First Paragraph Saturday!

After several hours of wracking my brain
           trying to come up with  new

for today's blog... this is pretty much how I can sum up my feelings:

So I decided to go back into my list of previous blogs and see which ones generated the most comments.  It makes sense since many of my readers are writers, that the one with the most responses was First Sentence Saturday:  http://color-me-read.blogspot.com/2011/04/first-sentence-saturday.html   Wow- 28comments!  Now that may not be a lot for some of you who have been writing blogs for years but, for me, that was awesome!  (compare that to last week about the "End of the world" - there were only 7, and I think two of them were my responses!)  Another thing I've noticed is that I never get many comments on my Holiday posts, but that could be because I only advertise once during the following week, and I suppose it leaves many more out of the proverbial loop (at least on facebook).

OK, so here is my idea for today.  First Paragraph Saturday!  Since the first sentence went over so well, perhaps my fellow writers would like to indulge me with their first paragraphs whether in their current WIP (work in progress) or any other novel, poem, or short story.  You choose, we'll read!  This will be fun!  

                                  

                                                   

The first paragraph of Ravenswynd 

    The sound of blood rushing past my eardrums echoed the roar of my pounding heart.  What the flaming hell was I thinking?  My only solace came from knowing I wasn't the only idiot waiting on a dark pier on Friday the thirteenth at exactly seven-thirteen.  There were twelve others.  Had anyone else noticed all the thirteens?  Although I hoped that this was only a series of coincidences, an icy chill coursed through me as I tied it in with everything that my best friend, Fiona, had been saying all along about the secret party.  Without question, something strange and frightening was about to take place. The air bristled with a weird intangible energy.  And this weirdness was only a taste of what was to come – the party is the main entrée.  I didn't even want to think about dessert.  

Feel free to comment on my first  paragraph, but don't forget to add YOURS too!  

Have a great

 

Thanks for reading and participating!!

First Sentence Saturday!

I feel exactly like this lady today! I swear, I think it would be easier to write another book than to come up with new ideas for blogging!  I spent the past few days moving my WIP (work in progress) over to Microsoft Word and then going over it for the final edits.  That was fun compared to this!






Here is my current brain scan!-------->




So, it's really a good thing I ventured over to FaceBook this morning while I was trying to come up some profound thoughts on writing, blogging, and life in general. I happened upon one of my most favorite profiles, and I'm sure some of you know her, or are following her blog.  Novel Publicity, aka Emlyn Chand.  She has a fantastic site for writers.  I've learned so much from her about getting yourself out there in the world of social networking, and she has a lot of good stuff about writing in general.  Feel free to check her out yourself. If you are a writer, you will not regret it!

Here is her blog link:
http://www.novelpublicity.com/blog/
  
and her Page on FB:
 http://www.facebook.com/emlynchand

And in the meantime, since many of my followers here do not follow Emlyn, I am going to steal her idea for today's blog!!  (She won't mind - she's so awesome)
(plus I asked her!)

This question is for Authors, however if I get a bunch of comments, you Readers will enjoy it too!!
(which means you will have to click on the link to follow the comments or come back periodically to read them)

What is the first sentence of your book/novel/work in progress?
You can add the title too!

I will post mine first and a little photo to set the scene:

The sound of the blood rushing past my eardrums echoed the roar of my pounding heart.

For those of you who have read chapter one of Ravenswynd, you will probably notice that, once again, I have changed the beginning.  Hopefully, this change is for the better.  Let me know what you think!  

Don't forget to post your first sentence.  This will be fun!  

Thanks for reading and commenting!!