tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post7041065124477489635..comments2023-12-31T09:17:15.628-05:00Comments on A Life in Pages: First Scene of the WIPAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15745389922246602752noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post-83763915899419404732011-04-10T10:15:50.750-04:002011-04-10T10:15:50.750-04:00The tone, to me, is Southern, a family drama, with...The tone, to me, is Southern, a family drama, with a teensy tick of suspense in it. LOL This is my kind of book!! I can't wait to read it, Angie. :)Southern-fried Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274634359952391833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post-28631585237862889372011-04-10T00:12:34.876-04:002011-04-10T00:12:34.876-04:00Ah, another sisters journey. And the apron makes ...Ah, another sisters journey. And the apron makes its debut! Here she wears it in the opening scene, and you already allude to her needing to cut the apron strings on the back cover. You plot things so tightly. Amazing.<br /><br />Darlene (Caldwell Young?), the responsible older sister with a watchful eye over “young and carefree” Nolie (who I suspect isn’t as carefree as Darlene thinks). Nolie seems low-key, but I don’t get the impression of joy in either of them, nor liveliness. That might be just the heat, but if Darlene’s as concerned for her sister’s safety as she seems, I think it odd she waits to go get her gun and does nothing when Nolie gets in the vehicle. Also—I wasn’t totally clear if D’s comment, “Don’t you get in that truck, Nolie” was said loud enough for Nolie to hear, or if Darlene even intended to say it loud enough. The clenched teeth told me Darlene was saying it to herself.<br /><br />I’d guess genre - women’s fiction, along the line of The Fine Art of Insincerity. The truck could lead to a mystery or worse, but that isn’t the sense I get—yet. The tone? I sense some frustration or disappointment below the surface—not even simmering yet, but there.<br /><br />LOVE the opening line, Angie. Blessings,<br />Mary KayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post-69845236334832584292011-04-09T21:27:54.557-04:002011-04-09T21:27:54.557-04:00I see a mystery forming, and I'd love to have ...I see a mystery forming, and I'd love to have you write about the difficulties between sisters. Why, just holla, and I'll be happy to provide some additional information!<br /><br />I've been wondering WHEN you were going to write another good one!SmilingSallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479373067844173653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post-23712972585368859412011-04-09T09:28:28.432-04:002011-04-09T09:28:28.432-04:00Thanks, Clyde! :-) Good, I'm close to hittin...Thanks, Clyde! :-) Good, I'm close to hitting the mark, then (and thanks for the catch about Martha's last name--I hadn't double-checked that!) <br /><br />I'll pop up another scene soon. And yes, it's a three-sister story again, though it won't be first person like INSINCERITY. The tone is a bit different. :-) <br /><br />Thanks so much! <br /><br />AngieAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15745389922246602752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13498449.post-57596037999648358522011-04-09T08:37:56.240-04:002011-04-09T08:37:56.240-04:00Ah, another book about sisters. Love it! And I l...Ah, another book about sisters. Love it! And I love the opening line. It, and the one to follow, are both masterful and set the tone in my head for a period piece (50s? - although the crime show on TV makes it later) of sleepy days in the south. Appears to be set before the expected (or maybe just affordable?) amenities of air conditioning and Program flea control. I can sense restlessness - a desire to reach out to the future without straying too far from the past. Mystery, sibling angst, all kinds of possibilities. (BTW, Martha's last name is spelled Stewart. It's all those years working for a publisher!) Write on, Angie, I'm gonna love it! ClydeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com