Rainbow Snippets*-- Trying to Focus

This week I finished the first draft of my Oakley short, which will be part of the Fangs for the Memories collection (if anyone wants to beta read it, give me a shout), but I got very little done on my Cinders and Ash book (#3 of the Campfire Stories series). I don't know if it's my slacking attention span (because of world events) or if it's because this is my first attempt at writing M/F –outside of the relationships in the Headphones trilogy, and that's a whole different animal– and it's been too long since I read one. I think I need to take a day and really try to plot it out (I'm normally a pantser) but at this rate, I'm not going to hit even close to my goal date. Sigh.

(I think the kits are discussing the foolishness of humans.)

 I'm continuing with an excerpt from Smoke and Sparks, book 2 of the Campfire Stories series. Lindsey has spent the night with her best friend, Vaughn, and told him that Daryl must really love him.  Part one and Part two From Vaughn's POV:

My breath hitched at the “L” word. She didn’t mean it literally, I’m sure, but still, it caught me unaware. He didn’t love me. It was lust. And attraction. And curiosity. Nothing more. 

“You kind of stink,” she said as she shoved me towards the edge of the mattress. “Go take a shower and I’ll start the coffee.”

There were water spots on the floor and a wet towel hanging on the rack. Daryl must have gotten up already. I washed last night’s sweat off my body and shampooed the gunk out of my hair and dressed quickly, impatient and anxious to see him, both at the same time. Would he be mad? Indifferent? Or was Lindsey right?

*Rainbow Snippets is a (Facebook) group for LGBTQ+ authors, readers, and bloggers who gather once a week to share snippets from a work of fiction–-a WIP or a finished work or even a book recommendation. If you're interested in following a diverse group of authors, check it out here.