Greetings, peeps. I’m scheduling this before my first session of chemo (July 12) so I don’t know how I’ll be feeling as you read this. [update the morning of the 14th–first chemo went fine aside from blood sugar–they insisted on giving me steroids, so BS has been erratic to put it mildly!] It’s entirely possible I won’t be up to much commenting, even if I’m up to visiting. For those of you healthy enough to make the rounds, clicking on the logo above will take you to the other fine authors of Weekend Writing Warriors and their eight-sentence snippets. Clicking on the logo below will take you to the facebook page of SnipSunday.
Coralie’s group have done all they can with heavy rain and nightfall approaching, and Coralie has suggested that in the morning she sends out her dog Bounce, whose senses she is to some extent able to share.
“Then if Bounce finds a better spot, she can take you to it. But she’s pretty tired right now, and it seems to me that it’s getting darker than the storm can account for. Tomorrow?”
“Definitely wait ’til tomorrow,” Kelty agreed. “Meanwhile we’ve got at least enough emergency bars for a few days here. Might as well eat and pass out the blankets. It might cool down at night.”
Wishful thinking, Coralie thought—but she wished right along with him.
End of the chapter, and end of what I’m going to blog from War’s End, at least until I get it edited. I’m going to start putting in bits from my published books, interspersed with bits from Rescue Operation as I get it edited.
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Hey Sue Ann, hope you’re feeling all right. This is a nice excerpt. We get a break from tension and yet we know there’s more coming. The characters’ dialog reads so smoothly, I have to think you’ve spent a lot of time getting to know them. Thanks for sharing this piece!
I know the characters pretty well by now, and they’ve been living in my head for quite a while. Thanks for the worries, but so far chemo’s going fine — no nausea, which could have been a real problem with diabetes. Just low energy levels. Doctor says I can expect more, like mouth sores and loss of hair, but so far I was able to read for AWG last night and plan on attending my critique group this afternoon.
Chemo is an awful burden and I’m so sorry your body is under siege, but I hope it passes quickly for you. You’ve drawn me in with the build up of tension, but also with the intriguing gift of being able to sense through the dog. I love that!
If I could do that for you right now, allow you to see and hear through me, I’d go out and do something you love and let you experience it while in your recovery time… please take good care of yourself and rest as much as you can!
Doing fine so far except for some loss of energy. Annoying that it’s during our short gardening season, and just when I expect to get book 1 of the trilogy back from my editor.
Take care of you, hope the chemo goes well and isn’t too taxing. You’ve left us in a good place with this group of characters we’ve come to know, as they settle down for the night – another excellent excerpt!
Oh, there’s more to come, but the chapter end seemed a good place to leave them for a while. Going back to published work or work near publication for a bit.
Hope you continue to feel as well as possible!
Love that last line–we’ve all recognized wishful thinking, but wished for the best all the same. Somehow I doubt things will go smoothly for these characters, though!
You’ll have to wait a while to find out.
Hey, Sue Ann, make sure to take care of yourself first. Commenting is great, but in the face of recovering from successful chemo–not important. I’m glad it went well, and will keep my fingers crossed.
As far as your snippet, it’s good to see the group still keeping calm and thinking logically. I think there couldn’t have been a better group to get stranded!
You’re such a sweetheart to always stop by and comment on the posts, but please do not overdo things. I sure hope you continue to feel better. Good luck with your editing, too. I look forward to reading a snippet from one of your other stories. 🙂
I’ve enjoyed reading these snippets, thanks for sharing.
Decided to try to sell the stuff I have published for a change.
Please don’t worry about us—take care of yourself, lady. And might I suggest fruit smoothies to keep the sugars level and the hydration up? They’re easy on a suppressed appetite, too.
I love the last sentence of this, by the way—great flow!
Hope you continue to feel better, lady. Thinking about you and sending positive thoughts your way. Take care of yourself.
Great 8! Something big is about to happen, I can feel it! 😀
Sue ann
Love the snippet and again Coralee is awesome and intelligent and a great leader. Her apprehension about the night and future tightened my stomach. Good Job!!!
Glad to hear the Chemo went ok and sorry about the blood sugar bouncing – that cannot be any fun at all. Hugs and prayers.
Sue Ann, lovely snippet! I hope that puppy is ready to go in the morning : ). Hope you continue to do well with your chemo, will say a lil’ prayer that it goes smoothly : )
I think it was trying to do too much today (like attending my writers group) but I’m flat. All I could face for supper was ice cream (which is not disaster for a sick diabetic as long as I bolus properly, but not the best thing, either.
I love being able to share in the dog’s senses — rather like a familiar.
And take care of yourself, especially with them giving you steroids.
So much trouble and so much waiting for things to get better 😦
Oh, they have quite a lot of waiting still to go. (So have I.)
Great 8 and hang in there. I’m a former IV nurse and I know how draining chemo is on patients. Save your energy, and I love Bounce. Cute name, great touch!
Lots of prescheduling and I find I’m feeling a little better a week after chemo. (I’m on a 3 week schedule.) Still not much appetite. But I’m thinking of lunch out today — mango salad sounds tempting.