Rainbow Snippets 07/15

It’s been a while since I posted. July is always a busy month. Work is manic, and free time is at a premium. I joined a choir a few months ago, and we have just recorded a song, which is just a bit exciting.

I also decided to add to my workload by doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month. How well do you think this is panning out? My word count is dismal.

We are on a build up to our Pride celebration in this part of the world. Northern Pride is next weekend, so I may not have time to post then. I have to be there at 8.30am to sing with my choir at Pride breakfast. I’m looking forward to this and to taking part in the parade with my Hubby, daughter and fellow Scouts.

 

My snippet this week is from my published story, Locked in the Moment, which is currently available from Smashwords at a discount price, as are all of Beaten Tracks’ books this month. Follow the link below if you want to stock up on your summer reading.

First the blurb:

Due to a misunderstanding, the troll that lives underneath one of the most romantic bridges in Paris inadvertently unlocks every single padlock lovers have left there over the years. L’Authoritié de Fée Folklorique are up in arms. He has no idea what all the fuss is about. The noise was driving him mad. He just wanted a bit of peace and quiet.

A spell is cast, leaving the troll in a bit of a predicament. He is charged with the seemingly impossible task of fixing the locks before the spell can be reversed and he is allowed to return to his home. There are other complications, the least of which is the insistence and persistence of a fairy who is determined to help him against the wishes of his own people.

Now the troll has a dilemma. What is more important to him? The only home he has known for two thousand years, or a fairy he has just met?

Now the snippet.

This is Sol the Troll’s first impression of Lucien the Fairy, after they are introduced.

 

His accent is as delicate as the rest of him. I could flick him away like a speck of dust. I laugh, which makes him laugh. Why the hell is he laughing? Doesn’t he know I could squash him like a jelly? And why the hell is he trying to be friendly? With me? No one ever wants to be friends with a troll.

 

Rainbow Snippets is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction–a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).

To find out what others have shared this week, click here

To buy Locked in the Moment at a discount price all of July, click here.

For the rest of Beaten Track’s books on Smashwords, click here