Today’s #CleanWIP theme and collaborative article is Honor. [More info]
“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”~ Abraham Lincoln
Photo by Dennis Larsen from Pixabay
tl; dr: #CleanWIP theme for Tuesday, November 13 is HONOR
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) November 13, 2019
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/JYuIW8hAZK
“What kind of silly games?” He couldn’t imagine what girls did to amuse themselves at a party to honor an expectant mother.
— Irene Onorato (@IreneOnorato) November 13, 2019
“First, I lost the toilet paper game.”
Brandon chuckled. “I’m not even sure I want to know what that entails.”#CleanWIP
“Sir, it’s an honor and a privilege. What may I get you for breakfast this morning?”
— John Wilde (@WriterJohnWilde) November 13, 2019
“I’d like two eggs over-easy, country ham, sawmill gravy, biscuits, and hash browns with jalapenos.”
“Sir, you must be in the wrong establishment.”
“Well, I guess I’ll have a Pop-Tart.” #CleanWip
The Khan lowered his brows. “Do Ruskans break oaths so easily?”
— ML Farb (@FarbMl) November 13, 2019
“Any who have joined your armies are oath breakers. Each child from their first year of speech swears an oath to love, honor, and protect the Tzar—not once but on each name day.” #cleanWIP (Honor)
“Going once.” At times like this, honoring the age-old policy felt a lot like rubbing salt in the wounds of the clients who’d lost out. “Going twice.” They could never afford to increase on $70K. “Going three times.” Moira lightly tapped her gavel on the rostrum.“Sold."#CleanWIP
— Lea Carter (@LeaCarterWrites) November 14, 2019
"Wynn & I were going to attend the Academy, then come home w/our fortunes & futures set. I would take over my family’s orchard…” Grayden trailed off, staring down at the orb in his hand. “Nothing life and death, nothing grand or glorious, just… simple.” #1linewed #CleanWIP
— Jenelle Schmidt (@JenelleLSchmidt) November 13, 2019
#CleanWIP (theme HONOR)
— Katy Huth Jones (@KatyHuthJones) November 13, 2019
Stretching up with care not to shift the laces on his sleeve, Dolan took down the Sword of Alden from its place of honor on the wall. This would be the first year he would renew the Covenant using his father’s sword.
#CleanWIP Emily’s hand gripping the letter, shook. What was she thinking? Marriage was to be a permanent contract. A promise made to God to love and honor each another. Binding herself to a man she knew was risky enough, but to a stranger? This was insanity!
— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) November 13, 2019
Panic seized her.
Give me a smile from across the room
— Tara Lundmark (@TaraLundmark) November 13, 2019
Give me a whispered promise
Give me a place on the wings of your future
Take only my heart#1linewed
#CleanWIP
— Katelyn Buxton (@KBuxtonBooks) November 13, 2019
Theme: Honor
Honestly you’re lucky this isn’t the book I wrote with an MC named Honor. 😂
And I was unable to pick one line yet again. 😅 pic.twitter.com/1Eh3SedyR1
There was much talk this week among authors who prefer the clean end of the spectrum… CleanWIP Magazine was planning an elaborate, all expenses paid, dinner for each of them & a character from a WIP or published book. https://t.co/ledEA5kcGy #amReading #amWriting About that… pic.twitter.com/k59cYPpzpc
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) November 13, 2019