Sunday, September 22, 2013

#SnippetSunday - WIP - Too Stupid To Live


Welcome to the Snippet Sunday on the Weird, the Wild, and the Wicked. Thank you so much for visiting. If you choose to comment today, I really appreciate it. Currently, the snippets are from a Work in Progress, the third story in the Cloudburst, Colorado series, and while they aren't consecutive, they are in order within the story. You can read last week's snippet HERE.

Today, I'm offering another snippet from the second chapter of The Cloudburst Coffee and Spa, a WIP in the Cloudburst Colorado series that deals with some of the darker kinks in love. Eighteen years have passed since Moira saw Aiden under the ponderosa, and now he's back in town, at least for a while. The snippet is unedited.

Aiden Westmorland parked his old Chevy pickup behind Mazie’s Five and Dime, and wondered for the millionth time what the hell he’d been thinking coming back to Cloudburst. Too stupid to live, I guess. He could give any excuse he wanted, but deep down the answer had been and always would be the same. Moira Callahan. She represented true north on his compass star, and he’d always be drawn back to her allure.
He’d hit the outskirts of town just ahead of the snowstorm bearing down on the little Rocky Mountain town. He didn’t believe this would be a quick one, despite the town’s name. The scent in the wind suggested the storm might last for quite a while. Mistress Cloudburst strikes again. The nickname made him grin and he turned off the truck before shoving his hands into gloves. The windows immediately fogged up as his warm breath hit the cooling glass, obscuring the view of the frozen parking lot.

So not so unaffected by his lady after all. ;) If you'd like to see a photo of the inspiration for Aiden, click HERE. There are several great authors on the Weekend Writing Warrior list and in the Snippet Sunday Facebook group. A few of my favorites are Anastasia Vitsky, SJ Maylee, Gem Sivad, Goran Zidar, Zee Monodee, and Karla Doyle.

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy reading. :)

16 comments:

  1. Aaaaah, the siren call of the frozen parking lot.
    Nice 8!

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  2. Great visuals about the windows fogging -- are you sure he's not driving my car? Anyhow, I can't wait until he and Moira meet up...

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  3. I'd like to know more about why he's so reluctant to come back---very intriguing! :)

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  4. Great snippet Siobhan! Why did he leave in the first place? Looking forward to their reunion. :-)

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  5. I love when the allure of a woman makes a man do something against his better judgement. Yum! Enticing writing too. Well done, Siobhan.

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  6. lol Nice! I love the name Westmoreland :-)

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  7. Very good writing, very good snippet. I'm curious as to why he doesn't want to go back. Moira is his "true north" says oodles, which is great instead of giving chapter and verse about how he feels about her. Well done. Keep them coming.

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  8. Love the reference to her being his true north star. Great visuals overall in this snippet.

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  9. I want to read MOAR of this immediately please LOL! So intrigued...excellent excerpt!

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  10. Great job of setting up this scene. Feel like I'm there:)

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  11. Great details here and I love how you integrate his motivation for returning. Nice snippet!

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  12. So visual, Siobhan. And a wonderful job of getting the reader inside of his head. Nice snippet :-)

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  13. Loved the snippet. Great visual! And I want to know more about his 'true north'.

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  14. Great visual. I know how really cold it is! I'm curious too. Why did he leave? Why is he hesitant to come back? Good on you making me ask these questions!
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