Ottar is on the loose! Weekend Writing Warrior
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Here is the set-up for this week's excerpt. It is edited to fit the 10 sentence rule.River's friend and colleague Ottar is helping him track down the Gnome and Jersey Devil. It's dark and Ottar is Jet lagged so he mistakes a life-size dinosaur statue for a cryptid. Oh and yes, he's an Australian.
"Bloody
hell." Ottar raised his gun a second time.
River placed his
hand on the barrel and lowered it. "You just shot a dinosaur statue. I think
you’ve been out in the field too long, you crazy bastard."
Ottar lifted his
left palm. "Crikey, who in their right mind has a brachiosaurs in their
front yard?"
"That would
be Pepper and I can’t wait to hear you explain why you shot her sculpture with
a tranq gun."
"Yeah,
well, she must have a few wallabies loose in the upstairs paddock." He
pointed to the side of his head and made a circle with his finger.
Bad
luck magnet Abby Fitzpatrick gets fired, catches her boyfriend cheating with a
mime, and is cursed by an evil genie who pops out of a tampon box. She’s bound
and determined to remove the spell, and as fate would have it, the hottest guy
she’s ever met is out to kill her.
River
Stone, a Cryptid hunter for Legends and Myths Police Squad (L.A.M.P.S.), poses as sheriff for Abby’s
hometown of Haber Cove, New Jersey. He’s out to find and capture a man-eating
gnome and bag the legendary Jersey Devil monster. Little does he realize, the
woman who catches his heart is the same creature that he was sent to destroy.
Tempting
the Light is the first completed novel in the L.A.M.P.S. series that features
hunky secret agents who find true love while hunting and slaying dangerous Cryptids.
Why would he shoot a statue? I'm guessing he feared it was one of the creatures he's supposed to be hunting.
ReplyDeleteHey Cara,
ReplyDeleteThey are Cryptid hunters and hunt monsters. Ottar is used to shooting large lurking beasts. It was dark and he was jet lagged.
Thanks for commenting. I'll add this in the set up.
At least it was a trank gun - he shouldn't have damaged it too badly! I have sympathy with him - when you're up against dangerous monsters, far safer to shoot the odd statue than to fail to nobble a ferocious horror.
ReplyDeleteA few wallabies loose in the upstairs paddock... That has to be the best I have ever heard. Excellent dialogue, Bonnie
ReplyDeleteA few wallabies loose in the upstairs paddock... That has to be the best I have ever heard. Excellent dialogue, Bonnie
ReplyDeleteQuite the situation going on! Loved the snippet because it was so different...
ReplyDeleteLMAO - love it - even more funny I read it as OttEr - as in the animal then I saw the dinosaur - I went back and re-read - made way more sense- thinking I might need more caffeine today. Tweeted.
ReplyDeletelolol! I LOVE their chemistry! What a great scene. OMG, too funny --> "...a few wallabies loose in the upstairs paddock."
ReplyDeleteI agree with Teresa. Your word choice makes the scene come alive. River was extremely lucky, though, not to get burned by touching the barrel of a rifle that was just fired.
ReplyDeleteNot sure if it was the intent, but I thought that was a hilarious scene...shooting a statue. Hee hee...good stuff.
ReplyDeleteGreat scene! And I agree with Otter. Why in the heck does she have a dinosaur in her front yard? (I mean, if I could, I would, but...)
ReplyDeleteOMG! Ottar has to be one of my favorite characters in fiction! I pre-ordered my copy of Tempting the Light. GO OTTAR!
ReplyDeleteLoved this snippet, Bonnie!
Lol, loved the situation and the dialogue!
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