Jess Sturman-Coombs, the fabulous author of the Pokerface
series nominated me for the 777 challenge. All you need to do is take 7
sentences from either page 7 or 77 or your current WIP: that can be from a
novel, short story, blog post or whatever.
I have several WIPs of different kinds. This is from The
Soul Bus (p 77):
“Has Haldor been in today?” Jeff asked casually.
The barman’s tri-fingered hand scratched at his exposed
brain slowly. Then he brought it down, covered in a gelatine substance and
sucked on it slowly, his half mouth sucking like a wet vacuum cleaner. Then he
grinned, a ghastly parody of a smile.
“Not yet” he wheezed, drool dribbling out of the corners of
his mouth.
Jeff took the drinks back to the table without replying.
Just to let you know that scene takes place in a pub called
The Seven Angels, in Hell. The barman is a demon type thing.
Now I just have to nominate 7 writer/bloggers to take on the
challenge….
You’re up:
Cameron Lawton
Karen Heard
Susie Holiday
Jessica Grey
Anna Meade
Megan Cashman
And….
Ryan Foley
Enjoy!
Thanks for the nomination, Victoria. Love your seven sentences. Not sure I'd want to buy a drink off that guy - ew!
ReplyDeleteHere are my efforts: http://www.misheardfiction.com/777-challenge/
Concur with Karen - Ew! Great atmosphere in there:D ("several wips"? Makes me feel positively lazy.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would either Karen (and for that reason another characer in the scene, Lucy, discretely tips her drink into what she thinks at first is a pot plant...)
ReplyDeleteJulia - most of them are shorts lol
Thanks for tagging me! Love your seven sentences, though am now totally grossed out by the brain sucker guy :0
ReplyDeleteHere's my seven: http://authorjessicagrey.com/2012/08/lucky-sevens/