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Exclusive Excerpt #3 - The Cheerleader
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Hello !
This week I've been doing some analysis, taking a hard look at my writing schedule and what kind of books I want to write.
Don't worry--I always want to write something! I'm just trying to figure out what that will be.
I've always been torn between writing light and fun rom-com style and intense and angsty stories with a darker look. I've written both and also lots of books that are somewhere in between.
What kinds of books do you like to read right now?
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I'm giving away a copy of either Best Man on Campus - one of my best angsty books, or The Do-Over Girl - a classic rom-com to one lucky winner!
In the meantime, I'm working hard-ish on writing The Cheerleader.
In case you were wondering, this book is somewhere in between angsty and fun, but leaning more to the intense end of the spectrum.
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Here's this week's PLAYLIST to inspire that Retro '70s vibe of THE CHEERLEADER!
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At SQ's House
Another road trip! I'll use the time to listen to an audiobook--Home Front by Kristen Hannah--and soak in the gorgeous bluebell skies and dry fall-ish weather.
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS: THE CHEERLEADER
Total Word Count Goal: 90,000
COMPLETED To-Date: 28,631
PERCENT COMPLETED: 32%
Still rolling!
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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT!
Susie
“I’m only tipsy, I promise,” Liz says trying to look serious.
Bryan snorts. “Splitting hairs.” He tosses me an accusing look like I’m supposed to be her keeper.
Shit. Maybe I am.
“I’m going to the ladies’ room,” Liz stumbles to her feet and I rise to follow her. She throws up a hand to stop me. “No. Leave me alone.”
I stop mid motion, in shock because that’s the first time Liz has spoken to me—or anyone—like that. She takes off without turning back, not even a smile to soften her belligerent tone.
Maybe she’s embarrassed because of her argument with Bryan. It’s my turn to give him an accusing look. He appears unaffected.
“Don’t mind her. She’s tipsy.”
“It’s not my fault.” I wave a hand. “Everyone here is tipsy.”
He grins so wide an actual slight impression shows at one corner of his mouth and I think it might even be a dimple. Holy shit.
“Not you,” he says.
I force my mouth to stay firmly flat because why should he be grinning at me when Liz has stalked—or stumbled—off and I’m giving him this almost mean look? I sit and double down on the accusation in my expression, furrowing my brows so deep they cast a shadow.
He doubles up on his grin and leans in. “So they call you princess.” His words are quiet as they rumble from his throat, reaching my ears like a crescendo and making me vibrate.
I scoff. “More like ex-princess.” Shit. “Not that I ever was a princess. And not that it’s any of your business,” I add, more than a little awkwardly.
My knee jerk honesty in his presence has to stop. I don’t owe him my life story when he hardly says a word about his. I don’t care if he’s so real and authentic that I can see him down to the raw bone. And how is it possible that at the same time, he’s so unreachable?
He doesn’t frown, but his dimple disappears and his interest picks up. Please don’t ask. Please leave it alone. I beg him with my expression, trying to hide myself and at the same time not lose my cool.
“What makes you an ex-princess? Don’t tell me you’re down and out—”
“Why not? Why can’t my family be hit by the recession like everyone else?”
His amused expression returns when he should be ashamed or apologetic or something.
“No reason. But I think the princess state of mind goes deeper than a few extra bucks.”
“Really? Well I hate to tell you, my state of mind—princess or not—has been rattled straight down to feeling like… “ Shit. I don’t even know how to explain how I feel. Displaced? Out of my element? Insecure? Worried. Afraid.
“You’re scared, aren’t you?” The rumble in his voice deepens as he moves closer, his expression changing, deepening, going almost to concerned, but stopping short at curious, possibly disbelief.
“Is that so hard to believe? My dad is having a hard time finding a new job and we may have to sell the house. The only jobs are on the west coast for less money and if my parents leave Connecticut my tuition will go up and—”
“Woah. Slow down Princess. I believe you.”
My heavy breathing surprises me because why should I be so worked up? Maybe because I never shared my fears with anyone else, not my parents, not even Liz, so now they’re spouting out of me like a long-suppressed geyser.
His arm goes around my shoulder, shocking me and I jerk away. He gives me a sad smirk and leans back until I’m outside of his orbit. I feel the change in atmosphere like a punch. Glancing away to hide my embarrassment, I see Liz returning.
His eyes stay on me. “You sounded like you could use a friend.”
I meet his stare and the bottom falls out of my gut at the raw understanding in his eyes and his voice, like he means it, like he gets it. Shit. It’s like he wants to give me something rare and free and the exact thing I’m starved for—a confidant who understands and doesn’t judge and who…
“I … it’s not that…”
Liz reaches us, standing directly behind me and staring at Bryan, her friend. And all of a sudden I get it. I get what he means to her and why she wants him.
“We haf to go now Bry.” Her words are slurred.
He frowns at her. “You’re not driving, Liz.”
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