WeWriWa Febuary 7th-Rendezvous with Destiny

It's time for the Weekend Writing Warrior blog hop, which provides you with an excellent opportunity to read snippets from some extremely talented writers.

My snippet comes from my WWII rural historical romance novella, Rendezvous with Destiny.

        Startled by the force of her reaction, Rosika leaned against Theo’s truck and drew in one deep breath after another and waited for the sensation to pass.

        Theo caught her eye.

       “We still need to talk,” he mouthed.

         Rosika feigned ignorance and straightened. 

        “Felicia, always a pleasure to see you,” her sweet tone almost masked the underlying sarcasm.       
        “Theo’s looking forward to having a good time tonight. I’m sure I can trust you to make sure his wish is fulfilled.”

          A wide smile spread across Felicia’s face, “I’ll do my best,” 

January 24 WeWriWa Post-Rendezvous with Destiny

Hi all!

This week I'm using the throw a dart method of choosing a snippet from my upcoming release, Rendezvous with Destiny. This is a WWII, friends to lovers, rural romance novella that will be released in just a few weeks.

Don't forget to check out the authors who are participating in this week's WeWriWa blog hop! You'll be glad you did. It's a talented and diverse bunch!

Rosika couldn’t explain the sense of foreboding she felt wrap around her throat when she watched Felicia climbed onto the makeshift table and launched into ringmaster mode.

She never should have agreed to come to this stupid party. She wished she’d talked Theo into doing something, anything else.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. Her mother’s no nonsense voice echoed in her mind. She was here now, there wasn’t any point in thinking about what might have been.

           Felicia paced the length of the plank table, weaving around the flotsam of dishes. Her heel banged against a large wooden spoon, sending it and the bowl of mashed potatoes it had been in  flying towards a small cluster of people who scattered before it struck them.

I'm currently giving away three paperback copies of Rendezvous with Destiny via GoodReads. Feel free to sign up!

Cow Dogs and M&M’s #WeWriWa 8/10/14

Writers know that the weekends are always great. Not only do they finally have a little extra time to work on projects, but it’s also a great chance to connect with other writers through the Weekend Writing Warriors blog hop. Anyone is welcome to participate, no matter what genre they write. During the course of the blog hop, you’ll get to read all sorts of published and unpublished 8 sentence snippets, many of which are really, really good.

My contribution comes from my YA historical novel, Rendezvous with Destiny, which is set during 1941. This snippet picks up where my previous post left off. Thanks for taking the time to visit!

Rosika quirked a brow.

            “Becca, the best cow dog in the world.”

            Rosika twisted and looked through the rear window at the dog who wagged her stump tail. “It’s true, you do have a great dog. What else?”

He dug into his pocket and removed a cardboard tube. He twisted his wrist and the tube’s contents rattled. “M&M’s.”

One of the more entertaining things I learned during the course of my research was that, while the candies had been around for a while, Mars didn’t make them available to the general public until 1941. Public sales of the chocolate treat didn’t last long. When the United States entered WWII, the company made the decision to send all of the candy they produced to the troops.