Snippet Saturday!

Yes, I'm late, sue me. Here's something I scribbled in the Chains story in Moab...

"At least when you roast someone it's fast and clean." Her ruff flattened. "Also tastier, but that may be impolitic for me to say."

"No, no, go right ahead, why should you be any different from anyone else around here?" I slumped to the floor. "At least you say what you mean instead of pussyfooting around issues until I'm ready to scream."

"Don't judge all dragons by me. Some of them talk so much they'll make your head spin right off your shoulders with frustration."

"They want me to get married now! How am I going to get married with all this going on?" I lashed my tail. "How can I court a girl when I'm randomly leaving my body and switching consciousness with a bloody--excuse me, no offense--dragon?"

"Don't you like girls?"

"Oh, of course I like girls, they're very nice, but this is going to turn into politics again, because it won't do for me to marry just any girl, oh no. Not only must she be of royal blood, but the alliance must strengthen our ties to some other kingdom without sending the others into a tizzy because they were rejected."

"Dragon matings are much less complicated," she said sympathetically.

"Most human matings are as well. It's just when you get into royalty that it gets muddied up. Just once I'd like to dance with a girl at a ball and not worry that I'm making some sort of statement by doing it." I was venting to a dragon and should probably stop.

I really do love this thing.

Snippet Saturday!

Yes, I'm late, sue me. Here's something I scribbled in the Chains story in Moab...

"At least when you roast someone it's fast and clean." Her ruff flattened. "Also tastier, but that may be impolitic for me to say."

"No, no, go right ahead, why should you be any different from anyone else around here?" I slumped to the floor. "At least you say what you mean instead of pussyfooting around issues until I'm ready to scream."

"Don't judge all dragons by me. Some of them talk so much they'll make your head spin right off your shoulders with frustration."

"They want me to get married now! How am I going to get married with all this going on?" I lashed my tail. "How can I court a girl when I'm randomly leaving my body and switching consciousness with a bloody--excuse me, no offense--dragon?"

"Don't you like girls?"

"Oh, of course I like girls, they're very nice, but this is going to turn into politics again, because it won't do for me to marry just any girl, oh no. Not only must she be of royal blood, but the alliance must strengthen our ties to some other kingdom without sending the others into a tizzy because they were rejected."

"Dragon matings are much less complicated," she said sympathetically.

"Most human matings are as well. It's just when you get into royalty that it gets muddied up. Just once I'd like to dance with a girl at a ball and not worry that I'm making some sort of statement by doing it." I was venting to a dragon and should probably stop.

I really do love this thing.

"Changes" OMG

Jim Butcher has the ability to rip my heart out, stick it in a blender, hit "shred," dump it on the ground, and stomp on the bitty shards. And he doesn't even have to kill a character to do it.

I literally had to set the book aside just now and Have a Moment. alsdkfja;lfjal;fj

Pages 206-208, inclusive. Those of you who've read it will know what I'm talking about. Spoilers in comments, no doubt.

Jim, honey, you're killin' me here.

"Changes" OMG

Jim Butcher has the ability to rip my heart out, stick it in a blender, hit "shred," dump it on the ground, and stomp on the bitty shards. And he doesn't even have to kill a character to do it.

I literally had to set the book aside just now and Have a Moment. alsdkfja;lfjal;fj

Pages 206-208, inclusive. Those of you who've read it will know what I'm talking about. Spoilers in comments, no doubt.

Jim, honey, you're killin' me here.