Ms. Laura Lee Anderson was kind enough to tag me in her Lucky 7 meme, so I am following the rules of the game with the 7th page of my in-progress work
here are the rules:
1) Go to page 7 or 77 from your current WIP (that’s “work in progress.”)
2) Go to line 7
3) Copy down the next 7 lines- sentences or paragraphs- and post them as they’re written. No cheating!
4) Tag 7 authors
5) Let them know
Casebook 7 is about a quarter done; here are 7 lines from the 7th page.
The secret compartments were a recent discovery – one I made with Brian Dawes a few months ago. My downstairs tenant had been as surprised as I to unearth the two columns – one on each side of my fireplace. What was even more surprising to him though was the scrapbook that revealed my relationship with Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler (now known as Irene Jones). His excitement in learning that my paternal grandfather was one of his heroes was tempered by his knowledge of Adler’s criminal background. Since then we had settled into an uneasy agreement that my grandmother was probably not a threat, and that my grandfather’s influence outweighed hers. But his awareness of my full backstory made me.. well… apprehensive.
This is casebook 7 in the series, I took the first three casebooks and have been sending them as the first manuscript to potential publishers since February.
Time to choose 7 authors (i picked 7 blogs I recently started following):
When I have a 77th page, I’ll do it. Until then, it’s going to have to wait.
How about page 7? ; )
i’m still on the outline! do you mind waiting, or do you want an excerpt from Reborn City, the novel I’m trying to get agents to pick up?
No pressure! ; )
eh, what the heck? i’ll put up page 77, 7th line, lines 7-14 in my next post.
Thank you for the comment, and for the Lucky 7 Meme.
Love the Prydain chronicles, though I thought Gurgi and his “poor tender head” could get irritating, I loved the rest of the characters and Taran’s arc through the series.
Unfortunately, I have a strict policy against blogging my WIP. I post character sketches, worldbuilding, and lessons learned from various writing adventures, but I won’t put IoS up, even a wee snippet. Thank you for considering my blog meme-worthy though, and I’m glad you enjoyed it.
I know, Gurgi’s whining (like Jar Jar and many others) did sometimes get on my nerves. Totally respect your policy though, thanks for commenting!
Sounds like it will be a fun read. Good luck with your pursuit of publishing and thanks for following my blog. Gail
Right back atcha Gail!
This is an intriguing snippet. You’ve built lots of interesting tension. (And thanks for following my blog.)
Thanks Monica, and you’re welcome!