Well, my stars did say I would be experiencing something new and yesterday the lovely author and friend, Sue Uden, over at A Writer’s Life sent me a Tweet ‘You’ve been tagged!’ it announced. Do drop by Sue’s website, I guarantee it will raise a few smiles as she’s a marvellous blogger. So, having been passed the Lucky 7, here are the instructions:-
- Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript
- Go to line 7
- Post on your blog the next 7 lines, or sentences, as they are – no cheating
- Tag 7 other authors to do the same
Here is the 7 line extract:
Well, I’m going to bend the rules just a little – with my current WIP having reached page 7, but 77 still a distant dream … I thought I’d used the last manuscript I penned, which will be out later this year, but doesn’t have a release date yet – the title is Never Alone. So here is the extract:
Page 77, because page 7 only has 5 lines…..
“Everything bothers my mother. If we were engaged it would be about setting the wedding date; if we were married it would be about having children. She isn’t easy to please. She has this view of how life should be laid out, like it’s a formula and if you don’t follow it, then you can’t possibly be happy. She wasn’t trying to upset you the other night. She just doesn’t think, that’s all.” I feel awful that Will might take something she says to heart.
“No, it’s not that. We just never seem to talk about getting engaged or married. We’ve never talked about having children either.” He says and I can feel that he’s building up to something and clearly it’s nothing to do with ‘popping the question’.
Turns out to be a bit of a cliff-hanger!
On to the next 7 – some friends old and new:
1. Kit Domino
2. Sue Fortin
3. Anne Nowlin
4. Amy Gregory
5. Jan Marshall
6. Lizzie Lamb
7. Blue Remy
If you are too busy ladies, just take the ‘thought’ that I’m passing you a Lucky 7 as a bit of fun! But if you have time to join in then I will be curious to see what 7 lines/sentences from pages 7 or 77 read produces.
Have a great day everyone!