Indie Authors Monthly Magazine For Authors and Readers discussion

Great idea!! Love that

"The sun peeked through the blinds making a striped pattern across the bottom of Susannah Maya Logan’s comforter on the bed. Susannah opened her eyes and counted five panels of sunshine." Oh Susannah Things that Go Bump.https://www.amazon.com/Oh-Susannah-Th...

“It’s like a primordial soup,” Clay Finnes muttered his hands on his hips.
“A primordial what?” Owen Bishop raised his hang-dog face to look at the town sheriff.
“Primordial, ancient, prehistoric…” Clay looked at the deputy’s blank face and finished with, “old...really, really old.” Bulwark by Brit Lunden

https://www.amazon.com/Bulwark-Brit-L...

Aw thanks, Stuart. I will return the favor when I get home from work

A first line or even paragraph doesn't work for my latest novel Weasel Words because it reads:

It was like...

In fact, that's the second paragraph, too. So let me give you four paragraphs:

It was like...

It was like...

He didn't know what it was like.

Wait. Yes, he did. It was like a deep pool slumbering in the recesses of a cavern, its dark, glassy surface reflecting his image, a smoky mirror in which, if he looked long and hard enough, his future might be revealed.

The opening of my latest YA novel:

“You can do this. Come on, you can totally do this.”
Unfortunately, no matter how many times Jennifer Dura repeated her mantra, she couldn’t quite manage to convince herself it was true. It was strange since her self confidence wasn’t usually lacking. She did pretty well in class, got good grades, made friends without too much trouble, and was able to say, without a moment’s pause, that she baked some of the best cupcakes in the world. She was absolutely sure of herself and her ability to succeed, except for when it came to boys.

Friendship, Frosting, and Future Plans - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08YFNCPZD

"Damon



Lena,

I remember the first time I saw you
You don’t know me

This is stupid. So stupid. Like most of Dr. Abelman’s absurd ideas. And I know it’s partly my own mommy issues pinning me to his couch twice a week, but here I am, wondering if all his patients are this obedient—or this obtuse for that matter. I hate doing what I’m told, but I do it anyway, hamster-wheeling my way through life one fucking day at a time. The point is, Lena, that something stopped the day I met you, and saying I’ve obsessed over you ever since, would be the world’s biggest understatement. Maybe not the world’s. Maybe just my world’s. Or what has become of it."

Loving Lena: An Adult Fantasy Romance https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Lena-Ad...

Carole wrote: "“It’s like a primordial soup,” Clay Finnes muttered his hands on his hips.
“A primordial what?” Owen Bishop raised his hang-dog face to look at the town sheriff.
“Primordial, ancient, prehistoric…”..."

Stuart wrote: "Carole wrote: "“It’s like a primordial soup,” Clay Finnes muttered his hands on his hips.
“A primordial what?” Owen Bishop raised his hang-dog face to look at the town sheriff.
“Primordial, ancient..."

Definitely a cracking good opening.

Such good openers from everyone!

From Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel

Dark clouds obsured the promised blood moon. Chester looked across the top of Tower Bridge to the south-east sky; the longest lunar eclipse of the twenty-first century would have made a stunning video. It wasn't to be."

Huh! That's what he thinks. Little does he know what lies ahead...

Great book!!!

Thank you.

From The Gospel According to St. Rage:

Long ago but not at all far away, I met a wicked witch with blue eyes and golden hair. We had one thing in common: we were eight years old. For reasons I will never understand, she waved her wand, and I went invisible.
No, not literally. Duh. It's a figure of speech. The wand, I mean. But she was a witch. I’d spell it differently today, but still …
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

From Barbara and the Rage Brigade (St. Rage Book 2):

It's the same old song: school's out for another year and I'm in the backseat, headed over the mountains to visit Barb and Tom on their farm. New verse: I graduated. But I’m still in the backseat.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

From Daughter of Magic:

Luskell walked at twilight on a country road she didn’t know. She wasn’t lost; she was on her way to Deep River. It was the town that was lost, and she had to find it.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

From Wizard Girl (Daughter of Magic Book 2):

A true healer’s power lives in her hands, ready for use when it’s needed.
Luskell’s power clearly lived somewhere else. The night was only half over, but her feet hurt and her legs trembled with fatigue. She stumbled into the corridor, sank onto a bench and closed her eyes. Her back ached enough that she probably wouldn’t fall asleep sitting up on the hard wooden seat. Probably.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

From Death's Midwife (Daughter of Magic Book 3):

Luskell plunged into the mountain lake. The frigid water shocked the breath from her lungs. She surfaced, gasping. Her bones ached with cold. Soon she couldn’t feel anything. She forced her limbs to move and swam with clumsy strokes toward the bleached trunk of a half-submerged fallen tree.
That was the problem with accepting a dare from a dead man — it wouldn’t occur to him it might kill her.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Humanity was delicious. I mean, they were drool inducing, stomach growling, and lip smacking good. Some days, I almost wish I hadn’t eaten the last one.

Humanity Was Delicious

Hi, I'm new here! Mine is a kid's picture book- hope that's okay. Maybe you have kids/ grandkids/ nephews and nieces who might enjoy it. :)

Kyle is a little kid with a lot of BIG feelings - feelings that he just can't hide! Feelings are important. They are all the things you feel inside.

Feeling All My Feelings Book

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09JWFJLMX/

www.kimtsbooks.com

Stay safe, everyone! :)