Patricia Garcia: http://patgarciabookreviews.com/ has tagged me in the 7-line challenge. Thank you, Patti.
Here are seven lines from “Dragonbride”, my Fantasy/Young Adult novel: It’s the first night after they got married and the Magician would meet her husband for the very first time in his dragon form… he fears to lose her since she could be shocked by the sight and leave him…
The very first thing I saw was an immense claw, directly in front of me. Looking up, I followed the curve of his enormous shoulder. To the right was his coiled tail, its muscles twitching slightly. I looked into his yellow reptilian eyes, the pupils narrow and slitted. His huge head was beautifully formed and not at all scary since I already knew my husband as a ‘human’; even his snout was perfectly formed. As our eyes met, we almost became lost in each other’s eyes.
I saw the folded wings and the razor-sharp claws, but what impressed me the most was his magnificent armor-plated body. The Dragon’s shimmering golden scales were a mixture of shades from a yellow as rich as the summer sun and the darkest ochre, and everything in between.
It is now my turn to tag 7 other writers, whose works are varied both in product and stage, to keep the challenge going:
August McLaughlin www.augustmclaughlin.wordpress.com
Jeannie Walker walkerjeannie@yahoo.com
Patricia Yeager leapyearbaby44@yahoo.com
Jacqueline Gum: http://jacquelinegum.com/#axzz2HmibUVqx
Peggy Strack: http://www.peggystrack.com/
Sharla Lee Shults: http://catnipoflife.wordpress.com/my-books/
Ronnie Dauber: http://ronniedauberauthor.com/about/
This is your mission: Go to line 7 on either page 7 or page 77 of your manuscript and do a post with the next 7 lines, then tag 7 people to keep the challenge going! This a short and savvy way to see what others out there in the blogosphere are writing.
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Raani, thank you for tagging me in the 7 line challenge. I appreciate it very much. I am working on building a Blog On WordPress at present and not sure what I’m doing, so I posted my 7 lines here.
Posted is the 7th. line from pg. 77 of, Before the Rooster crows…. Now I will tag 7 authors. Thanks again dear friend.
Pat
Pg. 77
Seconds earlier, Katie and Theodore laughed and played together, however Meagan and Lucas’ loud outbursts frightens them and they cry in fearful trauma. Lucas paces in circles inside the kitchen passing his trembling fingers through his thick black hair, all the while, mumbling with immense anxiety.
“This can’t be happening again so soon.” Lucas mutters to himself. Unaware, of the children’s hysteria, he takes off running outdoors to search for Meagan calling out to her in a frightening roar, “Meagan, get back in here!”
Left alone in their highchairs, adding additional fear to their precarious situation Katie and Theodore cry with ferocity. However, Lucas does not return to comfort them.
I love your lines Pat!!
I can’t wait to finally read your book!!
This is fantastic
This is neat, Raani! Thanks for the tag
BTW Loved the lines from your book!
Well, you really presented a challenge for me. Since my genre is poetry 7 lines are virtually impossible since most of the poems are comprised of quatrains in iambic pentameter. That means a specific rhythm is maintained within every four lines of verse. Ah-h-h! Lightbulb! You only get to read 7 lines…the 8th is left to the imagination. Brilliant!
I love your seven lines, Sharla!
Intriguing.
Thank you very much!!
This is very, very cool. Such talent and what a giving person you are.
Thank you very much for stepping by and commenting. And for the compliment of course!!