Picture courtesy Synthesis by shafeen charania This week’s Six Sunday sample is another from my work-in-progress (almost done!), One Shade of Red. It’s a parody of Fifty Shades — but I know you figured that out. This selection is a little different from the excerpts I’ve posted over the past few weeks. Here, the protagonist, Damian, is doing […]
Once again, my six-sentence sample this week is from my work-in-progress, a parody of Fifty Shades of Grey called One Shade of Red. My aim is to mirror this inexplicable bestseller, but have somewhat more believable characters and better writing. The main character is Damian, a 20-year-old virgin who lacks self-confidence. He has been forced […]
I jumped deep into National Novel Writing Month this year. I had an idea during the summer for a book, and somewhere around late September, I decided to make it my NaNoMo project. The idea: to write a parody of the bestseller Fifty Shades of Gray, but to do it better. The goal: 50,000 words […]
Image: Wikipedia Commons Today’s Six Sunday Sample is another from my National Novel Writing Month work-in-progress, One Shade of Red, a parody of (you guessed it!) Fifty Shades of Grey. This excerpt comes from what’s shaping up to be Chapter 7: The Dinner Date. It takes place in a high-end restaurant in downtown Toronto. The […]