Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Page 1

A remarkable first line, leading the reader to look at something familiar in a slightly different light forever after.


"Christmas crept into Pine Cove like a creeping Christmas thing: dragging garland, ribbon, and sleigh bells, oozing eggnog, reeking of pine, and threatening festive doom like a cold sore under the mistletoe."

Christopher Moore, 'The Stupidest Angel'

4 comments:

Julia Phillips Smith said...

OK - I laughed! You are well on your way.

M. said...

hi julie - welcome to my blog. what do you write?

Julia Phillips Smith said...

I write historical fiction and vampire stuff. Not published yet but closing in.

M. said...

historical fiction covers a huge amount of territory. vampires seem to be a popular subject among writers now - one of my first reviews was a vamp novel. all the best on closing that gap to publication!