Here's another six sentences from Being Bompsy Carleffa, my unpublished YA manuscript for the Six Sentence Sunday at http://www.sixsunday.blogspot.com.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.
Fun snippet! Loved "didn't speak nerd"
ReplyDeleteI love your YA voice. Its so well done.
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet!!
ReplyDeletelove the "didn't peak nerd." wonderful 6 showed a lot of the character
ReplyDeletewell nerd is not an easy language to pick up
ReplyDeleteLol at "didn't speak nerd"! Really funny excerpt with a great voice. :)
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm not the only one who loved the 'didn't speak nerd' line.
ReplyDeleteGreat YA voice, great details that make the reader raise questions.
ReplyDeleteFabulous! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI love it when a guy speaks "nerd!"
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I don't speak nerd either! LOL! Nice snippet.
ReplyDeleteLOL - 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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