I’ve joined the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook. From their description: “Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).” Pretty cool, eh? Don’t forget to “Like” my Facebook page and/or my Facebook profile while you’re over there checking out this fantastic group!
I’m continuing the thread I started a couple weeks ago from Closets Are for Clothes featuring Mike & Wes. For general context, Mike is heading “home” to Kansas to come out to his parents.
Told from Mike’s 1st-person POV.
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This Week’s Snippet:
I sipped my ginger ale, reopened my book, and flipped through the pages as if I was reading. Instead, my thoughts slipped back to the goodbye I’d shared with Wes. I’d gone straight to the airport from work, which I’d left a little early, so I didn’t get to see him then.
But before he’d left for the hospital this morning, he’d trailed a finger down the side of my face, then used it to tip up my chin for a light but lingering kiss. “Remember, whatever happens tomorrow, your life here will be the same.”
As I recalled that beautiful kiss, my hand came off the open page and was halfway to my lips before I stilled it, remembering where I was. I finished the movement and camouflaged the action by scratching my nose instead.
Dream On – Book 1 – Closets Are for Clothes
42,719 words / 136 Pages (PDF)
Coming on February 24, 2018 to JMS Books, LLC
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Mike’s life is carefully compartmentalized. He’s deep in the closet to his family back in Kansas, but lives life honestly and openly in Austin. He’s unnerved when Wes, his old university crush, turns up at his door in answer to a roommate advertisement, but quickly sees the potential…benefits of the arrangement. Wes has never doubted nor denied his sexuality. With the support of his family he’s an out and proud LGBT activist.
On the scale balancing his self-esteem on one side, and the love of his family on the other, Mike has to decide which weighs more. Is Mike being fair to his parents by not giving them the chance to know his real self? When the delicate balance of his life is disrupted, he decides he’s tired of living a lie. Will Wes understand his concerns, or will their fledgling relationship crumble under the strain of Mike’s uncertainty?
NOTE: Closets Are for Clothes is a from-the-ground-up comprehensively rewritten and reedited version of A Dream Come True (published by Addison at Torquere Press in February, 2009). While the theme of the original story is the same, and many important scenes will be recognizable, the way the characters deal with important events is handled differently than in the original story and much of the story’s backdrop and side characters have changed. Beyond converting the story from an alternating 3rd-person POV to being told entirely from Mike’s 1st-person POV, this is a significantly changed retelling of the story.
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Nice save! Heh… And can I say again just how much I like that title? ~grin~ Thank you for sharing!
Thank you <3, and thank you!
Sometimes a moment can be treasured for hours, even days, after. You love that moment so much you can barely concentrate on boring tasks that follow. You capture that beautifully as he tries to read a book and can’t. The cover of CAFC is very lovely btw.
Thank you! <3
I was pretty happy with how the cover turned out. Thanks again! 🙂
There is such subtle beauty and tenderness here.
Aww, thank you! 💕
Aww. That melted my heart a little. Mellow and lovely.
That’s the goal! Thank you. 💖
If I were him, I’d have probably tried something stronger than ginger ale (although my CO was actually over coffee) :d Very gentle moment with the memory. Love it!
He could’ve used a stiff drink, that’s for sure! Thank you. ♡
Too sweet! A lovely snippet.
Thank you! 💖
So sweetly sensual!
That was the goal. Thanks so much! 💕
Awwww, I’m happy it’s not many days until release! Can’t wait! 🙂
Aww, thank you so much. I’m excited! 🎉
Awww, this is a very tender snippet. It gives me the warm fuzzies.
Aww, thank you so much! 🙂
Sometimes a sweet memory is all you need.
Gets us through the tough times! <3
I loved this scene! So many layers – longing, potential loss of acceptance, love. Well done!
Thank you so much! <3 <3