I needed an excuse to kick start my blog. This last while my blog has fallen away for a variety of reasons (excuses) and over the last few weeks, despite having some good ideas I just haven’t got round to it, until now. The catalyst for the change being Martha Rodriguez, http://areelcoolsummer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/back-to-our-youth-authors-playing-tag.html , in a game of author tag. Hence, the title ‘you’re het’ a scottish variation of the usual tag term ‘you’re it.’ For some reason the idea has struck a chord and I have returned to my blog. The next blog, which I will post towards the end of this coming week, is something truly exciting found among old, 1930’s and 1940’s, political papers in our garage. I’m sure that it will be enjoyed by everyone who reads it, but readers will have to wait another day or so for further details. Oh, for any new readers, I always include a picture of one of our cats in my blog. Why? I just do. The picture today is our large tom cat wandering around our livingroom with his anti-spray pants on.
Back to the game of tag in which Martha kindly involved me.
The rules of the game, as supplied by Martha, are as follows:
1. Go to page 77 of your current WIP (work in progress).
2. Go to line seven.
3. Copy down the next seven lines or sentences as written and post them to your blog or website.
4. Tag seven authors.
5. Let them know they’ve been tagged.
Like Martha, I’m still shy of 77 pages, I have taken my 7 line extract from page 27 of my WIP entitled ‘Seil’.
‘
He pulled out a remaining cheese and ham sandwich, removed the cheese and the ham and offered them to the cat. The offer was received with gratitude, and little time was taken to savour the taste as the cat bolted the food down.
‘I told you, he was hungry.’
‘Aye! We have to get to school,’ said Zander. ‘Leave him, let’s go’
The two boys turned away and walked the two streets to the school. Behind them walked their newfound friend, or more importantly Jack’s new found friend: a muscly lilac grey, proud cat. His smiling Cheshire cat face smiled more than before, his chest struck out with purpose and his tail stood as erect as a telegraph pole pointing directly to the sky.’
I have, in this game of chance, tagged the following authors
Ben Woodward http://www.booksbyben.com/
Rahma Krambo http://www.rahmakrambo.com/
Noah Murphy http://k23detectives.com/
AR Silverberry http://www.arsilverberry.com/
Susan Leigh Noble http://www.independentauthornetwork.com/susan-leigh-noble.html
Michelle I Brooks http://www.BoneDressing.com
Jemima Pett http://jemimapett.wordpress.com/
Cheers
Hi Bill!
Thanks for playing tag. I look forward to reading more of your story!
Martha
TY Martha,
It was fun to take part and it provided a bit of a fillip to get my blog moving again.
Bill