Finding Daylight – Deleted Scenes

The secret to writing a novel is there is so much rewriting. Or just flat out deleting. Sometimes the story changes mid-sentence, negating whole swaths of previously written story. Scenes that I really loved no longer make sense. Or, as is sadly the case, the scene has some fatal flaw–some quirk that can’t save it from the trash bin. Like magic, it has to disappear.

Then, because I’m a pack rat, I like to keep those old bits of story. They’re cast-offs, but I still love them. And just because they didn’t make the cut doesn’t mean they have to languish forgotten on my hard drive.

So! I think it’s time to release some deleted scenes! I have about twenty-two pages of cut material–five scenes in total. (Yes, I wrote a lot of Finding Daylight. A lot, a lot, a lot.)

But! There is a catch. Finding Daylight currently sits at 8 reviews across Amazon (six from the US, and 2 from the UK). When Finding Daylight gets to 10 reviews across all of Amazon, I will post a scene in full right here. When it hits 15, I’ll add another. Then at 20, 25, and so on. And these are big, juicy scenes, you guys. Twenty-two pages worth! (And maybe more–I mean, who’s to say what else I’ll find as we go along?)

Have you already posted a review? Then you are amazing. Please e-mail me and you’ll get that first scene sent straight to your inbox.

Haven’t posted a review yet? Please pop over to Amazon and let your opinions be known! Write a few words on your honest thoughts and press that submit button. Then wait for some juicy, deleted-scene goodness.

To get us started, here’s a snipped of the biggest scene. This is the scene I gloriously call “Deleted Scene #2,” in which Georgie and Harris engage in some delightful banter:

“Well, that was unexpected,” a voice announced behind her. Georgie shrieked, jumping around and finding Harris standing in the aisle, peering over her shoulder at the groaning mare.

“Are you kidding me?” she asked, letting out a huffing breath. “What are you doing here?”

“I saw you leave,” he said, shrugging. “And I was bored.”

“That’s called stalking in modern society,” she said, a smile starting to make its way up her lips.

“And you could be trespassing,” Harris pointed out. “Is there a two wrongs make a right rule?”

Want more? Start writing that review! I’ll be over here writing All Heart while I wait.