Happy Wednesday! I’m back from VacationLand (also known as My Living Room). Everyone is back to work and school, and the winter schedule is picking up again. I’m so glad there’s only a little more than a month until the school musical, after which life will be a lot easier.
Great news! I had my short story about Alex and Phin published in Love Is a Mess, an anthology of romantic and not-so-romantic Valentine’s Day stories. They range from sweet to steamy to way more than steamy and feature lesbian, gay, and bisexual characters and situations. If you are interested in a reviewer’s copy, please let me know in the comments or use the “contact me” link above. I’ll give you one in exchange for an honest review.
Meanwhile, I’m getting started on new goals for the new year. I’m back to participating in ROW80, and it’s time for an update. Keep in mind I’ve only been at this for a day, since I was late joining in.
- Read 30 minutes/day—yup
- Write 1 hour/day—yes, though I ended up scrapping it and starting over
- Write 1 blog post/week that isn’t ROW80 or WIPpet—not yet
- Write 1 flash fiction/month—not yet
- Walk on the treadmill 5 days/week—yep, so far so good
On to this week’s WIPpet. If you recall, I’ve been posting from my short story about a chemistry teacher falling for a colleague. I can finally reveal that I’m working on this to submit for another anthology. In this week’s snippet, I’m introducing you to the object of Ethan’s affection, fellow teacher and the director of the school play.
WIPmath: 7 sentences for the 7th.
Just as Ethan had decided maybe he would leave after all, a man who might have been the most attractive person he’d ever seen strode onstage and began shuffling the students around. He was tall and broad, straight-backed and elegant, with a thick mop of graying hair and a mustache. A mustache! Who had those anymore? Yet there it was, a strip on his upper lip that matched the hair on his head. Ethan was too far away to tell what color his eyes were, but he didn’t care. The rest of the man was gorgeous enough to make him temporarily forget he was probably at least twice Ethan’s age—not that Ethan minded anyway.
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aww, I love that description. Reminds me of Monica’s BF in Friends (not chandler, the other one, the doctor).
Oh! I know who you mean . I think he was played by Tom Selleck, right? He’s always been hot, IMO. I confess to modeling this guy on someone I used to know. 🙂 I love guys who are masculine without being DudeBro Manly or like SuperManlyMen. I dunno…guys who are so secure in themselves that they don’t have to prove they’re men, I guess. Kind of like my husband. LOL!
Lost me at the mustache. If there’s hair on the lip, there should be hair on the chin. 😛
I wonder what’s in store for Ethan. This could very quickly go in his favor or against it.
I’m not sure I like the *look* of just a mustache, but I don’t like beards at all. 🙂
Oh, there’s definitely a bit of trouble in Ethan’s future.
Tom Selleck… *le-sigh* Oh, and…crud…who’s the cowboy one with the awesome deep, rumbly voice who does the “Beef, it’s what’s for dinner” and now Dodge?? It’ll hit me as soon as I post this.
Great description, and nice scene. I think I’d have a crush on him, too.
I can’t remember either! Oh, well.
Ethan’s definitely in deep crush mode. Hopefully Mr. Mustache will help him out with that. 😉
Awwe…that’s cute for 7 sentences! 🙂
LOL! Well, I didn’t have much more than that written last night when I posted it, other than this snippet and the one I put up a couple of weeks ago. Now the story’s about halfway done. 😀 Glad you thought it was cute!
Ethan might have something nice coming his way! Woot! Woot! I love your description by the way.
Some nice and some less than nice, but I pretty much always promise a happy ending. 🙂
Nice excerpt, nice description.
And congrats on the publication and the progress!
Thanks! I was pretty excited to have something in the anthology because it made me feel like a big-shot seeing my name next to Adrian’s and another fellow writer whom I admire. 🙂
I love the little internal convo about the mustache 🙂
😀 Yeah, that was fun to write.
Great job so far and congrats on the publication. That’s exciting.
Like the snippet. 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
I like how Ethan’s eyeing up this other man and the thoughts that are running through his head, especially the reference to the man being older than him and him not caring at all! 🙂
Hahaha! Ethan has a bit of a thing for older guys. It’s fun to write his internal dialog. 🙂
Don’t you just love that first sighting? *sigh* Love is when you feel that way, every time you look at your bae. 🙂 Very nice.
Oh, yes. I agree! And it’s so much fun when it evolves from that first glimpse to something more. 🙂
I can appreciate Ethan’s thing for older guys (my other half is 11 years older than me), but it takes a very special man to pull of a mustache. I hope Ethan gets to know more about this guy.
Hahaha! I think so too about the mustache. I really, really hate MoVember when all these dudes grow ‘staches. I mean, it’s for a good cause—spouse’s work has fundraisers, and it’s for prostate cancer research. I still hate the facial hair, though. LOL!
Me too Amy – to the point where I’ve banned my hubby from growing one!
I’ve seen pictures of him with one from years back. Think of a slug balancing above someone’s top lip and that’s about it!