Lucky 7: seven lines from new works

'Lucky 7' is something of a displacement activity … but, hey, it's also fun!  Trish Nicholson tagged me. She's a writer who lives in New Zealand and blogs from a treehouse. I met Trish on twitter, where you can find her @TrishNicholson

The instructions for Lucky 7 are:

· 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

 

My 7 lines come from page 77 of Rook, currently in uncorrected proof form and out visiting other authors. It's also being passed around various members of my family for the first time. 'Uncorrected' indicates, of course, that it's still a work-in-progress – and it is. Only last week my OH found one or two 'blips' to add to my own list of page edits required before the novel is published later this summer, on August 2.

 

 

 

 

Rook is my second novel and is one of nine launch titles in Bloomsbury's new literary imprint, Bloomsbury Circus. Set in the ancient Sussex village of Bosham  -  the place where Cnut is said to have turned back the tide -  Rook explores the mystery surrounding Harold II's burial place, the hidden histories of the Bayeux Tapestry, and the connections forged through three women's secret stories, past and present.

 

The 7 lines focus on the bird itself, named 'Rook' by Nora, who finds him in a ditch. Harry has just suggested that they should try to help the baby bird but in such a way that it does not become a pet. They must allow Rook 'to be wild'.

 

 

'Nora nods, although part of her resists the idea. Harry makes it sound as though it's just a matter of giving permission. What if, after the plummet from  a high nest and the suffocating rush of air, Rook can't be wild?  His beak flips open readily enough for food but so far he has not let out any sound louder than a wheeze or putter. Perhaps the baby bird fell from his nest and squawked or cried or peeped for his parents until the muscles of his parched tongue and the throb of his scarlet throat were strained beyond the ability to produce any more sound. A silent rook would not survive.'

The Next Seven:

The 7 writers I have chosen represent a range of genres, some published, some about to be published and others soon to be discovered! They are:

Jackie Buxton                     @Jaxbees
Voula Grand                       @VoulaGrand
Isabel Ashdown                 @Isabel Ashdown
Sanjida O'Connell              @SanjidaOConnell
Isabel Costello                    @IsabelCostello
Alison Wells                        @AlisonWells
Susan Elliot Wright           @Sewelliot

Hope you enjoy reading their 7 lines from new works …

 

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