I've been tagged: U Got "The Look"

Fantasy author, Dionne Lister, has tagged me in a blog tagging event! Thanks, Dionne! :)

Here's how it works:

The Look is a writing prompt, a game, another tagging event. This is how U Got “The Look” works: you take your current manuscript, search for the word “look”, and post the surrounding paragraphs. Lastly, you tag 5 blogging authors who you think will be a good choice for the game.

Here's Dionne's blog showing her excerpt from Book 2 of her Circle of Talia series: Dionne Lister - U Got "The Look"

Here's my excerpt from my upcoming novel, Haunted!


Russell looked at her, his face telling her he thought she had lost her mind. ‘Fuck off, Ems. I’m not taking this stuff back. He’s probably reported it to the police by now. I’ll get nicked. Anyway, I don’t feel sorry for him. He can claim on his insurance.’

‘Take it when he’s not in. Just return it!’ she screamed.

‘No!’ shouted Russell. Then he walked towards her and put his face very close to hers. ‘Let’s get one thing straight here: you don’t tell me what to do, okay?’

‘This isn’t you, Russ!’ she said, moving away, slightly intimidated by the look in his eyes she didn’t recognise. He’d never looked at her like that before. There was a deep and dark void that used to be his pupils, as if he could swallow her up with just one stare.

He twisted around and walked back to the microwave. It had just beeped to let him know his food was ready. ‘Get used to it, bitch. This is the new improved Russell Banks.’ He turned and winked at her, a wide grin on his face. ‘Before you know it, we’ll be millionaires. Stick with me, baby.’ He laughed and breezed past her into the living room with a bowl of soup.




I am hoping to publish Haunted in time for Halloween. I will of course let you all know when I have a definite publication date!

Now I have to tag some authors. These authors have books they are working on, so I hope they'll take up the challenge as I'm looking forward to reading their excerpts:

Susan Buchanan

Mark Rice

J. Michael Radcliffe

Darcia Helle

Terry Tyler