These days writers are told over and over again that a book must grab the reader from the very first lines. I am not sure I have ever started off with much of a hook, but here are the first (unedited) three lines for my current works in progress. What do you think?
1) Father of Dragons (intended for Samhain Press)
The heel of Xeras’s boot flapped loosely as he walked through the gloom of the forest at dusk. Miles back he had limped on in hope of finding a village or a forester’s house, somewhere to beg for a night’s shelter and a scrap of food. But the road had become more erratic and faded into a haphazard path, and finally, stumbling over a tree root, he realized he had lost his way altogether.
2) The Nameless God (intended for Loose Id)
Fisk kept moving as he shoveled the manure out of the sty. The piglets bit at his leggings, pinching the skin if he didn’t shake them off quickly. One of them grabbed the bottom of the wooden shovel and almost wrenched it from his hands.
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Pretty damn good scene setting there, if you ask me!
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