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Excerpt Monday Randomness

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

Below is a random bit I dreamed up at work one day…enjoy!

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Excerpt Monday – More Superheroes

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

Below is another scene from my Superheroes story that got cut. Karen is on the run and still doesn’t understand how to control her powers yet.

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Excerpt Monday – The #SYTYCW1 Challenge

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

I am answering Bria’s challenge over at Luv YA so here is the whole first chapter of my entry from #SYTYCW1.

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Excerpt Monday – Superheroes

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

This week I am sharing the original part of chapter 1 from my Mills & Boon New Voices entry. For me the contest is over, but the story has just begun. I am reworking the beginning and moving on from there, so I figured I’d share the part that is hitting the editing room floor with you all.

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Excerpt Monday – The Navy Lady

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

This month I am including a scene from my WIP The Navy Lady. This is also being used in @briaquinlan’s First Line Contest So You Think You Can Write (#SYTYCW). In this scene, from the hero’s POV, Mac and Phoebe meet as she is escaping from her abductors. I am not sure this scene will ever be used, but here it is.

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Excerpt Monday – Old Flames

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

This month, I am posting a snip-it of a contemporary short story I once wrote. It’s about a female firefighter finding love with an old flame.

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Excerpt Monday – Steampunk Style

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Once a month, a bunch of authors get together and post excerpts from published books, contracted work or works in progress, and link to each other. You don’t have to be published to participate just an writer with an excerpt you’d like to share. For more info on how to participate, head over to the Excerpt Monday site! or click on the banner above.

My excerpt this week is based on a writing challenge I was issued on the Romance Divas forum. The challenge:

Your characters are playing a game (what kind is up to you) and they really need to win.
The objects/words are: platypus, diamond, and a piece of music.

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