Late for my first Weekend Writing Warriors. Humble apologies. http://www.wewriwa.com
A snippet from my as yet unpublished debut novel, “Torn”, my Irish Australian Colonial. Sailing to the other end of the earth, Mary and Liam are drawn together by concern for a horse…
“Mary barely moved except to snuggle closer to Bess. Liam, watching, felt jealousy rear its ugly head. Jealousy—of a horse? Surely that could not be! Yet his arms hungered for her warmth. He left the stall before his thoughts could run further amok. It was near enough to time for morning chores again and for once he was glad of it. There was nothing like shovelling fresh manure to lay such thoughts to rest.”
Zoe Younger 
Great snippet Zoe ❤
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Thank You Elsa Holland. You’re very kind.
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It’s so human to be jealous. I think most readers will relate to that–and also to feeling that it’s unreasonable to even be jealous. I LOVE that last line. 🙂
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Thanks very much Teresa Cypher. I hope so.
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It’s amazing how we get jealous and don’t know how to handle it… we almost never seem to know how at least. And yet it’s such a ubiquitous emotion…. Liam’s clearly trying to be a gentleman though.
BTW, I love(!!!) your Ireland pictures. What a nice set.
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Down to earth, realistic thoughts on his part, loved the snippet!
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Loved this snippet. Great job.
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