All in the Dice! Tagged for Lucky 7!

"Well close your eyes and try to count to seven, 

And if we die, I'll meet you up in heaven, 

'Cause you're beautiful." 

Live Forever by Sixx A.M.

J.W. Alden has tagged me for the Lucky 7 Meme. So, I decided to play my hand! There are a few rules for this:

1. Go to page 77 of your current MS
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 sentences -lines or paragraphs- and post them as they're written. No cheating.
4. Tag 7 authors
5. Let them know

So, here is my seven lines from A PRESCRIPTION FOR DELIRIUM. I warn you, this part is still rough draft and slotted to be cut out of the MS. But since it's still there, you have it. (I already cringed reading over this again.)

     I turned and walked across the yard to the driveway. No cars sat parked in our driveway. Mine had probably been abandoned. Did, that mean Esais was riding with Marguerite? A mental image of him clinging onto the angry woman for dear life made me giggle.

     “What protections do you have around here?” I asked.

     "I don't know Adrian handles that," Tres said shrugging his shoulders. 

So, now here are the authors I've handed the dice to:


Rebecca Hamilton
S.M. Boyce
Jessica Fortunato 
Brandon R. Luffman
Jasmine Walt
J. Scott Sharp
R.P. Kraul


Now, there's no guarantee these guys will be able to participate. Even so, drop by and check out their blogs. They're some of my favorite people.

Writing Communities

I've joined Book Country.A writing community set up by the folks at Penguin. For those of you who are fellow writers this is a great place to be. You can read and critique others stories and have your own critiqued. Mine is no where near ready but I enjoy finding gems. The genre map is nifty. That's right, I said nifty. Once you take a look you'll see why.

Another site that helped me tremendous is Absolute Write. The writer boards have so much good information and helpful people. I even joined a critique group until I had to leave due to schedule conflicts.

These are just two of the great resources you can find on the web. Anyone have others they'd like to share?