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:

Cate Masters said...

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

Lisa Fox said...

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

JoAnne Kenrick said...

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

Alix said...

Great description of the action.

Gem Sivad said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Lisa - she's a strong heroine indeed.

Zee Monodee said...

Lol JoAnne, she's spunky, all right!

Zee Monodee said...

Thank you Alix!

Zee Monodee said...

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

Unknown said...

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

Bree said...

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

Jessica Knauss said...

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

Heather Thurmeier said...

Love the action! Great snippet.

Graylin Fox said...

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

Cara Bristol said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

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. :)

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Bree! Yep, she totally rocks.

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Jessica! There's more to come ;)

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Heather!

Zee Monodee said...

Lol Graylin!

Jessica E. Subject said...

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

Sondra said...

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

Anonymous said...

Great little action scene.

Sherry Gloag said...

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

1000th.monkey said...

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

Lindsay said...

Love Amelia. I hope she gets the best of him

D Carney said...

Well dang. That's a throwdown!

Luxie Ryder said...

You go girl! Excellent heroine and an exciting six!

Sarah Grimm said...

fantastic action snippet!

Laura Kaye said...

Action packed snippet! Great!

Elaine Cantrell said...

Great action sequence!

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

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.

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks WitchHunt!

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

Lindsay, she will. :)

Zee Monodee said...

Lol Dee!

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Luxie!

Zee Monodee said...

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

Zee Monodee said...

Thanks Laura!

Zee Monodee said...

Thank you Elaine!