#WIPpet Wednesday

This is my first Work In Progress (WIPpet) for The Summer Between. I hope you enjoy. The book is in the final stage of editing and will be available for purchase on October 1, 2018. It is available for pre-order now on Amazon for Kindle.

The core of the story is about family, specifically siblings, specifically brothers. I’ll be introducing the characters in coming blogs, but suffice to say Brendon and his older brother Derrick are very different. The last thing either of them wanted was to spend their summers together.

The story is told from Brendon’s point of view. In keeping with WIPpet math, I am sharing 15 sentences from Chapter Eight: Sunday, the Perfect Day for Secrets and Lies.

“Derrick never talks about California. We’ve asked, of course, but he won’t divulge much. He failed to make it on his own. We know there’s more, but he’s mum on it. His current attitude is enough of a distraction. Here’s my chance to see what California was like. Mom and Dad visited him his first summer there, but I was at summer camp. I thought I’d never forgive them, but then they came back so angry and hurt I didn’t push the issue. Soon after, Derrick refused to come home for the holidays. He was too busy, and his name was mud in our house until he moved back.

I look over my shoulder. Stop being stupid. Derrick hasn’t rolled over yet. There’s no way he’s going to appear in the attic. I take a deep breath and pull the tape from the top of the first box.”

*WIPpet Wednesday is a blog hop hosted by Emily Wrayburn wherein writers share excerpts of their latest WIP. All genres and levels of accomplishment are welcome. The only stipulation is that the excerpt must coincide with the date in some manner. For example, on 10/8/14 you might share 10 lines from page 8, 8 paragraphs from chapter 14, or perhaps 18 sentences by doing WIPpet math and adding the day to the month. We’re flexible like that.

(The Summer Between add designed by Jeanne G’Fellers, images from Unsplash.)