Daily Excerpt Post: 5 November

[jupitersings.livejournal.com]

This is your Daily Excerpt Post!

Post an excerpt of your novel here rather than anywhere else!
Please try to keep it under 1500 words. Thanks!


<b>Username:</b> <b>Any background information:</b> <b>Excerpt:</b>

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[mywholecry.livejournal.com]

Username: mywholecry
Any background information: Ben is complaining about being in high school and taking finals, and elementary school is the worst time of everyone's lives.
Excerpt:

"Do you even remember elementary school?" she asks, turning to the side to slide past him in the tiny entrance to the family room. She walks with slow, planned steps, avoiding the floorboards that make the most noise, wincing when her toes touch the edge of one and it moans low and sad underneath her. “No, better question, did you ever read Dante?”

“No, Jesus,” he says, falling backwards onto the sofa and shutting his eyes, “of course I haven’t.”

“Well, elementary school is like some awful mix of the first two levels of hell.” She stands behind the sofa and stares down at him until he opens his eyes again, squinting up. “With, like, extra wrath and sullenness on top. I hate teenagers.”

“You are a teenager,” he says. “Not a very good one, but still.”

[devilsduplicity.livejournal.com]

LAWL, this is adorable. Great banter between these two! ♥

[ahavah]

Awesome sauce. Just hijacking because it tickles me to see one of my icons in use by a stranger. :D

[devilsduplicity.livejournal.com]

I do believe it's time to create a thumbs-up Jesus army!

AND HEY, were you the one who made this icon? This is one of my 'needs-credit' pics. D:

[ahavah]

I did indeed make this one! Buddy Christ is everywhere, but I can tell this one's mine cause I added the light rays emanating from his head. It made me squee to see it.

[devilsduplicity.livejournal.com]

CREDITED!

That icon makes any comment 10x more outrageous. AND JON STEWART OHMYGOD I'M MELTING.

[ahavah]

Awesome! Well thanks so much for the credit. I just thought it was cool to see someone else using it. :D Jon is totally gankable if you want. If I knew who made it, it should be credited.

[tapeta.livejournal.com]

I love your dialogue and character so much! What's the title of your novel and do you think you'll actively try to get it published?

[mywholecry.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you. And it's currently titled Change Every Lock, and considering I have about 2000 words, I'm not really thinking about publishing at all :D

[tapeta.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I do hope you finish it for NaNo and that you do get it published, even if it's self-publishing!