Today’s #CleanWIP theme and collaborative article is Language. [More info]
Use the #CleanWIP hashtag with lines from a WIP and your tweet might be included in a https://t.co/yUHUbxZp23 collaboration for authors who lean clean and readers who love them. The #CleanWIP theme for Thursday, May 7 is LANGUAGE pic.twitter.com/z9g7Guq6NX
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) May 7, 2020
“It’s my job to care.” He pointed to the security emblem on his jacket.
— Emily Yager (@TheEmilyYager) May 7, 2020
“Oh.”
“Are you alright?” he asked her.
“I don’t share personally details with people I don’t know.”
“Pherick Quinn, Security Officer.” He held out a hand.
“Itasca Summers. Language Tutor.” #CleanWIP
Staver slipped an iron ring on my finger; it was the only metal the army blacksmith had. Then he sang. It wasn’t one of his songs, but an old wedding hymn in a #language forgotten by all but priests and scholars. #cleanWIP #vss365
— ML Farb (@FarbMl) May 7, 2020
“I don’t see money as some big defining characteristic. It’s Just something that adds another dimension to people. To me it’s the same as finding out your grandma plays the banjo, or your dad speaks twelve languages, or you’re a direct descendant of George Washington.” #CleanWIP
— Jessica Marie Holt — Author (@Jessica06311722) May 7, 2020
#CleanWIP Half-Price Bride: “Em-i-ly." She enunciated each syllable. “It’s a pretty name. Are you from around here?”
— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) May 7, 2020
“No, I’m from a small town near Memphis.”
“Goodness Gracious! What are you doing this far west? You had to cross the big Mississippi.”
How much should she reveal?