn’t met before. Is this not normal?” Zheng took a moment to look the thing over before responding. Ignoring the blue skin he was almost human, yet parts of him were off. His eyes were big, and his head seemed out of proportion with his body. Almost like a child.

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Lizette link
1/1/2017 06:57:39 am

All I can say about this excerpt is wow. What a great scene. In just 8 short sentences, I can visualize exactly what is going on. Can't wait to read more. :-)

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Shannon Yseult link
1/3/2017 04:09:39 pm

Thank you! I plan to be posting from Moon Murder for the next two or three months, so there will definitely be more to read!

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Angelica Dawson link
1/1/2017 08:18:45 am

I love a little nostalgia in my spec fic. :D

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Shannon Yseult link
1/3/2017 04:11:00 pm

It's going to be a running joke in this book! If you see any places a reference can be added in future posts please let me know.

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Veronica Scott link
1/1/2017 04:23:21 pm

Interesting scene, well described. Not sure what prompts the remark about the 1950's but I'm sure if I was reading along in the full book, it would all make perfect sense! Happy New Year!

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Shannon Yseult link
1/3/2017 04:17:13 pm

There's a running joke that the alien uses particularly old cultural references, generally from the 1930s-1950s. I'm glad that you like scene!

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Ed Hoornaert link
1/1/2017 09:29:45 pm

Despite his large, childlike eyes, I bet this alien is no naive child.

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Shannon Yseult link
1/3/2017 04:18:06 pm

Not at all!

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Shan Jeniah Burton link
1/3/2017 09:12:17 am

Hmmm...I seem to remember having seen this somewhere before....oh, right. On my monitor, all highlighted in pretty colors, even!

Will it spoil the crit if I say I loved what came directly after this?

Does it surprise you that I'm very fond of the blue guy, on principle?

It's good to see you here, Shannon! =)

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Shannon Yseult link
1/3/2017 04:21:47 pm

Haha, nothing spoiled at all, can't wait to see the crit!

No surprise that you like the blue guy. Can't wait to see what you think of him in the second book. There's going to be a lot more revealed about him and his background then!

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Kim Magennis link
1/15/2017 09:52:02 am

Very intriguing, Shannon. I can't wait to find put what happens next.

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