I wrote a book in three months got an editor and an agent. The editor cut the first paragraph of the book. this Is the paragraph. What do you think? Does it make you want more or glaze over?
CHAPTER 1
Mom loved opera music. Sometimes I saw her crying as she sang to arias she knew by heart. She told me she cried because the story was sad. People could not always be with the person they loved. Love destroyed people by its sheer force. Or people destroyed love by asking for too much. Love was sometimes just wrong. And, sometimes it was impossible, not meant to be, and people suffered. Hearts were broken. People lied to each other. “Love doesn’t last,” Mom admonished. Grandma warned me “Love betrays.” I didn’t understand all this because I was just a little girl but I would nod my head, “I know.”
The picture is mom.
