Hookers and Hangers Bloghop!

Over at Falling for Fiction, we're running a super fun bloghop this week. There's still time to join if you'd like to. Just sign up at the bottom of this post!

Here's the deets:
Hookers & Hangers Blogfest July 16th & July 18th

We all know how important the first and last lines are in every chapter. This blogfest will hopefully get your HOOKERS and HANGERS polished making it impossible for readers to put down your book and leaving them begging for more!

On July 16th, post the first sentence from each chapter.

On July 18th, post the last sentence from each chapter.

Post as many as you like!

We will be judging everyone’s first three HOOKERS and first three HANGERS. We’ll each pick two winners (MOST ENTICING HOOKER and MOST IMPOSSIBLE HANGER) making a total of ten winners! Winners will receive a 10 page (double spaced) critique and a Friday Spotlight on FFF!

Of course I can't win, as I'm an FFF lady and one of the judges, but it's fun to participate! So here are my HOOKERS for Jen Morris' and my collaboration, Already There. (Told in Alternative POV between Charlie and Lucy. I'm Lucy.) 

The one line pitch: When Charlie is forced to bring her younger sister Lucy on a road trip with her best friends, the two confirm they are nothing alike, but realize the confidence they have in each other is the only thing that will give them the courage to face their futures.

Hookers:

Chapter 2: I’d forgotten how much I love this place.

Chapter 4: “Well I’d say good mornin’ but it’s almost afternoon, Lucille Grace,” Nan says as I enter the kitchen, the smell of her famous breakfast still lingering in the air.

Chapter 6: There’s a big part of me that wishes Nan would have told us we couldn’t go to the fair with the guys.

Chapter 8: It might be fun to calculate the probability of getting the ball into a red-ringed cup.

Chapter 10: I’m trying not to run to the barn which makes my half walk, half run look ridiculous I’m sure.

Chapter 12: Hotel Casa Del Mar.

Chapter 14: Splashing around in the ocean, when the sky is dark as the water, is a horrible idea.

Chapter 16: “Did you buy gas in Arkansas?” The credit card guy asks on the other end of the line.

Chapter 18: “Lucille Grace, you have no idea how thrilled we are to have you back!”

Chapter 20: I finish tying my running shoe and look out at the ranch through my window.

Chapter 22: Well, the pep talk I had with myself after seeing Luke again for the first time helped.

Chapter 24: My sister thinks I’m pretty.

Chapter 26: I must have fallen asleep because the clock says 3:34pm and I’m pretty sure I ruined everything around eleven this morning.

Chapter 28: Is this okay?

Chapter 30: Gosh my hands hurt. Why can’t we just buy potato salad at the grocery store in town?

Chapter 32: “This is some pretty darn good potato salad.” Luke smiles from under the shade of his hat.

Chapter 34: It’s magic.

Chapter 36: She really thought that.


This is so interesting to see if I have any trends with my hookers, whether they're interesting, etc. Feel free to bounce around to the other entries below! And perhaps add yourself to the list! It's going on all week!