Posts Tagged ‘novel’

Chapter 1               I stared out into the pouring rain.  My hands gripped the door frame of the small thatched cottage where I lived with my mother at the edge of Hawthorne Village.  I watched the eddies of water swirl in the mud outside the door.  If I squinted, I could just make out [...]

Chapter 1               Rosa stared out into the pouring rain.  Her hands gripped the door frame of the small thatched cottage where she lived with her mother at the edge of Hawthorne Village.  She watched the eddies of water swirl in the mud outside the door.  She could just make out the next closest [...]

The prologue is done, and I finally have a clue as to where the story is going next.  It’s funny, I can only see a little ways ahead, but as I keep writing, I learn a little more. * * * * * A powerful wrenching of her abdomen brought Melindea back into the present.How [...]

Then just this morning, the guards had come for her. Two in front of her, two behind. Their black capes hung down their backs. Masks hid their faces from her eyes. Melindea walked heavily down the stone corridor and up the tower steps. Lanterns flickered, casting light and shadows across her footsteps. She heard nothing [...]

Soon Ivan spent afternoons gathering leaves with Melinda before stopping at the cottage for tea and a visit with Gram. He never said where he was from other than a small village in the north. He never said what he did during the time he was away. Melindea and Gram spend many evenings at first [...]

Here’s the first part of my novel.  I’m still trying to figure out the best way to begin.  I don’t like the first two paragraphs at all.  By the third, I’m a little more into it.  Maybe I can work in some of the information from the first paragraphs later.  I’m not sure how well [...]