Meme: an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.
The Lucky 7 Meme is a fun game between blogging authors, where the one tagged uses specific guidelines (see below) to select a tiny portion of his/her WIP (aka: work-in-progress) to share with their readers. Afterward, seven more bloggers are linked in a post to carry the torch forward.
These are the rules:
1. Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next seven lines/sentences as they are – no cheating
4. Tag 7 other authors
Here are my seven lines:
... Below her on the jetty, Wills directed several stevedores in the unloading of his precious stoats. His cap, pulled low over his eyes, and the set to his shoulders told her how hard he found giving up his companions. The return trip to England would be a long and lonely one for Wills.
The last of the passengers were straggling down the gangway when Captain Kidley came to escort her from the ship as arranged. She looked up into his weather beaten face and felt a sudden sense of loss. She had shared many an evening dining at his table and would miss his tales of foreign lands. ...And here are the seven bloggers I'm tagging:
Shirley
Kura
Joanne
Clarissa
Ruth
Elisabeth
Tim
If I haven't tagged you, feel free to join in anyway!
I'm going to cheat a little. :) I was tagged for this meme a month ago, so I'll just share the link to the excerpt I already posted!
ReplyDeletehttp://thesecondsentence.blogspot.com/2012/03/taggedfor-sneak-peek.html
Somehow I missed yours, so I'll pop over now and read it.
DeleteI love the Meme description. :)
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your seven lines, Sue. It says a lot and I want to know more! Thank you for sharing.
Glad you liked it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for tagging me! I hope that's the Clarissa you're referring to. Anyways, I'll try to get it on a future blog post.
ReplyDeleteYep, it's you!
DeleteOh, thanks for playing! :)
ReplyDeleteYour WIP is a historical, yes? My first story (I was in the seventh grade, I believe) was a seafaring adventure with pirates and dashing heroes and damsels in distress. I still have it tucked away in a big rubber tub. :)
Yes, Melissa, it's set in the 1880s in New Zealand. Your pirate story sounds great.
Deleteah... just found this post. How does it work? Do I write my 7 here or on my blog?
ReplyDeleteYou write it on your blog. :) just cut and paste from my blog and add your 7 lines.
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