Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, and BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!) Share the title & author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I, Emma Freke by Elizabeth Atkinson
And now, for my Tuesday Teaser...For those of you who don't know, I do my Tuesday Teasers differently (and yes, I add this disclaimer every time). Each week, I feature two sentences (or more) of something I've written, leave it up all day, then remove it around 11 PM. You're welcome to comment on it, love it, hate it, or simply read it at your leisure...if you'd like, of course. This week's teaser is from my current WIP, RACE.
Oh, they're both fabulous! I love language and the ways it weaves visual images....
ReplyDeleteHere's mine:
http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/12/07/teaser-tuesdays-dec-7/
Ooh, I love your teaser, Mel! =)
ReplyDeleteYour teasers are always amazing but I love this one :) Thanks for sharing. Here's my teaser
ReplyDeleteYour teasers are always so effective- leaving me wanting more!
ReplyDeleteOooh, creepy iridescent girl--so intriguing! And I love the cover of that book you're reading!
ReplyDeleteI, Emma Freke sounds like a really fun and charming book.
ReplyDeleteOooh, your teasers are always so amazing and interesting, especially this one!
Ohhh good teaser today, I went straight for yours
ReplyDeleteMelissa! Your teaser is fabulous, why is she iridescent? I want to know. I need to know these things. LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteOooo good one! And good question :)
ReplyDeleteEvery single one of your teasers makes me want to read RACE even more. I liked the teaser for I, Emma Freke, but RACE seriously sounds like my kinda book. Please query it...pretty please!!
ReplyDeleteHere is my teaser from Witchgrass: A Pipe Dream by Dave Wilkinson (Page 1):
ReplyDeleteMost gardeners hate witchgrass. Of all weeds it is one of the most persistent and adaptable. Any small piece of rhizome left in the soil can become an aggressive plant ready to take over the plot. Witchgrass is hard to pull. Roots are deep, and break off easily. Any part left in the ground will grow again. Farmers say the species isn't even good as hay, not as good as timothy or alfalfa. Some call it quickgrass.
Early New England colonists blamed evil people for this garden invader. In the seventeenth century villagers would speak this way:
"The surly woman living alone on her dead husband's estate. She goes into the woods and consorts with the Devil. Signs his book. Fornicates with him. Eats mushrooms. She and the Devil send witchgrass to harass the virtuous and the Godly. Let us hang this witch and seize her rich farm."
Another awesome teaser, Melissa! i love your writing style!
ReplyDeleteNow that's a rather curious teaser....I wonder what has her in such a tizzy that she is forcing calm into her voice... *ponders* Good job on the second teaser too....love the imagery it presents.... Thanks for the tease! ^_^
ReplyDeleteOh, that sounds like a good book. I do love storms... the description in that tease was just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the teaser hop... no one has stopped by my blog yet so I pulled out my best walking gown and lovely gold slippers to stroll along the path to knock on some blog doors and stop for a chat and spot of tea.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE the teaser you wrote! You're truly gifted- it had lots of great imagery.
ReplyDeleteI like your teaser best. :)
ReplyDeleteI simply adore your teasers - and really, really hope you publish your works one day. I'm so very curious about it and would definitely read it!
ReplyDeleteIridescent... I learned a new word today. :) I'm interested why the girl is iridescent though. ;) Loving your teasers as always! <3
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing. I haven't heard of this one. I love the letters on the cover.
ReplyDeleteBoth great teasers, but as always I am most interested in your teaser. You need to publish soon, I will be among the first to buy!
ReplyDeleteLoving the teasers this week!!
ReplyDeleteI like them both. :)
ReplyDeleteI like them!
ReplyDeleteMy post is also up along with my first giveaway. Please do come visit.
good teasers today!
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm a new follower so I had no idea you were a writer. I'm really loving your quote! Why is she iridescent? I definitely want to know more!
ReplyDeleteI love reading your teasers. Awesome.
ReplyDeleteI like the cover of 'emma'!
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