What a killer opening line (no pun intended). When I heard Dennis Lehane speak and read the other night, he mentioned that an opening line works best when a character wants something, because then the reader will stick with the story until the character gets it. And someone shooting their husband is a pretty important day in someone’s life.
Posted by: Cobra On a Tuesday in May in her thirty-fifth year, Rachel shot her husband dead.
What a killer opening line (no pun intended). When I heard Dennis Lehane speak and read the other night, he mentioned that an opening line works best when a character wants something, because then the reader will stick with the story until the character gets it. And someone shooting their husband is a pretty important day in someone’s life.
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Here are some links to other pop culture websites and blogs worth checking out:
- Saving Country Music - Country Perspective - Farce the Music - Country Exclusive - This Is Country Music - Country Music Minds - Matt Lynn Digital Pop Culture Potpourri Writers
Cobra is a Human Resources professional from the Greater Cleveland Area with a love of good country music and a disdain for pop, rock, and rap mislabeled as country music. His favorite artists include (but are not limited to) Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers Band, George Strait, Alan Jackson, Turnpike Troubadours, Hayes Carll, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Trisha Yearwood, Dwight Yoakam, and Johnny Cash Archives
December 2017
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