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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Six Sentence Sunday - Walking The Edge: Snippet #7

Hello beautiful people!

I cannot believe it's already Sunday. One week of school vacation down, another 2 to go - a good dose of awesome SSS snippets should help tide me through. :)

Wanted to say thanks to everyone who comes over - whether it's your first visit or you're a regular visitor - and a special, special thanks to all who leave me comments. You have no idea what your words mean to me.

So, last week I started an action sequence in the story.Gerard, the policeman hero, thinks Amelia has been sent to lure and seduce him - what is known in their world as a honeytrap. He's intent on getting answers, as was shown here last week, but Amelia refuses to play the game.

Here's today's snippet (editted for the purpose of this post) - it continues from last week's post as the POV changes from Gerard's to Amelia's.

'... Amelia felt his hold release a little, and without pausing to think, she listened only to the instinct that had first told her to freeze and then to attack, the same one that had taken over in the mall the day before. Lifting her leg, she kicked her boot heel into his shin with as much momentum as she could swing. She felt him take a step back, carrying her along, and she released the hold of her fingers near his armpit, then jabbed her elbow in his ribs.
His body lurched back, and he released her. She sprang forward and spun around to face him, but he was quick too. He lunged at her, and the weight and brute masculine force of his big body ploughed into her and knocked the breath out of her lungs. ...'

Catch the rest of the awesome Six Sunday posts here.

From Mauritius with love,

Zee

44 comments:

  1. Amelia's a feisty one! Great description of their struggle.

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  2. That is a very vivid scene. I do love a strong heroine!

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  3. Love Amelia xx she's got spunk! hehe fab six, Zee

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  4. Great description of the action.

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  5. I think she may have met her match. I want more of these two characters. Great snippet.

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  6. Thanks Cate! I loved putting this fight scene together. :)

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  7. Thanks Lisa - she's a strong heroine indeed.

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  8. Lol JoAnne, she's spunky, all right!

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  9. Lol Gem - they're both hard hitters. I'll post the next six from this scene next week. :)

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  10. Love that she's following her instinct here! Be sure that I will be back next Sunday to find out what's next! WHoot!

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  11. A woman with an edge! I like her. She can definitely hold her own.

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  12. Oof! The breath's nocked out of me, too. Great action scene! (pant, pant)

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  13. Fight's lead to sex. I'll be here next week to see how that goes. ;)

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  14. She's a fighter, but it looks like she's met her match.

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  15. Kathleen, she is totally driven by instinct, which is strange because she has amnesia.
    Lol, you'll be most welcome next Sunday as this excerpt moves forward. :)

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  16. Thanks Bree! Yep, she totally rocks.

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  17. Thanks Jessica! There's more to come ;)

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  18. Great pacing for this scene! You show it so well.

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  19. It sounds like she has the right moves to defend herself. I liked the realism. It puts the reader right there.

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  20. Great little action scene.

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  21. Great pace and action in just six sentences. Love Amelia's fiesty attitude.

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  22. Wow, your action scene was so clearly drawn, it was very easy to follow! That's awesome!

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  23. Love Amelia. I hope she gets the best of him

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  24. Well dang. That's a throwdown!

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  25. You go girl! Excellent heroine and an exciting six!

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  26. Action packed snippet! Great!

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  27. Lol Lex! Yeah, she doesn't hold back the punches. :)

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  28. Thanks Jessica! It took a lot of visualizing, but got it right in the end. :)

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  29. Thank you Sondra! I wanted this to seem real, not like those fight scenes where they erase the cables holding them up in the movies, lol.

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  30. Thanks Sherry! I love her attitude too - it was fun writing her. She doesn't take anything lying down.

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  31. 1000th monkey - my editor and I really hashed it all out so it would come across totally realistic. Glad it worked. :)

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  32. Thanks Sarah! I had a totally action-sequence-with-Angelina-Jolie pace and idea in my head when I wrote this. :)

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