Family

tl; dr: #CleanWIP theme for Monday, November 18 is FAMILY
Long version: We’re playing hashtag games to find authors who prefer the clean end of the spectrum & highlight their teasers for readers who love them.
Longest version: https://t.co/Oj6maiYSYB #amReading #amWriting pic.twitter.com/0zI138QVE7

— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) November 18, 2019

Ruby snuggled in next to him. “Sorry I lost my cool,” he said. “But it gets to me how your family hates me, just because I’m different.” Ruby nodded, but an uneasy feeling gnawed at her. #CleanWIP

— Jessica Marie Holt — Author (@Jessica06311722) November 18, 2019

“Sir, we’ve had a thin winter of it. Just enough food to line the bottom of my family’s bellies. My neighbor promised to trade a cow for two sacks of wheat. A little milk would go a long way for my small ones. He gave me an almost-carcass.” #cleanWIP (Family)

— ML Farb (@FarbMl) November 18, 2019

#CleanWIP Did Clint's mother have firsthand experience of the wilder side of life–things that Emily had only read about? Surely not this woman whose face glowed like an angel's. Maybe she had heard stories from a wayward family member or friend.

— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) November 18, 2019

#CleanWIP Mercy studied her soon-to-be son-in-law. He stood tall and handsome, wearing a gold-trimmed blue tunic embroidered with red roses, his family’s emblem, and the ducal crown of Frankland. He focused on the back of the chapel, searching for his beloved.

— Katy Huth Jones (@KatyHuthJones) November 18, 2019

“You assume that we will need their support.”She smiled coldly.”However, we do wish peace. That is why we have persuaded a member of the royal family to join our cause.”
This new blow almost felled what was left of my mental stability.Jeffrey? Alexander?#cleanwip #SilverPrincess

— Lea Carter (@LeaCarterWrites) November 18, 2019

Rye ran out to greet us; “You aren’t going to believe this! Dad asked Emanuel if he had ever eaten souse meat, and I thought Lela would crawl under the table. He said he loved it.”
“Ok, Rye, what’d you say?”
“Aw, Dee. I just asked Lela if she liked kissing souse-lips.” #CleanWip

— John Wilde (@WriterJohnWilde) November 18, 2019

#CleanWIP #WIP ~ Mom’s doctor told her to “get her things in order.” Those were his exact words. I know this because my mom repeated the words dozens of times over the next couple of weeks as she informed family and friends. Each time I heard her say them, I cringed.

— Earl Chinnici (@earlshelpdesk) November 18, 2019