Ch. 36 pic tease

Will be posted Friday(ish)… 😉

http://twitpic.com/4plf3m

Author Spotlight & a tease

The lovely Anne over at Twilight Awards and I chatted the other night, and she has posted our talk on the site. You can read it herefor some background info on ATL and its writer.

Here’s a little pic tease for Ch. 34, which will be posted this weekend: http://twitpic.com/4khx8m

~BS

Thank you, and hope…

First, the hope:

We all know by now that Japan was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, and that thousands of people lost their lives, their homes, and countless other things that some of us take for granted.

The Twi-fandom is a generous fandom, and it didn’t take long for a Fandom Fights Tsunami movement to begin. I, along with more than 200 other authors, are writing outtakes, one-shots, original fiction, poetry, etc. in an effort to raise money for this cause. At the time of this posting, more than $11,000 had been raised!

I encourage you to write and/or donate to help the people of Japan as they begin their long recovery. Follow this link for more information. If you donate, you’ll receive a compilation of all author submissions.

I will be writing an outtake from “A Thousand Leaves,” and it will be the story of Carlisle and Esme.

While we’re on the topic of giving to good causes, I’m also taking part in Fandom For Sexual Assault Awareness. More info on that can be found here.

I’ll be writing Renee’s story, an ATL outtake.

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On a much lighter note, ATL has won another award, and I thank you very much! It means a lot.

Til next time,

~BS

Ch. 30 teaser

Chapter goes up Friday, and is over 6000 words. 🙂

Here’s a little tease…

Emmett stepped forward, laying a hand on Edward’s shoulder when his voice cracked with emotion. Edward shrugged it off, digging the heels of his hands into his forehead.

“When I was a little boy, you guys were my everything. When did I become your nothing? Just tell me that. That’s all I need to know.”

Esme was sobbing now, covering her face with her hands as Alice tried unsuccessfully to console her.

Carlisle stood, but before he could take two steps, Edward held up his hands. “Don’t.”

“Son, let me speak.”

“You can speak, just don’t come near me.”

“Words can’t possibly convey-”

Edward cut him off with a sharp bark of laughter. “Oh, that’s great, Dad. Spare me the clinical wordy bullshit. Just tell me.”

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Also: Bella gets a surprise visitor, and Alice gets a slap (not physically, mind you, though I know a great deal of you would like to see that)…

See ya Friday.

~BS

Thank you!

My one-shot submission to the Fic-A-Pic contest took third place! Thank you to everyone who read/reviewed/voted. There were sooo many good entries. Here’s a link to all of the entries.

And congrats to Katinki, whose “Love Songs in E Minor” won first place. It was my favorite 🙂

~BS

Ch. 28 pic tease

Ch. 27 pic tease

Chapter will go up Saturday…

Ch. 26 pic tease

Goes up Saturday…

Ch. 25 teaser

Two teasers for you 🙂

“I should warn you,” Emmett stated as they walked toward the doors. “There’s a guard outside her room.”

Edward glanced at him. “A guard? For what?”

Emmett shrugged. “Just in case they don’t have everyone.”

“Jesus Christ,” Edward mumbled. “Could there be more?”

“I don’t know. I wasn’t privy to that information,” Emmett joked as the sliding doors opened for them.

“Hey, wait,” Edward said, catching Emmett by the sleeve. “I, uh … just in case I didn’t say it before, thank you. Ya know, for helping them. If you hadn’t known what they were doing, or remembered that cabin-”

“Hey,” Emmett replied. “Stop thinking about the what-ifs, Edward. You’re going to drive yourself looney tunes.”

Edward nodded and let Emmett lead the way. They slowed as they approached Bella’s room on the third floor.

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“Chief Swan,” Edward said. “I’m sorry.”

Charlie blanched. He hadn’t expected the boy to apologize. “You should be. What were you thinking? Sending my daughter on some wild chase-”

“Chief,” Edward started. “She’s a grown woman. I didn’t pressure her. You have to know that.”

“You manipulated her,” Charlie replied, angry. “She’s been in an emotional place. She lives with her mother’s death every single day. And the fact that you took advantage of that-”

Edward scowled. “You obviously don’t know Bella as well as you think you do.”

“Oh, and you do?”

Chapter will post Saturday!

Also, be sure to check out a new page on this blog. It has character banners created by the lovely and talented Aye!

~BS

Ch. 20 teaser…

Chapter will be posted Monday…or maybe earlier 😉

Bella had just sat down to eat a salad for lunch when the doorbell rang. She glanced toward the door, then toward the hall, wondering if her dad had left his gun in its belt on the rack.

Of course not, she chided herself. He never does that!

There was a gun in the hall closet, but she had no idea if it was loaded. For being the daughter of a cop – and in a cop’s house – she was pretty obtuse when it came to self-protection sometimes.

The doorbell rang again and she stood from the sofa slowly, going to the window. She peered out, then rolled her eyes when she saw Rose’s car.

She started to speak as she opened the door, to ask Rose what had happened to their ‘day of rest,’ but the words caught in her throat.

Rose wasn’t alone. Emmett was standing next to her, his hands shoved in his pockets. Both wore a look of apology, but Rose’s expression looked more like guilt.

Bella stared at Emmett, then looked at Rose. “You told him? You said you wouldn’t,” she said, the words escaping through her clenched teeth.

And another, for the heck of it…

Two hours later, Bella was sitting at a table in the visitation room, a guard standing within earshot, which made her nervous.

When Edward finally came in and sat down, Bella gasped when she saw his face.

“Oh my god, what happened?” she asked, grimacing a little as she looked at the purplish bruise near his eye.

“Oh, uh, difference of opinion,” he replied, grinning. “Nothing big.”

Bella frowned. “Does that happen a lot in here?”

Edward laughed. “They run a pretty tight ship around here, Bella. No worries.”

Bella sucked in a deep breath, and looked him straight in the eye. “Edward, I have some news.”

“Tell me,” he said.

Thanks for reading!
~BS