The Lucky Seven Meme

Angeline tagged me in the 'Lucky Seven Meme'.

Here are the rules:

1. Go to page 77 of your current MS
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy the next 7 lines and post them as they're written. No cheating!
4. Tag 7 authors and let them know

So this is from the one that I am doing some serious editing on at the moment, and as its most in my mind at the minute I decided to post from it - although since selecting this I have made loads of changes which means this isn't page 77 any more. But still.

Page 77, from line 7:

‘Your friends seemed nice.’

‘They were convinced there was something going on between us.’

‘Well they were right weren’t they?’

‘I guess so.’ I hesitated. ‘I didn’t tell them though. I like having you to myself. Although, if I’m not careful Rachel will be onto you, before I can blink.’

‘We better be careful then hadn’t we? I wouldn’t want to lose you now.’

He was looking right at me all the time that he said this, and I felt my heart beating faster.

(Draft three, 'The Summer My Mum Died')

Now I'm meant to tag seven other writers:

1. Kate
2. Patricia
3. Ella
4. Chandra
5. Gina
6. Akoss
7. Sher

(I tried to make it people who hadn't been tagged already, but apologies if you have been)

Editing and Update

Apologies for my radio silence as it were. I always seem to be apologising at the moment don't I? It's been a busy few weeks and I just spent a beautiful and amazing weekend away, in this beautiful place:




Yes, that is Cornwall. In March. It was amazing <3 And so inspiring for my disseration (the place where Daphne du Maurier lived, and inspired her writing).Not the best representation as those aren't pictures of the town, but the estuary (the view out my hotel window) and the little beach at the edge of the town.

This week I have had to get properly back into work, but that has been okay, despite the gloomy weather, and the last few exciting weeks. But it's not all doom and gloom. I'm still excited about my dissertation, which is still going well. I can't believe how quickly this term is going though!

Some things I am excited about at the moment, because I felt like making a list:

1. the Starkid Space Tour album, which I have been listening to on repeat
2. The Hunger Games film coming out soon!
3. the Mcfly tour
4. the Mcfly book coming out later this year
5. my redrafting and editing
Among other things. Anyway, back to the EDITING!

p.s. when I started writing this, i.e. this morning, I could have sworn there were things I wanted to write about, and now... I can't remember. Apologies!

ideas

I keep having loads of ideas for the story I'm writing at the minute. I even woke up last monday, itching to write, having gone to sleep thinking of various scenes, and to me that feeling was wonderful. I think I wrote about 5,000 words that morning. Of course no other morning have I quite had that feeling again.

Still, scenes are coming to me for this story thick and fast, and I keep imaginging them and then writing them down as they come, no matter if I skip over stuff knowing I'll have to go back and write those chapters. I'm going with the flow as it comes, and I love it.

This story has become so much more to me - I'm thinking about the characters all the time,w ondering what they will do.

Becoming a bit obsessed with this... but I suppose that's a good thing?!