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1. Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4. Tag 7 other authors. *You know my feelings on tagging. do it if you think it would be fun
Okay Original Fiction First
Until the Ice Breaks (fantasy, Makai has been badly beaten by a group of bullies. This takes place a few days later)
“You think that beating him at a game of Antlers will make up for what he did to me?” Makai snarled, shoving Echyon hard.
Echyon uncharacteristically shoved back, fever spots on his pale cheeks. “No, but it’s a start. Everyone will be watching. You embarrass him out there, it’ll hurt. Yes, everyone knows what he did to you."
Machiavelli Moon (vampire Urban Fantasy, set soon after Maddie tries to save her friend's life after he's been shot. Vampires & werewolves are known to the general populace, btw this is the strong female I mentioned on Sunday)
"I am retired.”
Dr. Wirth gave me a curious look. “You hardly look old enough to be a doctor, let alone retired.”
I grinned. “I haven’t been young in centuries.”
“Oh. You’re....”
“The reason your patient was full of vampire spit when he arrived.”
Splinters of Silver & Cold Iron (Urban Fantasy, Werewolf/Seer YA, Killian and Taz are getting to know each other, and Taz is the other strong female I mentioned)
“I’m pagan. I…I don’t tell too many people and I thought maybe you being Italian might be Catholic.”
Taz nodded, opening the door to the Shakti. “I am, but I think you should be allowed to worship any way you want. People pushing their religion on others really pisses me off.”
Killian smiled, feeling a weight lifting. What was it about this girl that made him all silly and romantic? It was totally unlike him.
Voluntary Nightmare (Fantasy, Sverre and other others were one the run and now holed up with Drake's family)
"Thank you," he said, heading back to the dining room as Eetu pushed him along. He wondered what his sister was getting to eat in the temple. Probably a plethora of things she had never seen before but he couldn't be jealous of that, not with how good his sandwich looked.
Mrs. Drake followed on his heels with a huge bowl of soup, steam ringing around her head. "I can the weather changing. It's getting cool. We'll be grateful for the soup by tonight."
Red Skies (fantasy written with ELD, Tarran has taken Kisyl & Domi to meet a friend of his and her daughter Immi)
“Immi, can I put you down?”
Kisyl’s eyes narrowed at him but she asked in a bright voice, “Immi? That’s a pretty name. I’m Kisyl.” She touched Domi’s arm and introduced him.
Immi licked her cream horn adroitly and Tarran hoped to the Gods and Goddesses that Oryc never saw her do that. “You’re not friends of Mr. Pyrs,” she announced.
Riding with Strangers (Urban fantasy/mystery/MM erotica, Lily and Hikaru are discussing his attraction to Detective Savage)
Dragons kept secrets very well. “He’s quite amazing. I want to keep him around.”
She studied him quietly for a few long moments. “I think you really do like him a lot.”
Hikaru ran a lazy hand through his hair. “I more than like him…that seems odd, so quick but I can’t deny it.”
Ties that Bind (fantasy, written with ELD, Tully's been tortured, Trevhan is trying to get him healed)
Eliana sighed. “I can not help you, not here.”
“You can’t?” Trehvan asked. Only Tully, skilled at reading his brother, caught Trehvan’s concern.
“The bones are in all the wrong places. I need to set them. If I heal him now, I would have to re-break the bones once we got to camp and hope I could do it in the right way. He might never walk right if I try that.
and now Fanfic
The Tangled Web (FMA, last year's big bang)
“How do you know, Snowdrop, sir?” Al rubbed his redden eyes. “You obviously do. If you haven’t been investigating her, how did you know who she was and what she was doing?”
“Have you hired her, too?” Edward added. “Or was I right with my first guess and you’re lying about what that bar is?”
“Edward, it’s not a brothel,” Riza sighed
Source of Sorrow (FMA, okay a couple pages short but still, Roy has ruined his automail leg, earned in that balloon ride in CoS)
“You didn’t damage the docking port. I’ll just have to make a new leg,” Winry said. “You get some rest.”
Roy just nodded and shut his eye.
“And later, when you’re good and rested, I’m going to beat you simple for ruining my best work.” Winry smiled and darted out the door.
Sorrow's Dark Array (FMA, Roy has just met CoS Nazi!Hughes)
“You must be Roy,” Hughes said and Roy felt like the man’s grave had opened up and he was tumbling headlong into it.
Roy was barely aware of Riza walking him back to the couch and he fell onto it. He couldn’t find his voice to say anything. This man didn’t just look like Hughes, he sounded just like him. What hell had the brothers brought with them? What had any of them done to deserve to have such deep wounds violated like this?
