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Here's another six sentences from Being Bompsy Carleffa, my unpublished YA manuscript for the Six Sentence Sunday at http://www.sixsunday.blogspot.com.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:

  1. Fun snippet! Loved "didn't speak nerd"

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  2. I love your YA voice. Its so well done.

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

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  4. well nerd is not an easy language to pick up

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

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

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

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  8. I love it when a guy speaks "nerd!"

    http://vernaclay.com

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

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

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