Saturday, April 16, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday #2

This is a six from my another of my WIPs, A Woman of Proper Accomplishments, a Regency paranormal romance. Here we have a bit of a world-building exchange between the hero and the heroine's sister.

“Even if you dislike spiritus,” Mr. Morgan said, “would you prefer the French have something we do not? Napoleon is dangerous enough even without the assistance of soul breathers.”

Sophia’s mouth twitched but did not break into a full frown. She took a deep breath. “I suppose when you say that, I find myself forced to agree with you. Shall we now also rely on witchcraft to battle the French?”

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19 comments:

  1. Cate MastersApril 17, 2011 at 7:29 AM

    Love the genre mashup. Cool snippet!

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  2. AnonymousApril 17, 2011 at 8:03 AM

    Nice world building peek!

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  3. Sarah GrimmApril 17, 2011 at 8:25 AM

    Great genre combination! Love your 6!

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  4. UnknownApril 17, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    Oh I loved that! Shall we now use witchcraft to battle the French! Excellent 6!

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  5. Susanna FraserApril 17, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Nice historical voice!

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  6. Jayel KayeApril 17, 2011 at 10:28 AM

    Love it. The combo is great, just great.

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  7. UnknownApril 17, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    This has the makings of a great book! I'm with Cate, the mixture of genres makes this very intriguing and fresh!

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  8. UnknownApril 17, 2011 at 12:06 PM

    Soul-breathers? I'm curious.

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  9. Cara BristolApril 17, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Love the last line! BTW, I also like your title. Cool.

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  10. LindsayApril 17, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    Regency paranormal Interesting mix and something worth following.

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  11. J.A. BeardApril 17, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Thanks all. Glad to see that I'm not the only who thinks paranormal Regency is an interesting combination. :)

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  12. Liana BrooksApril 17, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Witches and Napoleon?I'm quite intrigued. Keep writing, I want to read more. :o)

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  13. Jean DavisApril 17, 2011 at 2:50 PM

    Interesting combination of magic and historical. Great last line there!

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  14. Hailey EdwardsApril 17, 2011 at 3:06 PM

    Very interesting premise you've got happening. V. nice.

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  15. J.A. BeardApril 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    There are no actual witches in this book (though there most definitely is magic, just not 'witches' per se) in this book. Though I do have a couple of ideas for that sort of thing in other books. I love the Regency period, but I love paranormal stuff too (also love Heian Japan, but that's a little less accessible to a lot of people in my primary likely target audience, so still working on some ideas for stories set there).

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  16. Ella DrakeApril 17, 2011 at 4:51 PM

    Very intriguing. I'd definitely love to read more!

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  17. UnknownApril 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    To answer her question -- YES! All's fair in love and war. :D

    ~ Renee

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  18. Chrystalla ThomaApril 19, 2011 at 4:42 AM

    Cute! :-)

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  19. Pip GreenApril 19, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    I'm fascinated by the term 'soul breathers.' The voice in this sounds perfect for the era.

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