Street Glass is my novel-in-progress. My tagline:
Underprivileged 18-yr-old Latino leaves street gang and befriends white,
over-privileged musicians.
While some of the plot is subject to change (draft two is a
pretty early draft, after all) the basic elements will stay, as will the
character "voices". So these excerpts will still give you a good idea
of how the plot plays out and what the characters are like. The year is 1986,
in Los Angeles, California.
All the previous excerpts are collected here.
After last week’s snippet, Razor and Sandy had to run (in
the rain) from the gang. Razor thinks they’re safe now but they hide in between
a couple of trucks parked in the street.
Reminder: Sandy parked his car in an unfamiliar neighborhood
and walked around to cool off after a nasty argument. He “met” Razor while
looking for his car.
Sandy wiped a hand across his face. Crouched in the street, stuffed between a couple trucks, wet and out of breath, he shuddered as a wave of cold crept over him. How the hell had he gone from rehearsing for a tour to this? A thought hit him. “Hey, I remember where I left my car. It’s in the parking lot of the restaurant at Rosewood and Florinda.”
Razor cut short a laugh. “You was only four streets from there when I found ya.”
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Lesson learned-the next time I'm in an unfamiliar city, I need to take a taxi. Great snippet, Marcia. I'm looking forward to learn how he gets out of this situation.
ReplyDeleteha! I didn't think about that but I guess it's a good point ;-) Thanks bunches.
DeleteWonder how far they are from there now. Hope they've evaded the gang and don't have to get passed them to get to the car.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they've only lost the gang for now ...
Deletemwahaha!
I'm glad they escaped at least to this point, but I'm all anxious about what next. Great job of maintaining the tenion!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Veronica. I had fun with this part!
DeleteGreat 8. Only 4 streets away- sheesh.
ReplyDelete~Summer
Life's funny like that sometimes, isn't it? Thanks for stopping by.
Deletelol, only four streets away back then, but now how far away are they? Nice snippet.
ReplyDeleteHow ironic they were only 4 streets away to start with. Probably much further now and I bet there's more trouble brewing! :-) Great tension here.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they managed to run away but it still seems dangerous.
ReplyDeleteIt's raining, a gang is chasing him aaaand he forgot where he parked the car - that's a pretty tight spot - great situational tension!
ReplyDeleteGood post. Funny how life can change in an instant by a random event. Oh sure only four blocks, sounds easy, but i doubt it will be. Now all they have to do is stay alive for the next four blocks. So close yet so far. Very tense Marcia!
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I like the polar opposite vocabulary they use. It is telling. :-) This was a very tense scene, setting it up for another tense scene :-)
ReplyDeleteGood post, Marcia. :-)