Fellow British author and Etopian Steve Emmett tagged me in this little writer’s game. The instructions are:
Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript
Go to line 7
Post on your blog the next 7 lines or sentences exactly as they are (no cheating)
Tag 7 other authors to do the same
Um…I don’t have a work in progress, Steve! So I’ll do the 7th page, 7th line thing from my last publication, The Hun and The General and just hope that’s ok with you all:
He swam the length of the pool and reclined on the semi-circular steps, looking out beyond the curved colonnade of porphyry columns, across the undulating fields of crops, vines, and orchards, to the hills that rose like a blade to scratch the skies. He longed to leave this place and cross that distant ridge, to return to his homeland and feel the buzz of life again.
Livianus snapped his fingers, and a male slave appeared at the top of the steps to wrap a toga around him as he emerged from the water. The heat overpowered him immediately, and he sat down on a seat of carved stone. “Bring me wine, Publius.”
And now to pass on the baton:
Tara Lain
Rupert Smith
Erastes
Dianne Hartsock
Brien Michaels
Erik Orrantia
Selena Illyria
His life seems pretty good where he is, but I can feel his ache to go home. You have me very interested in reading this book.