kelly said

“For the love of cheesecake,” you guys!

I am so excited to introduce a *very* special guest today, a brilliant, talented young adult author who’s agreed to welcome us into her private writing world, TWIN SENSE author Lydia Sharp!

Lydia Sharp is a novelist and short fiction author who grew up on the shores of Lake Erie. Then she got tired of finding sand in her clothes so she moved further inland, but she’ll always call Ohio home. Laughing is her favorite pastime. Kissing is a close second.

TWIN SENSE is a romantic comedy about a girl who must untangle herself from the love quadrangle she created with her boyfriend, her boyfriend’s twin brother, and her boyfriend’s twin brother’s ex-girlfriend.

You can purchase TWIN SENSE directly from Musa Publishing HERE
Or from BN or Amazon
click HERE to add to your to-read shelf.

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So, Lydia, show and tell us a little bit about your creative corner . . .

I share my writing space with my kitchen table. Not going to deny it or even skirt around it–my writing space is a blessed hot mess. But I can either be a creative mastermind (mwahahaha) or be tidy, I can’t be both. Creativity wins. Daily.

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omgosh, I love the sticky notes everywhere, such great quotes! And I have read two of the four books whose spines I can see in that top pic. Wow, I love having those writing resources within reach, too!

Lydia, thank you so much for sharing your private writing world with us!

You guys, Lydia tweets @lydia_sharp
She blogs over at The Sharp Angle
You can see what she’s reading now over at Goodreads
And see what she’s liked and shared over on her Facebook page.

Thank you all so much for stopping by!

I’ll be posting my official review of TWIN SENSE soon (omgosh, you guys, I had the chance to beta read this, and *squee!* now that it’s out here for the world to see, I’m proud to say it’s still the same beautifully funny loving story I swooned over when I first read it all those weeks ago (before all of you got the chance to read it, nyah, nyah, teehee! ).

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Hello! Thanks for joining me for another Six Sentence Sunday 

Today’s sample from my 2011 NaNoWriMo novel, PENUMBRA, continues from last week’s post. Twins, Jule and Jaysol, have just received a letter from a military guard.

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I winced at the scrape of Jaysol’s chair and his cane thumping the floor as he hobbled his way into the living room. I held the envelope out to him. “The soldier said it’s for the oldest [child]  in the house.”

He took the parchment from me and held it for a moment, testing the weight of what I assumed was our parents death notice. I was so sure it would detail how their lives were lost, that their souls were able to find the light before the Cimmerian’s drained them dry.  When Jaysol tore the seal I held my breath, biting my lip while he silently read the letter.
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Excerpt PENUMBRA © 2011 Kelly Said

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Hello! Thank you for joining me for Six Sentence Sunday.

These six pick up a little bit further from where we left off last week with CHOMP (my YA horror NiP), where Penny and Luke were riding the school bus home when a military convoy curiously blasted through the stop sign, skimming past the nose of the bus.

Later that evening…

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Running never used to hurt. The pins holding my leg bones together kept transmitting hot flashes of electricity though, reminding me again of how my life had changed. At least adrenaline had turned me back into a sprinter. Sort of.

The thundering feet and slobbery grunting at my back was gaining on me.

“Luke!” I screamed, run-hopping across the moon-lit field separating our houses.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

What’s chasing Penny? Will Luke hear her cries for help? hehe! *rubs hands with glee* Well, that’s what I’ve been working on, slow but steady.

Thank you so much for reading! Please wander around to see what some of the other #sixsunday participants have revealed.

Also, as a friendly reminder, Wednesday, December 21 is the last day to comment to win a free copy of Fangtales, a YA vampire anthology that includes my short story, Sanctuary.

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Thank you for joining me for another Six Sentence Sunday!

This week’s sample continues from CHOMP, my YA horror WiP.

To recap from last time, Penny was hoping her popular sister would be kind and give her a ride. Instead, Penny wound up getting ditched by the clique and is now forced to endure the bumpy ride home on the bus with her brooding friend and neighbor, Luke.

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Luke offered me his forearm and I gladly took it, leaning into his strength, letting him practically carry me to the bus.  His hands slipped under my arms, boosting me up the three tall stairs so I could pivot on my good leg and plop down on the seat behind our driver, Gil.

I managed a faint smile for Luke, feeling it falter a little when his eyes bored into mine so intensely. But he blinked and turned away, leaving my curiosity raging as he walked down the aisle past the four other students to take his usual seat – alone, at the back.

Gil jolted the bus into drive then slammed the break, cursing as a military convoy rushed through the intersection.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

Thank you so much for reading!

I hope you come back to take a peek at my special announcement on Wednesday

In the meantime, I’ll be roaming around, reading the other #sixsunday entries.

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This #SixSunday post is a blast-from-the-past, from my NaNoWriMo 2010 (hehe!) YA horror WiP titled CHOMP.  In this scene, my main character, Penny, is defending her best friend against her sister’s clique.

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“Have fun riding home with The Lurker,” Megan snickered from the back seat.

“Don’t call him that,” I snapped, tightening my fists, hating how my sister’s friends had to mislabel everyone.

Luke was not a lurker.  He was a brooder.  A subtle difference that my sister and her friends would never understand.

I glanced back to see him by the open door of the bus, brooding, over me it appeared because his eyes never left my face.
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Excerpt CHOMP © 2010 Kelly Said

Not so fun getting ditched by your sister and her friends, and Penny will remember this later on in the story. Especially when the military’s CHOMPer’s start hunting down the townsfolks, Penny will have to decide whether to risk her own life to save her sister, or leave her behind to save herself.

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