Post two lines you wrote and two lines you read today:
We didn’t even know Jerry’s last name until we rifled his wallet half an hour later. My mother had picked him up at a shoe store earlier that day while having a heel nailed back on. She always was a sucker for a man who took care of his shoes and Jerry wore an expensive pair of buttery soft wingtips. (Mine)
As the summer moved on, it got hotter and hotter, and the air was like having a blanket wrapped twice around your head, and sometimes it seemed as if the blanket was one fire and filled with smoke. Got so you hardly wanted to move midday, and for a time we quit slipping down to the river even to fish, and stayed close to home.
(The Bottoms, Joe Lansdale)
Sorry to be reading someone so fine today.
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6 comments:
Two great excerpts, Patti. Can anyone do this, even if you're not a mystery writer?
Linda
Oh, yes please. Tuesday's two lines. Two from your writing, two from your reading. I'll come and look later.
Patti,
Great lines and The Bottoms sounds like a great book.
Linda,
Sure, join on in. We women of mystery are free spirits and love company. Post your lines, and if you want, we will post a link. It's up to you. The more the merrier.
Terrie
Terrie-I think you would really dig it. A lot of depth to it.
Nice. Both yours and the others.
Too kind, Travis. I think The Bottoms would be perfect for your reading. It takes place in Texas, for one thing.
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