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agilebritThe first lines meme. Basically, you post the first line of all your unfinished stories in an attempt to inspire yourself to actually finish one.
So. In no particular order, understanding that I don't title these things (usually) until I'm done with them:
Knowledge is power.
--from Books Gone Bad
The talking cat in the carrier glared at me and hissed.
--from Cat-Hoarding Dragon
The battle was a rout. Unfortunately, we were the ones on the losing side.
--from Chains. I don't even remember why I called it that.
"Let me get this straight," Russell Fisk said to his prospective client. "You people have dug up an abandoned cemetery to make room for a shopping center, and you want to hire my ship to take the coffins and headstones out to the edge of the system and space them?"
--from "Ghost of a Chance." Yes, that one has a title.
This wasn't the first time the Law of Unintended Consequences bit Alex Jarrett on the ass, but it was definitely the weirdest.
--from the New Alex Jarrett story. No, I have no idea what just happened there. If you figure it out, let me know.
"Ain't you a purty one?" the ghostly girl-voice whispered in my ear.
--from Cowboy Sleeping Beauty
A lot of small-town sheriffs are wizards, although people in general don't know that.
--from Tattoos That Come to Life
"At least the neighbors will be quiet," the realtor said, gesturing over the fence to the overgrown old cemetery fifty feet from the back door.
--from Unquiet Neighbors. This one and Ghost of a Chance both sprang from the same premise, actually.
I thought my life couldn't get any weirder--until a crossbow bolt transfixed my chest in broad daylight in the middle of downtown Los Angeles.
--from Weird Life. No, I have no idea where that one was going either.
Oh, God. I have enough just there to keep me busy writing for the next year. A couple of those were over five thousand words in before they sputtered to a stop.
So. In no particular order, understanding that I don't title these things (usually) until I'm done with them:
Knowledge is power.
--from Books Gone Bad
The talking cat in the carrier glared at me and hissed.
--from Cat-Hoarding Dragon
The battle was a rout. Unfortunately, we were the ones on the losing side.
--from Chains. I don't even remember why I called it that.
"Let me get this straight," Russell Fisk said to his prospective client. "You people have dug up an abandoned cemetery to make room for a shopping center, and you want to hire my ship to take the coffins and headstones out to the edge of the system and space them?"
--from "Ghost of a Chance." Yes, that one has a title.
This wasn't the first time the Law of Unintended Consequences bit Alex Jarrett on the ass, but it was definitely the weirdest.
--from the New Alex Jarrett story. No, I have no idea what just happened there. If you figure it out, let me know.
"Ain't you a purty one?" the ghostly girl-voice whispered in my ear.
--from Cowboy Sleeping Beauty
A lot of small-town sheriffs are wizards, although people in general don't know that.
--from Tattoos That Come to Life
"At least the neighbors will be quiet," the realtor said, gesturing over the fence to the overgrown old cemetery fifty feet from the back door.
--from Unquiet Neighbors. This one and Ghost of a Chance both sprang from the same premise, actually.
I thought my life couldn't get any weirder--until a crossbow bolt transfixed my chest in broad daylight in the middle of downtown Los Angeles.
--from Weird Life. No, I have no idea where that one was going either.
Oh, God. I have enough just there to keep me busy writing for the next year. A couple of those were over five thousand words in before they sputtered to a stop.
