Hump Day Hook #4

February 20, 2013 by Elin Gregory

I have just realised that it’s Wednesday! And that means only one thing – Hump Day Hook!

By clicking on that link to read all the other snippets you will be excited, enthralled, entertained and maybe even a teensy bit aroused. Or you can stay here and read mine XD

My snippets come from a parody Regency Romance that I wrote when I ran out of Georgette Heyers and couldn’t find anything else approaching her good-humoured daffyness. So how far have we got? Aubrey has given Cholmondely [pronounced Chumley] his IOU and they have separated.

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Aubrey made his way a trifle unsteadily to the supper room where he sat, wolfing ham and mustard and eyeing the Olympian gods and goddesses who could still be discerned on the smoke-stained ceiling.
“I say, Charles,” he called as he spotted a friend making his way towards him, “that Venus is a bit of an armful.”
Charles glanced upwards, grimaced, and jerked a thumb towards the main salon.
“Freddy sent me,” he grunted. “Best come, Chum’s in a pickle.” Then he set off again towards the ham.
Aubrey stretched and sighed. It was wonderful to be young and rich and have a good head for claret. He would extricate Chum from his ‘pickle’, he promised himself, and then – well, the night was young, anything might happen.

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Regency meals were very meat heavy. No wonder they got gout. Have you ever had gout? Believe me, you don’t want it.

Posted in Excerpt, Six Sentence Sunday | Tagged HDH, snippet | 17 Comments

17 Responses

on February 20, 2013 at 1:54 pm | Reply jessielansdel

‘Extricate him for his pickle’ LOL. Very funny, Elin…I love this. But, the link leads me to a dead end so I can’t read any other ‘hooks’. 😥
- on February 20, 2013 at 2:16 pm | Reply Elin Gregory
  
  On no! I forgot that the linky thing didn’t work for this week.
  
  I just added you to the Facebook page for HDH, which is where we can pick up our links for this week. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/129119
on February 20, 2013 at 2:43 pm | Reply Kerrianne Coombes

LOL i really liked this. Nicely done x
on February 20, 2013 at 3:50 pm | Reply Alexandra Anthony

Nice hook. I loved the last line for some reason!
on February 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm | Reply Jessica Subject

Pickle? I wonder what it is. Yes, anything might happen. LOL
on February 20, 2013 at 5:05 pm | Reply diannehartsock

*snicker* That Aubrey’s a handful! Can’t wait to see where the night leads him. 🙂 Love your writing style, Elin. So smooth and laced with humor.
on February 20, 2013 at 6:35 pm | Reply C.R. Moss

Good hook. I liked the ‘pickle’ line. 🙂
on February 20, 2013 at 7:58 pm | Reply Flossie Benton Rogers

I like the “fruitiness” of the wording. Very tongue twisty.
on February 20, 2013 at 8:57 pm | Reply ciarandwynvil

I need to know what happens in this young night. You have me very much hooked on these snippets from your writing.
on February 20, 2013 at 9:01 pm | Reply Sandra Sookoo

lol funny and entertaining as always 🙂
on February 20, 2013 at 10:21 pm | Reply meryvamp

His pickle, lol. I wanna see how he gets him out of a pickle 😉 Great hook!
on February 20, 2013 at 11:00 pm | Reply spookymrsgreen

I have to describe this snippet as ‘jaunty’ and I liked it! Thanks for sharing.
on February 20, 2013 at 11:06 pm | Reply C. C. Williams

Lovely little bit, Elin!
on February 21, 2013 at 1:02 am | Reply Sue

Dad had gout – no thanks – I am loving this You really have the language down pat, I can just hear it. You may have written it as a parody but it still works.
on February 21, 2013 at 4:03 am | Reply Kathleen grieve

Sounds very heavy, indeed! Never had gout but have treated a lot if patients with it!
on February 21, 2013 at 6:31 am | Reply JadeCrystal

Enough people have already commented on Chumley’s “pickle” so I’ll leave that alone, lol, but I’ve decided after reading several of these excerpts that I really like Regency Romance. Great hook, leaving us all wondering how the night will go for them. 🙂
I’ll pass on the gout, thanks. *shudders* But I wonder, were Regency meals heavy on the meat because it was a symbol of status to be able to afford to eat meat?
on February 25, 2013 at 9:37 am | Reply Stevie Carroll

An excellent hook there again. I like the illustration too.