How is it Wednesday again? I have blog-guilt for failing to write a more substantive post at any point in the past few weeks. I’ve got some ideas rattling around in my head, though. Cross my heart and hope to die, I’ll post something soon about (a) writing longhand, (b) redemptive sex in romance and erotica, or (c) comma usage with appositive clauses.
(Gee, which one sounds most interesting?)
Meanwhile, here’s a snippet from the WIP, which is now pushing 40,000 words. Katie has finally figured out which man she’s supposed to be after, bless her little heart.
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Sean parked himself in the far corner of the suite and started doing his clicky-typing thing on Judahs computer, leaving Katie to talk Judah into spilling the Readers Digest version of his life story.
He claimed it would go down better over a drink, so they declared it happy hour and mixed up gin and tonics from the minibar. Katie tossed Sean a beer. He caught it one-handed without looking up from the screen, which was for some reason the single sexiest thing shed ever seen anyone do in her life. Shed developed a geek fetish. Next thing she knew, hed pull out a graphing calculator, and shed faint with lust.
When she finished up with the besotted staring, Judah was watching her and smiling like the Cheshire Cat.
What? she asked, bristling at being so obvious.
I knew there was something going on with you two.
Nuh-uh. It was, Scouts honor, the most intelligent thing she could think of to say.
Judah made a grandmotherly tsking noise and said, Two men at once, Miss Clark. Its scandalous.
Omigod, whisper, please, if youre going to humiliate me. I wasnt with Sean in Louisville.
He kissed you right in front of me, Judah pointed out, lowering his voice so it at least approached a whisper.
That was for your benefit. I believe the idea was to mark me as taken.
I believe you squeaked.
I didnt squeak.
You did.
She had. Shed totally squeaked. It had been an accident, but the truth was Sean was just that great a kisser. Hed compelled her to squeak, and he hadnt even used his tongue. Now if only she could get him to do it again
