I recently signed a contract for the sequel to To Hiss or to Kiss. This snippet is from that WIP, tentatively titled To Growl or to Groan. In this scene, the main character, Chloe, just finished getting a rather harrowing tarot reading.
“Rest with the messages and take what you can from them. Let them bring you insight and add to your own wisdom. They are not meant to tell you exactly what will happen, and whatever you imagine now, may not be what the cards wish for you to know.”
I stare at her delicate hand over mine. Her skin is darker than mine, but still rather pale. I don’t know what to think about this reading. Panicking will do me no good, nor will griping. Goddamn it.
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Congrats on the contract. This feels like a real reading, rather than one where your fortune is told. The last couple of lines say a lot about your heroine — being passive doesn’t work well for her 🙂
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Yes, it is not just a fortune telling reading. It is a three-card past, present, future reading that she gets. Yes, she would like to think she’s passive, but she so isn’t. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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Love the contrast between the heroine’s blunt last line and the tarot reader’s advice. 😉
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Interesting, hard to decide what to do with a reading like that…excellent excerpt!
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Great snippet, Katya, and congrats on the contract!
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Thanks, Anne. You just had a new one, too, right?
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Nice excerpt. Good writing and congrats.
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Nice snippet! Congrats on the contract!
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I wanted to thank you for this good read!! I absolutely loved every bit of
it. I have got you saved as a favorite to look at new stuff you post…
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