<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Six Sentences from Tourist&nbsp;Trap]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1768" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/six-sentences-from-tourist-trap-ian1-sixsunday-samplesunday/ttcoverscreenshot/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg" data-orig-size="593,905" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="TTCover(screenshot)" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="&lt;p&gt;Tourist Trap: the second novel about the Confederation that grew from Jarn. The white lead dog is Snowflake.&lt;/p&gt;
" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=197" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=593" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1768" title="TTCover(screenshot)" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=196&#038;h=300" alt="" width="196" height="300" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=196&amp;h=300 196w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=392&amp;h=598 392w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ttcoverscreenshot.jpg?w=98&amp;h=150 98w" sizes="(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px" /></a>This is a direct follow-on from <a title="Six Sentences from Tourist Trap" href="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/six-sentences-from-tourist-trap-iam1-sixsunday-samplesunday/" target="_blank">last week</a>, but the point of view character is now Amber.</p>
<h3><span style="color:#ccffff;">Cold. <em>So</em> cold. One of the others must have rolled up in all the covers, or she’d rolled away from them, somehow. Amber reached out, seeking the warmth of other bodies, and found only sand and rounded pebbles. Driven by an urgency she did not understand, she managed to roll onto her side and open her eyes to the night.</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color:#ccffff;">Starlight blazed overhead, waking faint echoes in the river washing over her feet and legs.</span></h3>
<p>Tourist Trap is now listed on <a href="http://amzn.to/n7TS2S" target="_blank">Amazon</a> and <a href="http://bit.ly/qN7qH1" target="_blank">Barnes and Noble</a>, by the way, and I have my first author copy.</p>
<p>Other Si<a href="http://www.sixsunday.com/" target="_blank">x Sentence Sunday</a> authors</p>
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