WeWriWa: Spinning Out of Control

Being a born and raised Michigander, that first morning on icy roads going to work is a winter rite of passage: Don't do nothing dumb and watch out for those who don't know any better. It's in the '20s, the car windows have been heavily christened by Jack Frost yet the roads look deceptively clear. The sun rise is brilliant. But I always assume the worst - Don't believe it! It's a trap. When you least expect it - expect it. Sure enough, at the first red light, that warning growl of my brake system. Do I ignore them or proceed with care? That's the position my PRINCE OF FOOLS heroine is in. She wants to believe what she has is real but the ABSs are shrieking a warning in this continued 8-10 line scene . . .

She paced a tight circle in her little kitchen, panic surging, a dark, sickening tide over what she’d never considered, that Rico might bring disaster to her door, a question that went a step farther as she confronted her brother to demand, "Are they watching you, too? I want you to leave my house and not come back, do you hear me?" 

Seeing his argument backfire, Auguste sputtered, "But Evie--" 

"Evie doesn't know you, and I don't ever want her to learn what you've become, so stay away from us . . . you ruin everything you touch!" 

"I was just trying to protect you, Ammy . . . you don't know men like them and what they want." 

A harsh laugh, "Oh, I think I learned all about men like that at dear Daddy's side and you're not going to bring that ugliness back into my life. You're as dead and gone to me as he is." 

Teary-eyed, angry but frustratingly without any argument, her brother grabbed up his coat and was out the door. 

Amber stood motionless in the kitchen, paralyzed by grief and fear and loss, knowing it was over: The dream, the desire, the hopes that they'd become more. Rico Terriot was a luxury she couldn't afford.

Am I the only one who wants to yell, "Girl, don't panic and lose control! Go slow and steady until the tires grip pavement!" 

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New release is going well, not an Indy start but a steady advance with a brisk pick up in sales of the first two books of the series to salt the way and give me confidence as I travel on with book four, PRINCE OF DREAMS.

Happy Writing, fellow Warriors and hope your roads are clear with lots of traction in the coming week!

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