Today is #sixsunday where writers share six sentences from their work. I’ll share a snippet from my time-travel romance WIP. I currently have this out to Beta readers for feedback and hope to be in a position to query for agents in the new year. Here’s my working query hook for it: Isabelle Rochon has met the man of her dreams. There’s only one problem: he lives in a different century.
From the second chapter, Isabelle Rochon is leaving the reenactment ball with Lord Montagu (Phineas) and Ada Lovelace. He’s baffled by her, and she’s still clueless that she’s traveled back in time. This is from his POV, hence the 19th century-sounding voice. (You can see the other entries here.)
Phineas turned back to Miss Rochon and held out his arm. “We will be happy to escort you to your carriage. It is warm for May, so I trust the short distance should not inconvenience you too much.”
Miss Rochon gave every appearance of mounting a protest. However, she shook her head instead and said something under her breath that sounded suspiciously like, “Whatever, dude.”
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Have a great Sunday and Happy New Year!
Angela Quarles | Geek girl romance writer 
Sandra Bunino
/ January 1, 2012Super six, Angela! I especially love the last line. LOL!
CeCe
/ January 1, 2012I so want to know what happens.. 🙂 I enjoyed reading this one, the last line put a smile on my face.
Amber Skye
/ January 1, 2012Hah, very cute! I’m not well-read with time travel, but this has me intrigued.
Sadie Hart
/ January 1, 2012LOL Loved the ‘whatever dude.’ Definitely brings out that it’s a time travel romance right there.
Cara Bristol
/ January 1, 2012Amusing six. Love the contrast in language.
Tmonique Stephens
/ January 1, 2012Read read the sentences before I read your set-up and I caught the different right away. Great Six. I love time travel novels. They’re so much fun.
Eleri Stone
/ January 1, 2012Love the “whatever, dude”. This sounds like a fun one 🙂
veronicascott
/ January 1, 2012I like it! The last line makes me smile and says much more to come…terrific snippet.
Jasmine
/ January 1, 2012Love this! He probably wondered what on earth a “dude” was..!
Good luck with the queries.
Gem Sivad
/ January 1, 2012Very nice. Best of luck with the queries. I think you have a winner here. Happy New Year!
epbeaumont
/ January 1, 2012The comic twist at the end was priceless: there’s a change in rhythm as well as the deliberate anachronism to make us laugh. Great six!
J.C. Martin
/ January 1, 2012LOL! Yes, our language today would be quite cryptic to someone from the past. Love the humour in this!
Brien Michaels
/ January 1, 2012lol! You had me hooked with the name Phineas and knocked me over with “whatever, dude”. Great six!
sueannbowlingauthor
/ January 1, 2012And past language is sometimes cryptic to us today. Love that she doesn’t realize that she’s in a different time.
Taryn Kincaid
/ January 1, 2012Hilarious!
Jennifer Comeaux
/ January 1, 2012LOL I love the humor at the end. Isabelle sounds like a cool chick 🙂
Ursula Grey
/ January 1, 2012Excellent six! I love time travel and will look forward to reading this:-)
Sarah W
/ January 1, 2012I would love to read this whole story in one go—may your querying period be quick and successful!
Babette James
/ January 1, 2012Cute last line. Very nice. 🙂
Karysa Faire
/ January 1, 2012Nice. Can’t wait to see what happens when she can’t find her carriage. 🙂
BTW, thanks for posting about The Men of the Stacks calendar. LOVE the idea and the charity. I went and bought myself a calendar and will be posting about it on Tuesday.
Siobhan Muir
/ January 1, 2012Fun six, Angela. “Whatever, dude.” Great last line. 🙂
sarahballance
/ January 1, 2012Great six, and I LOVE the ending!
Kelly Said
/ January 1, 2012Very clever way to illustrate time travel! I liked the voice in this too. Nice sample from your WiP, definitely leaves the reader interested in what happens next. 🙂
Cherie Marks
/ January 1, 2012Nice use of humor and being in the hero’s pov creates an interest in where the story will go. Nice six!
Kaylie Newell
/ January 1, 2012Love it! Very cute-
Carly Fall
/ January 1, 2012Interesting premise. Love the difference in the language! Happy New Year to you!
jayel kaye
/ January 2, 2012Would love to have heard the reaction if she had said it. lol
Ranae Rose
/ January 2, 2012LOL I love the clash of their cultural differences. 🙂
pippajay
/ January 3, 2012I love the contrasting dialogue. 🙂
J. M. Blackman
/ January 8, 2012Hey, Angela, thanks for stopping by last week! Sorry to be so late replying, but I’m glad I backtracked to this week because it’s always fun to see two different time periods clash together. Nice six!
Ginger Simpson
/ January 8, 2012Nice comparison between the eras. Gotta love those time-travels. Thanks for visiting my site today. 🙂