First Line Meme

[jjschwabach]

            Arrellia, late of the Hall of Water, sat by her window, reveling in the warm sunlight that streamed through. - from Untitled! novel in progress.

Marcus checked himself in the silvered glass in the hallway. -- From "Heir to Fire."

There was once a witchy woman who lived by a river at the edge of a great forest. -- From "The

Comments

[jongibbs]

Nice. I like The Last Necromancer one :)

[jjschwabach]

Thanks :-).
That's a prequel to Dark Winter. (If you look at the font on the cover, you'll see why people wanted it called "Geek Spring."

[melissajm]

But...but... you forgot Nerdfall!

[marshallpayne1]

Anne Dimwitty-Turner put the last of her brushes into the turpenoid solution.

You know how they say imagery that hits the reader on an olfactory level is the strongest? I can smell this one, in a good way, of course. ;-)

[jjschwabach]

Cool :-).
She's the heroine from Curse's Captive...

[marshallpayne1]

Well, you've got me thinking... You can say, "The scent of jasmine filled the air." Or, "The smell that hit him was something like jasmine." But your example pulled up the olfactory sensation without even suggesting a smell, but turpentine is like that I guess. ;-)

[jjschwabach]

Thanks:-).