Welcome to another edition of Six Sentence Story Thursday Link Up. The given word is “date.” You can click here to participate in this week’s hop and read other bloggers’ six-sentence creations.
My contribution is an excerpt from the prologue of The Red Dress, in which my main character Eve’s roommate is trying to persuade her to go to the homecoming dance. As the scene opens, Charlene is talking.
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You really should come to the dance. I know you don’t have a date, but I’m sure Alex wouldn’t mind if you came with us.”
“I really should work on this tonight, so I’m not cramming to get it done tomorrow on top of my other assignments, especially since I have writer’s block. With just about everybody at the dance, I shouldn’t have any distractions, and maybe something will come to me.”
Charlene rolled her eyes and moved to her side of the room, where she switched on her bedside radio, tuned to a soft rock station.
“What was the assignment again?”
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What was the assignment? Why is Eve using it as an excuse not to go to the dance? Read the book and find out.
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New! Why Grandma Doesn’t Know Me
Copyright 2021 by Abbie Johnson Taylor.
Independently published with the help of DLD Books.
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Sixteen-year-old Natalie’s grandmother, suffering from dementia and confined to a wheelchair, lives in a nursing home and rarely recognizes Natalie. But one Halloween night, she tells her a shocking secret that only she and Natalie’s mother know. Natalie is the product of a one-night stand between her mother, who is a college English teacher, and another professor.
After some research, Natalie learns that people with dementia often have vivid memories of past events. Still not wanting to believe what her grandmother has told her, she finds her biological father online. The resemblance between them is undeniable. Not knowing what else to do, she shows his photo and website to her parents.
Natalie realizes she has some growing up to do. Scared and confused, she reaches out to her biological father, and they start corresponding.
Her younger sister, Sarah, senses their parents’ marital difficulties. At Thanksgiving, when she has an opportunity to see Santa Claus, she asks him to bring them together again. Can the jolly old elf grant her request?
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