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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Cetus the Whale (Six Sentence Sunday)

Here's another six sentences from Being Bompsy Carleffa, my unpublished YA manuscript for the Six Sentence Sunday at http://www.sixsunday.blogspot.com. After Ben's kidnapping by the mob, Sarah and Austin are searching for him by studying clues from the internet.

            “During study hall, I conducted further research on the Carleffas.” Austin looked like he’d discovered a cure for Cancer or better yet, found Ben. “They’re worth sixteen billion dollars—claimed money anyway; they probably have more hidden in overseas accounts since their accountant’s a crook with a criminal record as long as Cetus the Whale.”
            “Long as who?”
            “Huge constellation with a M77 that has an active galactic nucleus,” Austin said.
            Since I didn’t speak nerd, I had no clue what he was babbling about, but that didn’t stop Austin from continuing in his excitement.

12 comments:

Cate Masters said...

Fun snippet! Loved "didn't speak nerd"

Rebecca Royce said...

I love your YA voice. Its so well done.

Carolyn Rosewood said...

Great snippet!!

Jayel Kaye said...

love the "didn't peak nerd." wonderful 6 showed a lot of the character

Anonymous said...

well nerd is not an easy language to pick up

Zee Monodee said...

Lol at "didn't speak nerd"! Really funny excerpt with a great voice. :)

Lindsay said...

Guess I'm not the only one who loved the 'didn't speak nerd' line.

Susanna Fraser said...

Great YA voice, great details that make the reader raise questions.

Jessica Knauss said...

Fabulous! Thanks for sharing!

Verna Clay said...

I love it when a guy speaks "nerd!"

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Heather Thurmeier said...

I don't speak nerd either! LOL! Nice snippet.

Rhonda Albom said...

LOL - my comment is the same as all the others. Love the snippet, my favorite line being, Since I didn’t speak nerd . . .