“Roy was badly injured in a bombing a few months ago,” Riza said and Roy hated that she felt she had to cover for his weaknesses.
When Sorrows Come (FMA, this year's big bang)
Winry sputtered then put a hand on Ed’s shoulder. “Do you think he’s uncomfortable with us?”
“No, he thinks you should move in here while he stays with the bastard.”
Her hand fell away. “Really? Is that what you want, Ed?”
He took a few steps back, his gaze skittering away. “I don’t know
Hyperion's Son - (Angel the Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Willow’s eyebrows rose. “That’s dangerous.”
Connor snorted. ‘I’m half demon. I just survived a triple impaling on a cast iron fence. If regular humans survive the treatment, I’ll make it.”
Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know (Angel the Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, taken from page 7 since my copy is wonky)
"Sunnydale is gone." Wes' spidery fingers rubbed his dark chin. "Apparently a sink hole opened and encompassed all of Sunnydale."
Cold ran through me. They weren't all gone. Willow had survived to call and tell them I hadn't been there. Buffy was alive
Two Graves (Saiyuki)
“There’s a saying, Goku, ‘he who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself’,” Hakkai replied thoughtfully, passing some fried devil dough to Jeep.
Goku sighed, his shoulders slumping under his cape. “But I’m not sure it’s always wrong.”
“I killed a thousand youkai to avenge my sister,” Hakkai replied softly, scratching Jeep’s head as the dragon nudged him. “I’d be the last person to say it’s wrong. I’m just saying we need to be very careful and very sure before we do anything.”
Goku mulled that over then asked. “Where are we goin’ to look today?”
likeadeuce & masqthephlsphr1. Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms.
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written.
4. Tag 7 other authors. *You know my feelings on tagging. do it if you think it would be fun
Okay Original Fiction First
Until the Ice Breaks (fantasy, Makai has been badly beaten by a group of bullies. This takes place a few days later)
“You think that beating him at a game of Antlers will make up for what he did to me?” Makai snarled, shoving Echyon hard.
Echyon uncharacteristically shoved back, fever spots on his pale cheeks. “No, but it’s a start. Everyone will be watching. You embarrass him out there, it’ll hurt. Yes, everyone knows what he did to you."
Machiavelli Moon (vampire Urban Fantasy, set soon after Maddie tries to save her friend's life after he's been shot. Vampires & werewolves are known to the general populace, btw this is the strong female I mentioned on Sunday)
"I am retired.”
Dr. Wirth gave me a curious look. “You hardly look old enough to be a doctor, let alone retired.”
I grinned. “I haven’t been young in centuries.”
“Oh. You’re....”
“The reason your patient was full of vampire spit when he arrived.”
Splinters of Silver & Cold Iron (Urban Fantasy, Werewolf/Seer YA, Killian and Taz are getting to know each other, and Taz is the other strong female I mentioned)
“I’m pagan. I…I don’t tell too many people and I thought maybe you being Italian might be Catholic.”
Taz nodded, opening the door to the Shakti. “I am, but I think you should be allowed to worship any way you want. People pushing their religion on others really pisses me off.”
Killian smiled, feeling a weight lifting. What was it about this girl that made him all silly and romantic? It was totally unlike him.
Voluntary Nightmare (Fantasy, Sverre and other others were one the run and now holed up with Drake's family)
"Thank you," he said, heading back to the dining room as Eetu pushed him along. He wondered what his sister was getting to eat in the temple. Probably a plethora of things she had never seen before but he couldn't be jealous of that, not with how good his sandwich looked.
Mrs. Drake followed on his heels with a huge bowl of soup, steam ringing around her head. "I can the weather changing. It's getting cool. We'll be grateful for the soup by tonight."
Red Skies (fantasy written with ELD, Tarran has taken Kisyl & Domi to meet a friend of his and her daughter Immi)
“Immi, can I put you down?”
Kisyl’s eyes narrowed at him but she asked in a bright voice, “Immi? That’s a pretty name. I’m Kisyl.” She touched Domi’s arm and introduced him.
Immi licked her cream horn adroitly and Tarran hoped to the Gods and Goddesses that Oryc never saw her do that. “You’re not friends of Mr. Pyrs,” she announced.
Riding with Strangers (Urban fantasy/mystery/MM erotica, Lily and Hikaru are discussing his attraction to Detective Savage)
Dragons kept secrets very well. “He’s quite amazing. I want to keep him around.”
She studied him quietly for a few long moments. “I think you really do like him a lot.”
