Sunday, February 13, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday - February 13th

 
Here’s another snippet of six from my newly released fantasy erotic romance book Tears on a Tranquil Lake. 
In this selection, I'll give you a taste of my favorite character from the book...a Haitian vodoun Mambo named Teega. I'm fascinated by characters who are both good and evil, capable of great kindness and unspeakable wrath...like Teega.
Art reference: Mrs-Dracula9274
            “Relax, my child, Teega es here. I heard yer heart crying from over a mile yonder. Ye be the saddest soul on tis island tonight. I have come te help ye.”
            Her voice comforted, its sweetness pouring over me like warm maple syrup. It gave me the courage to turn around. A beautiful, middle-aged woman with skin dark as the night sky leaned over me.
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13 comments:

  1. Jessica E. SubjectFebruary 13, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    Great writing Marsha!

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  2. Sarah GrimmFebruary 13, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Ooh, intriguing. I love characters who are good and evil, too.

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  3. Taryn KincaidFebruary 13, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    Fascinating. So many interesting character sketches.

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  4. Lisa FoxFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    I love how you write her voice! I could totally hear her speaking.

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  5. Jayel KayeFebruary 13, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    OH, I really loved this. You gave her a great voice

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  6. Lex ValentineFebruary 13, 2011 at 12:58 PM

    Characters like that give me the shivers!

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  7. Marie DeesFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:00 PM

    Oh, I love characters like this. And a bit of magic in the story.

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  8. L. A. GreenFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Love how I can hear Teega speak through the phrasing of the dialogue, and how she's drawn to the MC's misery.

    I love characters like this too, the ones who are neither good nor evil, but can, at times, play both roles. Especially when they walk a line so narrow the reader can't decide if they will help or hurt the hero and/or heroine.

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  9. Chrystalla ThomaFebruary 13, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    Powerful lines.

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  10. Sandra SookooFebruary 13, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Nice snippet! Are attention to detail in the dialogue.

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  11. AprilFebruary 13, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    Very cool snippet and I really like that picture a lot too!

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    I do like the use of accent here. It makes her stand out.

    I would say make a noticable difference between e as in eh and e as in ee, but that's just my personal craziness.

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  13. D CarneyFebruary 19, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Give us more!

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