Tag: young adult writing

Six Sentence Sunday – #6

Six Sentence Sunday – #6

Sunday is upon us again, and so is Six Sentence Sunday! I’m continuing excerpts from my YA fantasy romance Seaside Sorcery, featuring a hotshot witch’s clashes with the winged wizards of a hidden enclave on the Scottish coast. Coral’s rival Spike is put out by her refusal to set a time to duel him and […]

Posted August 26, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 0 Comments
Six Sentence Sunday – #5

Six Sentence Sunday – #5

I’m back again after a vacation on which my hard drive gave up the ghost. After a successful reinstall, I’m ready for more sixes from my YA fantasy romance, Seaside Sorcery. Coral weasels out of tight spot with her rival Spike, yet he may still embarrass her in front of the new guy in town. […]

Posted August 19, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in YA Novels / 2 Comments

Squee!

I’m thrilled to be two of the finalists –Yes, two! I double finalled!—in the New Jersey Romance Writers 2012 Put Your Heart in a Book contest. Here’s the finalist list: Paranormal Katrina Snow – Bewitched by a Kiss* Laurel Wanrow – Passages * Leisl Leighton – Seer’s Blood Romantic Suspense Keith Zwingelberg – Medicine Woman […]

Posted August 14, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Conferences, Contests / 0 Comments
Six Sentence Sunday #4

Six Sentence Sunday #4

Here we are again! My fourth except of Seaside Sorcery comes from the teenaged witch’s POV. Even if she has found a boy to crush on, not everyone likes the girl who lives on a schooner and puts to port along the Scottish coast. Coral froze at Spike’s voice. Act normal, just act normal. She […]

Posted July 22, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 1 Comment

Six Sentence Sunday #3

Joining other writers to share six sentences is really starting to fit my schedule. Here’s my third installment of a YA I’ve completed, Seaside Sorcery. In today’s excerpt, Ty debates approaching a new crush, Coral, with his work pony Pepper. “Should I try to see her again?” Ty asked Pepper. “Or let the whole thing […]

Posted July 15, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 3 Comments

Six Sentence Sunday #2

I enjoyed last week’s Six Sentence Sunday posts so much I’m in again. I’ll continue with another snippet from my YA novel Seaside Sorcery, this time from the hero’s POV. (My chapters alternate in this story.) So here’s Ty’s reaction to meeting Coral…a teenage witch he’d like to see more of. Her hair fascinated him, […]

Posted July 8, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 2 Comments

Six Sentence Sunday 7/1

Thanks for joining me for my first Six Sentence Sunday. Here’s an excerpt from the meeting of my hero and heroine of Seaside Sorcery: Their gazes locked and the sight of his eyes silenced her. His eyes were silver–dark, glinty, silver irises, fixed steadily on hers. Oh, Orb curse it! Silver eyes meant silver energy. […]

Posted June 30, 2012 by Laurel Wanrow in Writing, YA Novels / 7 Comments