Friday 23 November 2012

SFFSat 24/11/12

This is my snippet this week for SFFSat. SFFSat is a place where a number of authors post snippets from their written works, and give the opportunity for comments, support and encouragement. Please also explore the other blogs that are part of this set - you can find the information here.

My snippet this week is again from Sorrel in Scarlet. Sorrel has crashed in the Chasm, but has gained aid from a trio of men - unfortunately, they don't seem to speak her language. They are taking her back to their encampment, but a gorge blocks their way.

CONTENT ADVISORY: this snippet again contains an amount of bad language. Sorrel is not a lady.


    Blondie pointed at the rope bridge again.
Volging lafquass, Blondie!” I swore. “You expect me to cross that?” Knowing that he couldn't understand me only added to my vituperation.
   There was nowhere else for me to go. I just had to find the strength and get on with it. I scowled at Blondie again, and stepped onto the bridge.
    Believe me, I'd much rather be in an aeroplane at ten thousand feet than on a fragile rope bridge forty feet over a churning river. The spray from the rapids meant the ropes were slick, and as I moved over the walkway the roar of the water became deafening. The universe is fundamentally unfair – all that water, and I couldn’t do anything to quench my thirst.

 Comments and brickbats welcomed!

20 comments:

  1. Great snippet...and I too would rather be up in a sky-bound metal can. :-)

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    1. Absolutely! Aeroplanes somehow feel safer.

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    1. Sorrel gets frustrated easily. Usually, she takes out her frustration by hitting things...

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  3. What could be more frustrating than being forced to deal with a terrifying situation surrounded by those who don't understand you? Scary stuff. Love the line about quenching her thirst. And the word vituperation--it's new to me and I'll cherish it forever.

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    1. I've got a bad habit of using odd words - I think I must have been bitten by a rampaging dictionary when I was a small child.

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  4. What better tension than crossing a rope bridge. I like that she calls one of them Blondie. I'm guessing not their given name.

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    1. No, Blondie isn't his real name - she can't talk to them yet. Yet another reason Sorrel is irritable.

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  5. These are always fun snippets!! Me thinks I'd better get the book and read it undisturbed from start to finish!!

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    1. Thanks - I hope you enjoy it. I'd love some feedback if you do get it...

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    1. Depends on the rope bridge - ever done Go Ape or similar? (Rope crossings strung high up between trees). Scared me rigid! (My children, on the other hand, had no worries at all - there ain't no justice!)

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  7. A single rope, or does it have another half high to act as a handrail?
    BTW Jarn's here. Thought I signed up, but I guess not.

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  8. A single rope, with a rope on each side - actually, Sorrel's being surprisingly wimpish. Her excuse is that she is exhausted, hungry and thirsty.

    And I'll come looking for Jarn.

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  9. I think I would cuss too! I can see her inching along. Nice snippet.

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    1. Thanks - the couple of times I did something like this I was very cautious, but I expect my heroine to be made of sterner stuff!

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  10. Oh man, I sympathize. I'll take a plane over a bridge like that any old day!

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  11. That would have me swearing too!

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    1. Me too - not that it takes much to make Sorrel swear!

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