Hello all you WIPpeteers and welcome to my contribution to this week’s WIPpet Wednesday. The image I’ve used is not quite right as my character Anna is a brunette. Which I could always change I suppose… But I thought it linked in nicely with this week’s excerpt I’m sharing with you which reveals a bit more than last week.
It’s following straight on from last week’s excerpt. To recap Anna is on the train home with her friend Melissa having been up to London together to meet Anna’s agent. As in last week’s piece I shared there’s no dialogue, just Anna reflecting on what’s gone on. In true WIPpet fashion my excerpt relates to today’s date: 17 lines from chapter 7 for the 17th July. Enjoy!
But most of the time her thoughts kept pulling her back to the meal with Peter two nights before. She’d enjoyed meeting him; there was no question of that. He seemed a nice enough bloke – but a love interest? She wasn’t so sure. Was he keen on her? If so Anna didn’t know how she felt about that. He’s my agent, she thought, and surely I need to keep our relationship professional? She was glad she’d brought Melissa along.
It’d been good having her frank perspective on things. Without her she would have floundered even more in the face of those conflicting emotions she’d experienced during the meal. As it was she still felt anxious about what had transpired at the meal with Peter. She found herself analysing her feelings towards him. I really should give it a rest, she thought. I’ve only just met him. It was all so confusing. Why could life never be straightforward? It didn’t seem long at all before the train was pulling in to Warston station.
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Elaine Jeremiah 
Ooh, been there…
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Really?! Lol. 🙂
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I’m totally Anna! Um, except I don’t have an agent whose feelings I’m analyzing. But I totally get this!!! I often replay conversations, wondering about the nuances. I’m so intrigued with this story!
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Ah thanks. I’m the same as you – constantly going over conversations I’ve had in my head, feeling guilty I may have said the wrong thing! Though with Anna there’s the added complication of whether this agent is attracted to her or not.
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Hmm… this Peter fellow sounds unsavory. Flirting with a client? Tsk. Tsk.
I think I like Melissa, too. Hurrah for good friends. 🙂
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Indeed! Good friends rock. 😀 I’ve got some great friends myself and I guess Melissa is kind of based on an amalgamation of all of them – a friend who’s definitely there when you need her.
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Definitely intrigued… inappropriate love interest?? Bring it on! 🙂
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Maybe. Things get rather complicated for Anna. I will say no more! 😉
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I hate that instant chemistry that makes you wonder if you actually felt chemistry or warning. But it does make for some great tension.
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Thanks Kathi. At this point in my story Anna is definitely confused. She’s just suffered a messy breakup and now she may have an admirer…
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Ooh, the plot thickens further! 😀
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It does indeed! Anna’s going through quite a lot at the moment, nothing’s easy for her.
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You’re right, that is a great picture! I really like where this is going.
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Thanks Alana. Yes it really is a great picture, worthy of a cover I think. 🙂
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If life was straightforward (in novels anyway) it’d be no fun at all. An intriguing turn of events.
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Exactly. Then again real life is not straightforward either. But I guess it could get boring if everything were plain sailing. Glad I intrigued you. 🙂
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I’m thinking about all the people who have married their agents or their managers…hmmm. Loving the internal conflict though.
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OYYYYY, the over-analyzing-every-moment-and-wondering-and-feeling-confused thing… yeah, you hit on a spot there. Totally relating to the character, I over-analyze stuff way too much. That was a good excerpt! I’m intrigued.
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Ah thanks Sarah, glad I intrigued you! Yeah I think that’s a common feeling, over analyzing everything and going over things in your head. Certainly a girl thing, maybe true for guys as well??
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