Saturday, March 4, 2006

3/4 Weekly Update

Editing isn't my thing this week, but I did get the ol' writing muscles flexed. I started with a writing exercise on Forward Motion that's simmering on the back burner with short story potential.

My main project this week has been Nighthunter's Bite, a fantasy short story about a young thief being hunted by what seems to be a dark goddess and her creature of legend. Will Maura survive the hunt? I'll know the answer by next weekend, but you'll probably have to wait a little longer. In the meantime, here's my first line.

Nighthunter's Bite
Maura felt gazes searing into her flesh; two pairs of inhuman eyes that hungered for her.