Jon Cripps

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Today’s six comes from a little novelette I’m writing as a companion to my debut novel, The P.U.R.E. This is the current opening of the story I’ve tentatively titled, Purely Relative. The six is mostly backstory, I must confess. I know, I know, starting with pure backstory is bad, but it’s just a draft for now and I thought it was kind of funny. May end up on the cutting room floor, so read it now or never.

Most people think meeting your boyfriend’s family is a hallmark event of commitment. I’d have rather been committed than go to the Cripps’ home for a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. Oh, I loved a gluttonous Thanksgiving feast as much as anyone. That wasn’t the problem. Walking into his home and wondering how much Jon’s sister, Jenny shared about the night she sort of met me was what kept me on a steady diet of fingernails and the lining of my mouth. Catching me and her little brother buck naked, going at it in her guest bedroom probably wasn’t the best way to announce he’d traded his long time family friend and fiancée for some short blonde chick with a fat ass.

Now that sounds like a great way to make a first impression! Haha…poor Gayle.

Be sure to check out the host site, Six Sentence Sunday, for links to more tantalizing snippets from some very talented writers.

I can’t tell you how excited I am to be going to the 2012 National convention of the Romance Writers of America (RWA) on Wednesday. This is my first writer’s convention and what a big one it is too. The choices for the workshops are overwhelming, ranging from craft to research to marketing and beyond. With writer buddy and fellow conventioneer, Sandra Bunino (who I will meet in person for the first time!), I will be focusing primarily on craft….for now. There are some stellar names I look forward to seeing / meeting / listening to / learning from and thus the lineup may change at the drop of a hat.

If you want to see what I’m currently planning on doing there, take a peak at my calendar.

Hopefully I can provide some updates as the convention progresses, perhaps even a picture or two or three.

And…

Don’t forgot to visit my Heroes blog hop that starts Friday. I’ve got it all prepped and scheduled to post. The hop runs from the 27th to the 31st and I’ll be featuring Jon Cripps, the hero from my novel, The P.U.R.E.