Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I saw the Lucky 7 Meme on the lovely Nadja Notariani's blog, and decided to tag myself and share.
The rules:
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines, sentences, or paragraphs, and post them as they're written.
4. Tag 7 authors
From our follow-up to Depression Cookies, a scene from the teenager's perspective (Krista). Krista and her friend, Alex, have set up a dinner to manipulate their parents (or in Alex's case, her guardian/grandmother). Mischief is afoot.
Was it knife and spoon on one side or knife and fork? I wanted everything perfect. Just as I laid down a knife-fork pair, the doorbell rang. Utensils went in random spots as I rushed to answer the door.
“Hello,
Ms. Cantrell. So glad to see you,” I said as I hugged her. “Hey, Alex.” She was nervous, so I gave her my best stick-to-the-plan look.
“You
know you can call me Nana, sweetie,” Ruby said. She was elegant and fragile, like a china doll high up on display, with a head full
of white hair. I wondered what she was like at my age.
It's 7 lines (okay, 8, but I wanted to finish the sentence). Seven paragraphs would probably be a better representation. But I want to share pieces here and there to motivate myself to finish the darn thing!
I hope you enjoyed the glimpse. If you are reading this and interested in sharing from your WIP, consider yourself tagged. Then share the link to your Lucky 7 Meme in the comments so I can check it out.
5 comments:
So glad you decided to share you Lucky Seven, Tia! Love the imagery of the fragile china doll with the white hair. Fabulous!
Seven lines doesn't seem a good enough representation of our work, but to a reader knowing nothing, it is.
Happy St. Patty's Day to you, too! I just returned home from listening to a live band playing Irish music. Sort of makes me wish I was Irish...lol.
Have a great week.
(If this is a repeat comment, sorry. My first attempt was 'eaten'...lost forever. Ha!)
Nadja, Thanks for stopping by and your encouraging comment. It's hard to put WIPs out there.
Good point. I know so much about the WIP, all the details swirling around those 7 lines.
Sounds like a fun St. Patty's. My husband and I are enjoying college basketball (I LOVE March Madness) because our kids collapsed after a wonderfully busy day.
Ugh. I hate "eaten" comments! Glad this one made it through.
Mischief and manipulation what a combo!I'm glad you tagged yourself too, the china doll imagery was lovely and I also liked the "utensils went in random spots..." I could totally see her doing that! More please...(:
Some really great imagery here! I am starting Depression Cookies soon, and this has me very excited!
Thanks so much, Elise.
Shauna, Hope you enjoy DC.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting on my snippet!
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