j. rose allister

Sunday, May 5, 2013

What a Man Ought to Do-Snippet Sunday

~~Adult language/mature themes~~

It's time for Snippet Sunday! I hope you enjoy today's tidbit.

Do you find you have favorite lines from each of your stories? They may or may not be the most eloquent you've written, but they just hit you a certain way? Today's snippet contains my favorite line from my WIP, Book 6 of the LONE WOLVES OF SHAY FALLS series.

When Zane had moved close enough for Lana to see a loose thread hanging from one of his shirt buttons, her eyes flew up to find him gazing at her intently. She held her breath, as though that would somehow keep her fluttering emotions at bay.

“You already know there’s somethin’ between us,” he said. “Somethin I ain’t about to deny or apologize for. But the fact that I get hard when I look at you ain’t why I’m tryin’ to help you. I’ll do it because I have as big an urge to do right by you as I do to take you in my arms. I’ll help you because it’s what a man ought to do. Not because you’ll owe me your body in return.”

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

"Fantasy" Waterfall Braid-Stylin' Saturday

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Today's style is in honor of Beltane week...a fun "maiden" sort of hairstyle perfect for Renaissance Faire.

Every since this blog where Bri chopped her hair for Locks of Love, she's been happy with the easy maintenance of the shorter style, but sometimes she misses the versatility of long hair and wants something different. This braid worked on her shorter hair just fine.

This fantasy "waterfall" braid is pretty much a lace braid that starts on one side and winds all the way around the head to the opposite side, except each time extra hair is added to the top strand and braided in, that strand is dropped and left alone. Another piece of hair beside this dropped strand is picked up to replace it. It's not hard to do, but the idea takes a little practice until you get the hang of it. Sometimes I find it actually easier to do on myself than on someone else, although that's probably because I've done this style on me more often.

If you're interested in learning this style, YouTube has several great tutorial videos--my personal favorite is THIS ONE. Hers is just gorgeous! But for the quick five minutes spent on each of us, this was a fast, fun style.