Sample Sunday: Six sentences from Initiation Rites

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A couple of years ago, I participated in a Web and social media initiative called Six Sentence Sunday. The idea was to publish six consecutive sentences from a writing project—book, story, play, whatever—link it to the Six Sentence Sunday page and then, every Sunday, read the samples of other participants.

Six Sentence Sunday has since closed down, but I thought I would republish my own series here on this new blog. Let me know what you think in the Comments.

Your actions have shown you to be one chosen by the powers of the world to accomplish wondrous deeds,” she said, as if she had heard his question. Her hands moved up his arms. Without losing contact with his skin, she moved around him and began spreading the oil on his neck and shoulders. Drops of oil set his skin on fire as they ran down his back. His vision swam, and he felt as if he were rocking back and forth on his feet, no matter how hard he tried to stand still. He couldn’t speak.

That six-sentence excerpt is from Part One of The Bones of the Earth. For more, you can click the tab above, or download a long, free sample from Smashwords.

You can also buy all of Part One: Initiation Rites for just 99 cents from Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks or B&N.

Or, you could buy the whole book from Amazon.