Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Hookers and Hangers: Part Two

First let me say I was blown away by so many hookers that I read through on Monday and Tuesday. This has been such a fun blogfest to participate in and follow.

Tomorrow, I'll be featuring a blogger interview with Falling For Fiction's Hope Roberson, the creative mastermind behind the Hooker and Hanger madness. Be sure to stop back to check her out!

Now for some Hangers! I thought these would be much easier. But as I went through them, I found that so many of them taken out of context weren't as cool as I'd hoped. I needed my clever reference half way through the chapter as a set up, or at the very least, the last paragraph. Take that as my warning/disclaimer...

Ch1: When I open my eyes again, I find myself back in my own Afterlife standing five hundred feet above a city and a million miles away from where this story begins.

Ch 14: From the tar-like shadows draping the corridor, he watches with supreme satisfaction the commotion he had caused.

Ch 30: “I’ll kill him, I swear, I’ll kill him,” was the only thought that raced through his mind, over and over again, as he left the building to find her.

Ch 32: The second I return, I see an extra set of footprints walking across my hillside, and I realize I am not alone.

Ch 33: Will stood, looked towards the direction of the fields, and took off in a full sprint towards them.

Ch 34: As he lies on the ground unwilling to get up, Gene pictures all the ways to commit cold-blooded murder, something for the first time in his life, he thinks he is actually capable of.

Ch 36: It was Claire who first noticed the gun pointed at Will’s head.

Ch 40: “I’m sorry,” I whisper knowing full well what Grace is about to do to him.

Ch 41: I try to say “I love you,” but I’m taken from him before I have that chance. 

29 comments:

  1. These are all awesome hangers. I'd keep reading. I love 'tar-like shadows'.

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  2. Those are great! I can feel the tension! That last one especially :)

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  3. These are great! They really leave you hanging! I want to know what happens next!

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  4. These are great and they definitely leave me hanging and I want to read more. Great job, Kimberly!

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  5. I'm voting for the Hangers from #32 and #36. I'd turn the page and keep reading. Great choices.

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  6. Really nice intriguing endings. Definitely leave a feeling of wanting to know more. Enjoyed reading your hangers.

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  7. Amazing work! I like the first and last one the most - very intriguing!

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  8. They are all excellent, but this "Ch 36: It was Claire who first noticed the gun pointed at Will’s head" is my fav!

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  9. Chapter 34 leaves me with a lot of questions, great hangers :)

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  10. Great hangers. Loved chapter 36:)
    Nutschell
    www.thewritingnut.com

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  11. LOVE the image of tar-like shadows :D

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  12. Holy cow! You are really talented with the cliffhanger! Each one is perfect!

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  13. Chapter 14 is my favorite. Terrific job!

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  14. "When I open my eyes again, I find myself back in my own Afterlife standing five hundred feet above a city and a million miles away from where this story begins."

    WHAT?
    So many questions. Need answers. Must know ...

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  15. These are all very strong, and am now going to follow as am intrigued to follow your journey with this. But no 1 rocks the most!

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  16. I have chills! Those are stunning! I am in awe :)

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  17. I especially like #14 with the tar-like shadows, and the mischievous cliff-hanger of #36 with the gun. May I suggest that with #32, you could separate "I realize I am not alone." as its own sentence, with greater effect.

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  18. chapter one - I wanted to know more

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  19. Ah, #32 & #36 give me chills. After #1 I wanted to know what was going on though. Great job!!

    Thanks for doing this with us!!!

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  20. Awesome hangers, Kimberley! I certainly want to read the inbetween in order to fill in the entire story.

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  21. These are pretty darn good! I love the first one the best. This sounds like such an interesting story!

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  22. These are all fantastic! They do exactly what they should do--which is to make me want to keep reading. I especially love 34 and 40. So good! :D

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  23. Gah, that last one made me shout, "NO!" out loud! Amazing! I may have to fight over these with the other FFF ladies :)

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  24. IT's hard to chooose... I love the one about the gun being pointed at the head, but I think this may be my fave:

    I try to say “I love you,” but I’m taken from him before I have that chance.

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  25. These are awesome! Sounds like my kind of book. I also particularly like the last. Sounds heartwrenching.

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  26. Blogger comments seem to disappear when you REALLY don't need them too. Poohy!

    I know I am late getting around to the last 20 or so Hooker and Hangers, but there were so many of them and this week has not been a good week. I'm still trying to get my awards posted!

    Best Hooker was "...cast off baby dolls..." I loved the emptiness of that one.

    Best Hanger was Ch 40: “I’m sorry,” I whisper knowing full well what Grace is about to do to him.

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    Ch 41: I try to say “I love you,” but I’m taken from him before I have that chance.

    Both of these sound so bittersweet.

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  27. Ah! So good! Sorry I'm late to the party but I'm totally in love with these.

    And you're right, hangers tend to lose a little when taken out of context. But these are all VERY good!

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