{"id":1598,"date":"2018-06-09T12:35:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T12:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2018-06-09T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T12:35:43","slug":"rainbow-snippet-june-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.writingwhiledistracted.com\/?p=1598","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Snippet June 9-10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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More from Sum of the Whole this week, my first novel and the beginning of a series I had not planned to write. I like to call Rowan House my accidental series because I didn’t intend for it to be a series but secondary characters sometimes demand their stories be told. My only regret is not starting a series bible sooner. I have started one now as I’m fairly certain the series which stands at three books now (Sum of the Whole, Both Ends of the Whip, and Knotted Legacy (September 2018) will be six books in total. Today’s snip is a bitter moment between Sarah and Jaya.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From Sum of the Whole:<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah walked over to Jaya and reached up to touch her face. \u201cIt\u2019s not because I don\u2019t care for you.\u201d She pulled the number tag from her collar and dropped it in Jaya\u2019s palm. Jaya looked down at the small disc in her hand and found no words for the gift she had been given or the pain that wrapped itself around her heart and refused to let go.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ll stay with you tonight if it pleases you.\u201d Sarah\u2019s fingers rested on Jaya\u2019s chest.<\/span>
\n\u201cIt pleases me.\u201d Jaya closed her fingers around Sarah\u2019s tag, letting the hard edges\u00a0<\/span>dig\u00a0into her palm. The familiar pain of loss filled her. She let Sarah lead her to the bed and pull her down. Sarah settled Jaya\u2019s head on her chest and carded her fingers through Jaya\u2019s hair. The silence between them deepened, heavy with unspoken thoughts and whispers of shattered love.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Jaya stayed awake after Sarah had drifted off to sleep, savoring the feel of her body against her and memorizing the way her breath puffed out against her skin and the quiet noises she made in her sleep. She eased out of the bed and crept to her dressing table,<\/span>\u00a0where she pulled a small cedar box from its hiding place. She opened the lid and dropped Sarah\u2019s shiny brass tag next to Deidre\u2019s tag, blue-green now with the patina of time. She ran her fingers over the tags and closed the lid on her pain as she shuttered her heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rainbow Snippets( https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/RainbowSnippets\/<\/a>)is a group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers to gather once a week to share six sentences from a work of fiction\u2013a WIP or a finished work or even a 6-sentence book recommendation (no spoilers please!).<\/p>\n

In this group, you’ll find anything from romance and historical fiction to mystery and YA. The common thread is that every story\u2019s main character identifies as LGBTQ+. The snippets could range from zero flames to full-on sexytimes, anything goes content-wise. The only rule is snippets will be 6 sentences long\u2013one for each color in the Pride flag.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Brenda Murphy writes short fiction and novels. She loves tattoos and sideshows and yes, those are her monkeys. \u00a0When she is not loitering at her local tea shop and writing, she wrangles two kids, one dog, and an unrepentant parrot. \u00a0She\u00a0reviews books,\u00a0blogs about life as a writer with ADHD and\u00a0publishes\u00a0photographs on her\u00a0blog<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>Writing While Distracted .<\/a> You can find her\u00a0on Facebook by clicking<\/span>\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Website: www.brendalmurphy.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Books available at<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

NineStar Press<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Ends of the Whip<\/a><\/p>\n

ONE \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Sum of the Whole\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Dominique and Other Stories <\/a><\/p>\n

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