First Time Novel Seeks Audience

By RVA

This is an excerpt from the novel I'm working on at the moment. I'm thirty-odd-thousand words in on the first draft. Other commitments have slowed the pace, but I'm determined to finish it this year. I don't want to give too much away, so here's a taster from near the beginning...

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Novel Excerpt

By RVA on Sat, 25 Nov 2006

"Fack's sake, Elvis, ya s'posed to keep the fackin' warta in the fackin' paddlin' pool! Larry cuffed his brother round the back of the head and ripped the small, plastic bucket out of his hands. Elvis immediately burst into dreadful howls of tears and slapped both his hands into the remaining water, splashing them both. Larry made a lunge towards him, fist raised, but with a swift look towards the still-open front door, thought better of it. Instead, he began bellowing "Ma! Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! and disappeared inside briefly, only to reappear again with a glass of lemonade.
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