Something a little different today: I just received another award. This one is from Peaches at Conceive Writing. Thanks, Peaches! This award is for writers, and it's a chance to showcase your latest manuscript. So today, you won't learn something new about me, but you will get to read an excerpt from a children's book I'm working on. Lucky 7 Meme Award Rules
1. Go to page 77 of your current manuscript.
2. Go to line 7.
3. Copy the next 7 lines (sentences or paragraphs) and post them as they're written. No cheating!
4. Tag 7 other writers to pass this meme on to.
Manuscript Excerpt ( I don't have 77 pages in my manuscript, so this is from page 7 of Bubba and Squirt's Big Hole to China.)
Then I looked at Squirt, because
I wanted to show her my good job. But Miss Lazy Bones was staring up at the
sky. So I gave her a little something to attract her attention. Except she
didn’t much like it. Because when my dirt ball hit her on the head, she said,
“Hey, watch it!” real angry-like.
“Oops,” I said. “Sorry about that.” I
was. Really. Because I wanted that thing to go splat in her lap.
She sat up and inspected my good job.
“Not bad, digger dude.”
“Want to help?” I asked.
“Not really.”
7 Other Writers
1. Christine Rains
2. Susanne Drazic
3. Tonja
4. Rena
5.Billy Burgess at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
6. Medeia Sharif
7. Stacey Jensen
I hope you have a chance to visit these fine writers. Thanks again, Peaches!
Hi Sherry! Thanks for nominating me for this fun award. Since I already have a blog post for tomorrow and the A to Z Challenge starts next week, I might have to wait until May to do this.
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I totally understand! Fortunately, I got this one in before the craziness begins.
DeleteCongrats on the award once more, you surely 7 upped. We have scartch tickets called Lucky 7 too, they aren't very lucky though..haha
ReplyDeleteYeah. I've never had a Lucky 7 ticket either. I think if they were called Unlucky 13, we'd have better luck.
DeleteWhat a fun section! Thanks for passing it on to me. I'm going to have to do this after I begin my revisions — after the A to Z frenzy!.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand! Fortunately, I was able to sneak this in before the A to Z challenge started.
DeleteSo fun. Great job!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteGreat names and nicknames. That was a fun excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for passing it on to me (I did it awhile back, though). I'm reading so many great pieces in this meme.
Glad you liked the excerpt. It is fun to read snippets of other writers' work.
DeleteSherry, I enjoyed reading that excerpt. The names are funny and the scene is funny. I want to read the book.
ReplyDeleteIf it ever gets published, I'll let you know. An agent is interested, but I have to rewrite the whole thing in this voice. It was previously in a third person voice.
DeleteI love the lines you shared. Thanks for picking me.
ReplyDeleteThese sound like a couple of cute - and maybe mischievous - characters :-)
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