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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Delphiniums & Dual Exhaust

It is time for Book Blurb Friday. Here is my fictitious fiction, based on the photo prompt below!



"Brandi McQueen seemingly had it all--a custom muscle car, killer blue eyes, and a smile that could melt a girl at twenty paces. Then she met Connie, an Aussie expat and the wife of local business big wheel Dick Hedd. Connie seemed to belong to a different world, but was, as Brandi found out, a classic spaghetti girl--straight until wet. The woman sent out more mixed signals than a Mexican tv station.

Driven mad by the teasing, Brandi accidentally crashes her car into a tree, suffering a broken acrylic nail. Connie hurries to Nicole's Nail Palace, where she keeps vigil at Brandi's side. Will Brandi recover? Can Connie come to terms with her passionate new feelings? Can Dick Hedd figure out how to work the washing machine?  Read "Delphiniums & Dual Exhaust" to find out!"

(137 words)

Note: the prompt picture isn't a delphinium. The picture below is delphiniums. They look pretty much like small triffids. But, as this is a (non-existent) lesbian romance novel, the (again, imaginary) publisher went with a rose, or something, for the cover art.

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25 comments:

  1. oh i would read it for sure...i like spaghetti, as long as it is not me...and flowers, lots of flowers...

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  2. Nice book blurb--and I love the title of your blog - Word Garden.

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  3. Okay, I've stopped laughing about the broken nail and cut on the husband's lack of skills long enough to say nicely done! (I need this tonight!!)

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  4. LOL You got me with the broken nail. Still laughing. Great job with the blurb!

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  5. LMAO!!!! Those damn publishers and their flower choices. You are too funny. I love the names of your characters and your story. I'd read it for sure!

    Kathy M.

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  6. Loved the spaghetti/Mexican radio references

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  7. I'm still laughing over wet spaghetti! Good one, Shay!

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  8. Stop making me laugh. It's not good for the stomach muscles!

    Brilliant blurb!

    Book Blurb Friday

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  9. Hilarious! Love the broken nail trauma and spaghetti!

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  10. Hilarious! Dick Hedd - a spaghetti girl - the acrylic nail disaster!

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  11. Your word choices have me laughing so hard!

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  12. There just aren't enough nail-biters (ha!) in the lesbian romance genre --- I'll buy two copies please!

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  13. Hilarious. I love the humour. I'd read it :-)

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  14. I'm snorflin over the whole thing--this book actually has a better plot than many I've seen out there in the non-pasta romance field. And it goes without saying, the husband's name is sheer genius.

    Never noticed it before, but delphiniums *do* look a bit like shrunken blue triffids...

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  15. SO hilarious. I just love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  16. Brandi McQueen - such a cool name.

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  17. Tee-hee! Love the "classic spaghetti girl" line!

    Pat
    www.critteralley.blogspot.com

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  18. Sounds like a fun read with a real kick!

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  19. oh I am so NOT rooting for Dick Hedd! Nice blurb!

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  20. I am so worried about that broken acrylic nail! The suspense is killing me!

    I love the name Dick Hedd. And the answer is "no." He'll never learn how to use the washing machine. Nor will he ever learn to clean the toilet correctly...

    Was the phrase "classic spaghetti girl" your creation? Very clever, either way...

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  21. No, that dickhead will never learn how to operate ~ anything!!

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  22. When I read about the nail, I thought it must be a classic tragedy. Hope she lived! But then those names...ah, comic relief!!! Good one!

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