Today’s #CleanWIP theme and collaborative article is Much. [More info]
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tl; dr: #CleanWIP theme for Thursday, April 16 is MUCH.
— CleanWIP Magazine (@cleanwip) April 16, 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/PdGmctL4Xy
“It’s so beautiful.” Grace nestled in his arms, completely unafraid. Before her was the miracle of the light pushing back the darkness, a true metaphor for life. Behind her, flooding her senses with each breath, was the man she loved and wanted for life. #cleanwip
— Lea Carter (@LeaCarterWrites) April 16, 2020
She stared at the water, her eyes reflecting what she felt. A slow melancholy that lingered much of the time. Long, lonely years had hardened her heart and dimmed her spirit. It was part of the sacrifice, the burden she bore. She wished it would fade just a little.
— D. Art and Kay McKinney (@dartkaymckinney) April 16, 2020
#CleanWIP
#CleanWIP Half-Price Bride: Jessica brushed a black speck from her dress sleeve. “It’s a good thing we wore dark outfits. They may be uncomfortable in this heat, but the soot doesn’t show up so bad.”
— Laurean Brooks (@Laurean2) April 17, 2020
Emily wished she’d put as much thought into her decision to marry the dentist.
It pained Aya that so much that had been beautiful had been destroyed, but even worse was the absence of friends whose lives had been lost in the war.#CleanWIP #WIP #amwritingfantasy #indieauthors
— M. B. Aznoe (@mbaznoe) April 17, 2020
“Lot of folk here won’t hire Irish or rent nothin’ to ‘em, even if they can clearly see you didn’t just step off the boat from the motherland. They don’t much like people from the South, either, but you’re far better off bein’ a Rebel than an Irishman.” #CleanWIP
— Jessica Marie Holt — Author (@Jessica06311722) April 16, 2020
“I warned you about banging the pot around so much.” Dima wrapped her in a tight hug. “It’s alright. The floor needed to be mopped anyway.”
— Emily Yager (@TheEmilyYager) April 16, 2020
A small giggle escaped. “Indeed, it does need a good scrubbing.” #CleanWIP #WIP
He wanted to be recognized not only as the author of the latest fruit report, but of stories that mattered. The kind that would let lonely people know how very much was out there for them still.
— Katelyn Buxton (@KBuxtonBooks) April 16, 2020
But sometimes these dreams were obscured by reality.#CleanWIP
Theme: Much
The guardian Kitsune mask hung on our wall. “Please, honored zenko, tell Inari I will dedicate myself as a maiden in her shrine if she will save my mother. I’m not #much. But I work hard. Please.”
— ML Farb (@FarbMl) April 16, 2020
The fox mask stared back at me, its eyes as empty as my heart.#vss365 #cleanWIP
#CleanWIP ~ I was devastated by the thought of losing Charlie and even more crushed that it didn’t seem to bother him as much as it bothered me. I hoped his apparent nonchalance was just a temporary effect of the Crazy Chicken.
— Earl Chinnici (@earlshelpdesk) April 16, 2020