Mar 12 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Stakkholtsgja, Iceland 1705 Alarr gazed down the precipice. He, an assassin's assassin, hunted among the sharp shadows cast by [...]
Mar 5 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** This felt like the end of the earth, but Duncan Sinclair had stopped being surprised by how many ends [...]
Feb 26 2011
"I've crunched the numbers. Double, triple crunched and without a major influx of capital, you're going to lose the company." Douglas Hamilton exhaled deeply. It wasn't a surprise, but until he had heard his accountant, Adam Richards, articulate his company's verdict, there had still been hope. "I'm sorry Douglas," Adam offered. "The recession has hit [...]
Feb 19 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page to be read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "I bet they made love in here. They'd finish dessert and he'd lift her up on the [...]
Feb 12 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Jessica Marie Havemeyer knew when to let the curtain fall. And at two in the morning, thirty-five minutes after [...]
Feb 5 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** I'd been a salesman for Live Well for close to a year when I started hearing rumors. After collecting [...]
Jan 29 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "Don't move your lips when you talk," her sister said from under the blanket in the back seat. "They [...]
Jan 22 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** David watched his wife and daughter laughing and squabbling affectionately in the cockpit and suddenly it all came back to [...]
Jan 15 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "I'm quitting." Mr. Thompson gaped at me, his crooked glasses sliding down his beaked nose ever so slightly. He [...]
Jan 8 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. **** It was summer in D.C., and even though it was close to midnight, the air was heavy with heat [...]
Jan 1 2011
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Note: the is the first page of a crime drama Floating peacefully while staring into space, her long limbs [...]
Dec 18 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** No one would ever know. It was a mistake after all. There was no reason that a mistake, honestly [...]
Dec 11 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** The guy's aura betrayed him. Whatever he was up to was bad. Like tearing wings off butterflies bad. And [...]
Dec 4 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Lady Selina Hamilton woke in a meadow, grass tickling her nose. The first rays of the sun reached her, [...]
Nov 27 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Overwhelming sorrow descended upon me, as I sat on the shore with my feet buried in the sand. Soft [...]
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