Hikaru ran a lazy hand through his hair. “I more than like him…that seems odd, so quick but I can’t deny it.”
Ties that Bind (fantasy, written with ELD, Tully's been tortured, Trevhan is trying to get him healed)
Eliana sighed. “I can not help you, not here.”
“You can’t?” Trehvan asked. Only Tully, skilled at reading his brother, caught Trehvan’s concern.
“The bones are in all the wrong places. I need to set them. If I heal him now, I would have to re-break the bones once we got to camp and hope I could do it in the right way. He might never walk right if I try that.
and now Fanfic
The Tangled Web (FMA, last year's big bang)
“How do you know, Snowdrop, sir?” Al rubbed his redden eyes. “You obviously do. If you haven’t been investigating her, how did you know who she was and what she was doing?”
“Have you hired her, too?” Edward added. “Or was I right with my first guess and you’re lying about what that bar is?”
“Edward, it’s not a brothel,” Riza sighed
Source of Sorrow (FMA, okay a couple pages short but still, Roy has ruined his automail leg, earned in that balloon ride in CoS)
“You didn’t damage the docking port. I’ll just have to make a new leg,” Winry said. “You get some rest.”
Roy just nodded and shut his eye.
“And later, when you’re good and rested, I’m going to beat you simple for ruining my best work.” Winry smiled and darted out the door.
Sorrow's Dark Array (FMA, Roy has just met CoS Nazi!Hughes)
“You must be Roy,” Hughes said and Roy felt like the man’s grave had opened up and he was tumbling headlong into it.
Roy was barely aware of Riza walking him back to the couch and he fell onto it. He couldn’t find his voice to say anything. This man didn’t just look like Hughes, he sounded just like him. What hell had the brothers brought with them? What had any of them done to deserve to have such deep wounds violated like this?
“Roy was badly injured in a bombing a few months ago,” Riza said and Roy hated that she felt she had to cover for his weaknesses.
When Sorrows Come (FMA, this year's big bang)
Winry sputtered then put a hand on Ed’s shoulder. “Do you think he’s uncomfortable with us?”
“No, he thinks you should move in here while he stays with the bastard.”
Her hand fell away. “Really? Is that what you want, Ed?”
He took a few steps back, his gaze skittering away. “I don’t know
Hyperion's Son - (Angel the Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Willow’s eyebrows rose. “That’s dangerous.”
Connor snorted. ‘I’m half demon. I just survived a triple impaling on a cast iron fence. If regular humans survive the treatment, I’ll make it.”
Mad Bad and Dangerous to Know (Angel the Series/Buffy the Vampire Slayer, taken from page 7 since my copy is wonky)
"Sunnydale is gone." Wes' spidery fingers rubbed his dark chin. "Apparently a sink hole opened and encompassed all of Sunnydale."
Cold ran through me. They weren't all gone. Willow had survived to call and tell them I hadn't been there. Buffy was alive
Two Graves (Saiyuki)
“There’s a saying, Goku, ‘he who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself’,” Hakkai replied thoughtfully, passing some fried devil dough to Jeep.
Goku sighed, his shoulders slumping under his cape. “But I’m not sure it’s always wrong.”
“I killed a thousand youkai to avenge my sister,” Hakkai replied softly, scratching Jeep’s head as the dragon nudged him. “I’d be the last person to say it’s wrong. I’m just saying we need to be very careful and very sure before we do anything.”
Goku mulled that over then asked. “Where are we goin’ to look today?”
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Date: 2012-03-29 01:10 pm (UTC)“Edward, it’s not a brothel,” Riza sighed.
Is it bad that my response is, "If it WAS a brothel, MUSTANG would be investigating."
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Date: 2012-03-29 04:40 pm (UTC)Snort, Mustang probably would
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Date: 2012-03-29 07:08 pm (UTC)I have soup for brains lately... I'll check the filters. :) Thankfully I have not lost my keys or phone for days on end since Christmas hell.
MUST SKATE MOAR. (And not have my frakkin' bulbs go DYING on me because Central NY can't make up its GD mind! It's been 80... today it's spitting snow! Next time I take Tino out to go I'm going to cut the lone daffodil and the four stalks of narcissus.)
AND hopefully sneak away to print out a hard copy (or abuse Dad's printer) so I can really dig into Ch 59 to see what's gotta go and what can stay. And what needs more. I need to find my goofy little Olympus reporter recorder.
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Date: 2012-03-29 07:58 pm (UTC)I'm having thinking thoughts about the scarred soldier (as in not submitting it and going novel with it)
go skate! Same here, well not snowing but hard frost
good luck