March 13, 2012 – YA Chit Chat

I’ve been tagged again by the amazing Susan Rocan, but there won’t be any number of questions I have to answer this time around. This is a new kind of game and I saw it a few weeks ago circling around on the blogosphere and I secretly hoped it would come my way because it’s just so much fun!

Here is the scoop:

1. Go to page 77 of your current manuscript or WIP

2. Go to line 7. Copy down the next seven lines, sentences or paragraphs as they are written. No Cheating!

3. tag 7 authors and pass on the Lucky Seven Meme

Here goes my excerpt from In the Shadow of the Dragon King:

Charlotte hugged her drawn-up knees. “Hmm, let me see. I’m in a heavy sweater sitting in a forest that’s as warm as Florida in July, surrounded by insects and birds that could carry me away. My cell phone is in my coat back at your house, not that it would do me any good in this God-forsaken place, and I have welt marks on my arm from where I’ve pinched myself so many times to convince myself all this is real. Does that answer your question?”

David smiled and nudged her with his elbow. “Well, at least you aren’t plastered to a wall anymore.”

And, my seven lucky authors are: