Today’s #CleanWIP theme and collaboration is Breath. [More info]
tl; dr: #CleanWIP theme for Thursday, August 6: BREATH
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) August 6, 2020
Long version: We’re playing hashtag games to find authors who prefer the clean end of the spectrum & highlight their words for readers who love them.
Longest version: https://t.co/Oj6maiYSYB #amReading #amWriting pic.twitter.com/Dga6kgkwQh
Timothy could hear his own heartbeat. One beat, two beats, three beats, four. Breathe. His jaw hurt from the effort of holding himself together.#CleanWIP
— Katelyn Buxton (@KBuxtonBooks) August 6, 2020
Theme: Breath
~ Scott R. Rezer ~
From my current WIP, The Gambit Queen: Book Three of the Magdalen Cycle (historical fantasy)
A round of murmurs filled the tent and might have grown louder and more unruly, except for the aged hand that lifted from the throne on the dais, silencing the throng.
“As to the other matters,” Raoul continued, his dark eyes flicking upward to the dais, “which are under the jurisdiction of the Church. First, the Marquis of Montferrat’s brother was married to Lady Isabella’s sister, Queen Sibylla. Although not related by blood, the Church herself considers such relations as incestuous.” The archbishop raised his hand again, more firmly this time, to quell the dissenting voices.. The Bishop of Beauvais scowled at his side, his fair face reddening with each breath. “Further, Your Grace, how do we know if the marquis is not still married to his Byzantium wife, Theodora Angeline? Until such doubts are put to rest, any marriage between Conrad and Princess Isabella would be an adulterous affair, for certes.”
#CleanWIP Half-Price Bride: Dr. Clemons was late. And she'd thought he was punctual. To avoid panic, Emily rubbed the back of her neck and sucked in a ragged breath. His patient could have become nauseous from medication or from a pulled tooth. You could not predict those things.
— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) August 7, 2020