Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors! This is the successor to Six Sentence Sunday.
As mentioned before, I have a new release coming out around April 30th called Purely Relative (The P.U.R.E., #1.5). I revealed the cover on February 28th. Last week’s eight featured sentences taken from The P.U.R.E. that were the genesis for my latest addition to Gayle’s adventures.
Here are the first eight sentences of Purely Relative told in Gayle’s POV:
Most people think meeting your boyfriend’s family is a hallmark of commitment. I’d have rather been committed than go to the Cripps’ for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Oh, I loved a gluttonous turkey feast as much as anyone. The meal wasn’t the problem. Wondering how much Jon’s sister, Jenny, had shared about the night she met me kept me on a steady diet of fingernails and nerves.
Catching me and her little brother going at it in her guest bedroom probably wasn’t the best way for him to announce he’d traded in his longtime family friend/fiancée for some short blonde chick with a fat ass. I didn’t steal him from Thalia. He told me I didn’t.
Ooh…I think we can expect a little tension at that family get-together!
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Claire Gillian 
I think that one person’s “fat ass” the another’s “hot ass!”
Nice snippet!
Great writing to visually describe an awkward moment. Definitely more exciting them my dinners.
Those last two lines sound like she’s trying to convince herself . . . Should be an interesting visit!
The entire snippet made me giggle. It’s very relateable. Great job and good luck with your upcoming release!
“He told me I didn’t.” ohhh, this just screams of something hidden in there. lol Meeting the in-laws. Always a harrowing experience. You captured it perfectly. Great snippet.
Awesome beginning! Your attempt at hooking the reader has worked. Gotta have more!
Uh oh. How awkward for her. I love hearing her thoughts and could feel her worrying about what was going to happen. Makes me want to know what’s going to happen. Great job.:-)
Love that – steady diet of fingernails and nerves. Great cover, too!
I see so many possibilities here.
LOVE the line about fingernails and nerves! 😀 And yeah, I’d be nervous, too. Great snippet, Claire. 🙂
It will definitely be an interesting family dinner to read about, not good for her digestion though. Fun snippet!
Really enjoyed the snippet! I would definately buy this!
This sounds like a lot of fun. Congratulations on the upcoming release and the new cover–love it, btw! The old-fashioned pics in the background is a nice touch.
Great visual! Love this line: ‘…a steady diet of fingernails and nerves.’
Wow. I’d be nervous too. Love the line about fingernails and nerves.
I love the line about the diet of fingernails and nerves. I would not be looking forward to that family dinner, especially since she doesn’t sound so sure if she did steal him.
a steady diet of fingernails and nerves <– great line. You pull me in with your characters. I'm nervous for her too, poor thing.
Wow, you’ve managed to pack so much into a few sentences. Great scene building, too.
More evidence for the old addage, “There’s no such thing as ‘family fun’?”
Nice 8.
Fantastic opening. Nerves & fingernails–love it!
I think she can expect some tension. But, listening to her voice, I’m sure she can handle it. Great opening. Loved it!
Family get-togethers. Yikes!! You did a great job showing the tension and fright within her.
Great job setting up the tension, I can’t wait to read more of this!
Great set up for the upcoming meal!
Very much realism.