Welcome to Two Sentence Tuesday.
We are proud to announce that Women of Mystery contributor Meredith Anthony has a story “Murder on the Main Line” in the July issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
This is the second month in a row that a member of Sisters in Crime New York Tri-State Chapter has been represented in Ellery Queen. As you may recall, Meredith Cole had the honor in June with her story “Exercise is Murder.” Do I see a trend?
Here are two lines from “Murder on the Main Line,” which I read on Sunday.
Bitsy’s hyperaware senses, as tuned as a cat’s, were on full alert. But even so, she almost missed the arrival of Luke and presumably Aaron late that night.
And here are two lines I wrote this week.
“Someone mentioned to me that it was far more likely that Vi’s extracurricular activities were the cause of her death." So much for my despising gossip, here I was quoting Calysta as if she was the Guttenberg bible.
So let’s have it, ladies and gentlemen. What did you read? What did you write?
Terrie
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Women of Mystery Meet Ellery Queen
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
11 comments:
Vi, Calysta, Guttenberg- it's a feast of great names. And what a trend! I'm going to have to breathe in the greatness and hope for contagion.
I read: You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts.
-The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
I wrote: Pushing aside what she knew were just packets of razor-edged tinsel, wrapped like fish in old newspaper, she found a narrow, cloth-covered box nestled tightly in the corner. She opened it and coveted.
Meredith- Congrats on the EQ story. I'm looking forward to reading it.
Terrie- Good lines, both read and written.
I read: The plunge into the cold water nearly took her breath away. Lydia McKenzie told herself it was for a good cause and started to do the breaststroke.
-From "Exercise Is Murder" by Meredith S. Cole, in the June 2008 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (to keep today's theme going)
I wrote: Clean house. Work on wip.
-From my to-do list (and since I'm offering two lines from my to-do list rather than my wip as lines that I wrote this week, I'll let you guess which item got done and which one is still on the list)
Elaine- That's the spirit, though! It's easier to work on the WIP once the armies of dust bunnies are vanquished.
Clare,
You got me with "coveted."
Elaine, I agree with Clare. If there is something hanging over your head (like cleaning)not doing it will hang over your head and interfer with what you are trying to write. Now step away from the swiffer . . .
Terrie
Oh, crap. Is it Tuesday already!?
I didn't have time to read (well, except for the instructions on the milk-replacer colostrum stuff...) or write. Not even a grocery list. Sheesh, just realized, we're almost out of....everything!
Calving season....must run! Hopefully next week...or the week after...
I read: Conversation in the tavern slowly picked back up. I was happy to see that I hadn't quite killed it dead. I was obviously not detective material. - my WIP, I'm editing. Sigh.
I wrote: Several emails and worked on a list of '100 things about me' for a blog.
Ilana- Sounds like you're as busy as the Bag Lady with projects if not calves so thanks for playing. I don't think your WIP's killed dead at all :)
df Bag lady,
Just keep up with calving season. Two sentence Tuesday will be here next Tuesday and the Tuesday after that . . .
Ilana,
It's so nice to meet you. Editing is the bane of writing but it must be done.
100 things?? Wow, I had enough trouble finding six or seven for a meme. What an ambitious project.
Terrie
The only writing I did this week involved a lot of deleting words that really shouldn't be in letters to the Tax Collector's office.
Two sentences I ended up sending:
"I make handcrafted items in my home, which is the Westchester address on file for my business. I sell primarily at trade shows out of state, collecting and remitting sales tax dependent on what state I am selling in."
Two sentences I read, from Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband:
"I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics."
I watched the movie and felt the need to read the play again. If you like that kind of thing, the movie was quite well done.
Laura,
I am so glad you deleted those words. You know how cranky tax collectors can get!
I am sitting here with MSNBC on volume waiting for the Indiana results. Lake County due around midnight) so I got a kick out of the politics comment from An Ideal Husband.
Terrie
Congratulations, Meredith!
Post a Comment