My friend and storyteller extraordinaire Martin T. Ingham tagged me with this, and it sounded pretty awesome so here we go.
How this works is pretty simple:
1. Go to page 77 of your current Manuscript/Work In Progress
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 sentences or paragraphs, and post them as they are written.
4. Tag 7 other authors
My latest manuscript is Scrolls: Nekros, the second book in the Scrolls series. It'll be releasing in a few short weeks, and it's something I'm really proud of, so the chance to show off a little bit of it is great. I'm not going to tag 7 other authors, mostly because most of my author friends have already done this, so I'll instead just give an open invitation to any writers who haven't done this yet to give it a try.
So here we go, from chapter four. In a book full of intense magic action, it makes me happy that the preview happened to be a sweeter moment, as these are my favorite moments in the book:
“What was that for?” he asked.
“For letting me in. You don’t know how badly I’ve been wishing you would do that.”
Marty smiled as he stared at her. He felt guilty being cryptic and giving her only some of the facts, but he knew going further would just complicate things, and it could put her in danger, or even scare her away. He wasn’t willing to risk any of those things, especially not now.
“Do you want to talk about it some more?” Annabel asked.
He shook his head.
“I feel better now.”
She grabbed his hand, entwining her fingers with his. They continued on towards the campus, each content to just be with the other. Annabel guided them on a different route back than the one they had taken to the store, and Marty paused as they rounded a corner.
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