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Rainbow Snippet - February 20-21

2/20/2016

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Welcome to another weekend of Rainbow Snippets! Make sure you visit the Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook to read six sentence snippets of works from some fantastic authors. This week my snippet is from The Artist's Masquerade. We're in Flavian's point of view in this scene. His carefully crafted disguise is falling apart, and he's contemplating using the magic that he hates and fears...
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His gaze fell on his sketchbook, discarded on a chair near the window earlier when he had thought sketching might help him settle down. It hadn’t worked, and the book sat there in a wash of moonlight. Mocking him.

He’d promised he wouldn’t do portraits ever again. Certainly would never think about using his Talent again. He shuddered. He dreaded seeing what was inside a person. But tonight, well, if he saw the worst, wasn’t it better to be prepared?
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Climbing from the bed, he walked slowly to the sketchbook, as if it were a wild animal that might attack him. He laughed, a laugh he could hear the bitterness in. It wasn’t the sketchbook that might attack. 


Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'm off to return to my edits for The Scholar's Heart.
16 Comments
Louise Lyons
2/20/2016 01:46:58 pm

Go on, you know you want to :)

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:43:53 pm

LOL! :-)

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Jana Denardo
2/20/2016 02:25:06 pm

Ooo now I want to know why he doesn't want to use his Talent.

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:43:29 pm

He definitely has his reasons...

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P. T. Wyant link
2/20/2016 04:23:47 pm

Very intrigued! Is there more coming from this? (Please say yes!)

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:42:37 pm

Yes. :-) Thanks for reading!

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Rian Durant
2/21/2016 01:12:43 am

So brief and so intense, this description if his inner struggle. I wonder what the portrait will reveal.

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:41:51 pm

Thank you, Rian!

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Elin
2/21/2016 04:49:30 am

Is it better to know or keep his illusions. I'll be interested to see which way he jumps on this.

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:40:24 pm

He's definitely struggling with the question.

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Heloise West
2/21/2016 06:33:19 am

Lovely :D

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:37:47 pm

Thanks! :-)

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Alexa Milne
2/21/2016 06:51:22 am

So what has happened to make him not want to use his powers? And will he give in?

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:37:22 pm

That's the question. He's had some bad experiences so it's a tough decision for him. Thanks for reading!

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Amy Rae Durreson
2/21/2016 12:47:00 pm

A very intriguing snippet. You convey his conflicted feelings so well.

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Antonia Aquilante
2/21/2016 07:36:28 pm

Thank you!

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