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Lucky Seven
Lucky 7 is a blog challenge. I was invited to take part by author Maria Savva, whose collection of short stories Fusion I read last year, and whose novel The Dream I'm currently reading.
The challenge is to blog 7 lines from unpublished works of fiction. Here are the instructions:
1. Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript (fiction or non-fiction);
2. Go to line 7;
3. Post on your blog the next 7 lines, or sentences, as they are – no cheating;
4. Tag 7 other authors to do the same.
I'm around half way through a novel set on the island of Lewis, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Here are 7 sentences from page 7, beginning 7 lines from the top (777, the Neighbour of the Beast?):
She screamed, "Lucifer’s coalbucket!" and out I shot like a lubricated bullet. My father dived across the room, skinning his knees and elbows, but catching me in his safe hands; my first contact with the outside world was a soft descent onto fatherly flesh rather than a head-first bounce on a stone living room floor. The clock began ticking again. Duncan MacLeary - the old Valtos hermit whom some called 'Seer' but most called 'Village Idiot' – appeared at the door brandishing homemade shortbread, mussel soup and whisky. He put a pinch of each into my father’s mortar, then used a stone pestle to grind the ingredients into a paste. This, rather than mother’s milk, was the first thing I tasted. Duncan dipped a bony index finger into the goo and offered it to my mouth, which suckled nourishment from the ancient digit as if it truly were a nipple.
Now, I'd like to pass the challenge to the following seven authors. I know how busy you all are, so I completely understand if you don't have time to do a lucky seven blog post. If you do post one, however, I'll be interested to see the results.
R.J. McDonnell
Stuart Haddon
Martin Treanor
Melissa Craig
Charity Parkerson
Lynn Hallbrooks
Micheal Rivers
The challenge is to blog 7 lines from unpublished works of fiction. Here are the instructions:
1. Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript (fiction or non-fiction);
2. Go to line 7;
3. Post on your blog the next 7 lines, or sentences, as they are – no cheating;
4. Tag 7 other authors to do the same.
I'm around half way through a novel set on the island of Lewis, in Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Here are 7 sentences from page 7, beginning 7 lines from the top (777, the Neighbour of the Beast?):
She screamed, "Lucifer’s coalbucket!" and out I shot like a lubricated bullet. My father dived across the room, skinning his knees and elbows, but catching me in his safe hands; my first contact with the outside world was a soft descent onto fatherly flesh rather than a head-first bounce on a stone living room floor. The clock began ticking again. Duncan MacLeary - the old Valtos hermit whom some called 'Seer' but most called 'Village Idiot' – appeared at the door brandishing homemade shortbread, mussel soup and whisky. He put a pinch of each into my father’s mortar, then used a stone pestle to grind the ingredients into a paste. This, rather than mother’s milk, was the first thing I tasted. Duncan dipped a bony index finger into the goo and offered it to my mouth, which suckled nourishment from the ancient digit as if it truly were a nipple.
Now, I'd like to pass the challenge to the following seven authors. I know how busy you all are, so I completely understand if you don't have time to do a lucky seven blog post. If you do post one, however, I'll be interested to see the results.
R.J. McDonnell
Stuart Haddon
Martin Treanor
Melissa Craig
Charity Parkerson
Lynn Hallbrooks
Micheal Rivers
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