Happy Saturday! As of tomorrow, I’m officially on vacation for a week! That means I get to do absolutely no work. I’ll be going through my reading list and enjoying some new purchases in between hanging out with my kids, spouse, and his family. Going to be fantastic!
Today’s snippet is still from Nightsong. I figure I’ll post this and maybe one more before retiring it. I have a new collection of short stories coming out July 12, Leaps of Faith, which you can pre-order here. I’ll snip from that in the coming weeks.
Last week, Nate (aka the “gorgeous baritone”) showed up for his part in a charity performance. Izzy, who is currently in his drag persona, TaTa Latke, is about to meet him. They’ve both been fan-crushing on each other without knowing it. This is in Izzy’s POV.
Baritone turned toward him, and his mouth fell open. He closed it, opened it again, and then stood there. He finally shook himself and said, “You-you’re TaTa Latke. Oh, my god.”
It was Izzy’s turn to gape like a fish. The man he’d been thinking of as “his” baritone looked a bit awestruck himself. Izzy scrambled to recover. “Yes, that’s me. And you are…?”
“Nate Kingsley. Oh, my god,” he repeated. “I can’t believe I’m standing here talking to you.”
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LOL! I love how they’re fangirling (fanboying?) over each other. Too cute!
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This is one of my favourite moments in Nightsong. The build-up to it is brilliant. You can see it coming, and you’re kind of spurring it on, waiting with breath held, and then there it is. Ah, Nate. <3
😀 This scene was really fun to write. I’ve got a similar sort of moment in the next one, but completely the opposite—they’re in the midst of a heated argument, and it turns into…well, I won’t spoil it just yet. 😉
I’ve already reached my book buying limit for the month, (yeah, I generally reach it on the first day of the month) but Nightsong is definitely going on my to-buy list.
Yay! I hope it lives up to expectations. 🙂
Ohmigosh, I can visualize this scene, both guys gaping at each other. Love it. 🙂
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Adorable characters!!! Can’t wait to see more of this 😀
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Aww, I love this, and how it’s so different from the ever-popular hate at first sight storyline.
Aw, thanks! I do like an enemies-to-lovers story, but I think “I met my fan crush!” is also really fun.
Adorable! 😀
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Aww, sweet!
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That’s some fun fanboying.
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The perfect fanboy moment. Excellent! 🙂
Fan moment! I expected fluttering hands. 😀 Great snippet, A.M.