My Journal #2

new Favorite first Line/Paragraph

Two days after my father had a massive stroke my mother shot herself in the head. amazing first line. I haven't read the book yet. Its in my car, traveling to and from work and I've read bits and pieces of the first chapter. I hope its as good at this line and what I've read. Here is the rest of the first paragraph

Her suicide was a shock-not  the fact but the way in which she did it. It was odd that she chose a violent end to her own violent life. for someone that endured torture at my fathers hand, I thought she would choose a more quiet way of leaving.  Perhaps she would take pills and put herself to bed in a silk nightgown, or she'd walk naked into the ocean at sunset. Instead she cleaned the house the house, changed the linens and stuffed the freezer full of food, and blew her head off with my father's shotgun.

this first paragraph hooked me. I wish I had one to put in my book that was this good.
I'm going to have to work on my first lines and paragraphs.
The book is called The Last Bridge by Teri Coyne. Her webpage for this novel is amazing. You need to keep this in mind when building a webpage for a novel.
http://thelastbridgenovel.com/