Lucky 7 – Seven Lines from New Works

Interestingly enough, I'd already decided to write a blog post about how to justify displacement activities (coming soon)when lo and behold, I found myself tagged by Jane Rusbridge, author of the wonderful The Devil's Music, and the forthcoming Rook, in the 'Lucky 7 - Seven Lines from New Works' thingy on Twitter. I couldn't possible let a fellow author down (that's the justification) so here goes.  The rules are:

Go to page 7 or 77 of your current manuscript

Go to line 7

Post the next 7 lines or sentences, exactly as they are - no cheating

Tag 7 other authors to do the same

What fun! We get a sneak preview of each other's books and we get to justify some time away from what we're writing now to go back to lines we've already written. Hoorah! So, here is my contribution. It's from page 7 of The Things We Never Said, which is due to be published by Simon & Schuster in May 2013. 

After, they hold hands as they lie side by side, hip to hip, thigh to thigh, each enjoying the heat from the other’s skin, reluctant to break the connection by allowing air to move between them. For once, perhaps sated by food, wine and sex, Jonathan falls asleep quickly and sleeps peacefully for a good few hours before slipping into the recurring dream that has plagued him over the last few weeks. He is up to his knees, building a snowman. Dazzling sunlight glances off the whiteness and there are deep drifts all around. He can feel the snow under his fingers, but suddenly the cold is shockingly, unbearably intense. Then he is waist-high, trying to struggle free, and that’s when he sees the child, not much more than a baby, sinking down in the snow next to him. He tries and tries to pull her out, but it’s hopeless; the snow has claimed her.

Poor Jonathan. Apart from the dream, this is a brief happy moment in his troubled life, and he has no idea just how much more troubled it's going to become.

So, now to tag my fellow authors.  I could tag a great many wonderful writers but am only allowed seven, so have picked seven lovely ladies who don't seem to have been 'got' so far. I hope you'll let us have a sneak peek at your Lucky 7!

Sally Quilford @quillers

Mel Sherratt @writermels

Abi Burlingham @abiburlingham

Judith Kinghorn @judithkinghorn

Nettie Thomson @nettiewriter

Janice Horton @janicehorton

Shelley Harris @shelleywriter

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