snagged from all the writers on my flist...

[vg_ford]

Turn to page 123 in your work-in-progress. (If you haven't gotten to page 123 yet, then turn to page 23. If you haven't gotten there yet, then get busy and write page 23.) Count down four sentences and then instead of just the fifth sentence, give us the whole paragraph.

Belladonna Dreams

A phantom touch ran lightly down my face, cold even in the bright sunshine. A strange odor wafted over me, carried on a chill wind that I knew came from the Ghostlands. It tugged at me, cajoling; the touch continued, a caress that called to something buried deep inside of me, urging me to Change. Even as I resisted, knowing Maggie’s reaction, I could feel my control slipping away, and my switch loomed before my eyes. What was this? What else would happen here?

Dark Moon Seasons (more than 1 para here, but it's for context)

Nikki spun around as the husky voice, so familiar and yet so foreign, filled the room. She was still physically the only one there, but she was definitely not alone.

“Where are you?” she asked, searching the room.

“I’m here,” Teraisa replied. “Not completely, but I am here. Did you really think I would leave you?”

“I’m not sure,” Nikki admitted, turning around slowly. “I don’t know enough about you.”

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Only two wips. There must be something else I can be writing...well, plenty, but none that go up that high yet...

Comments

[catrinp.livejournal.com]

Current WIP 'Bound Rose' is not yet 123 pages, so I went to page 23.

I was lucky, this paragraph is printable. Current WIP is erotica.

"“Oh Cindy. He is absolutely drop-dead gorgeous.” Neville fawned over my boy as he stepped out of the change room. He ran his hand over the shoulders of the pale t-shirt, smoothing out the wrinkles. “Absolutely. Where have you been hiding this boy?” He didn’t take his eyes off him, running his hand down the back of my boy. I had to agree with him. He is gorgeous, even clothed."


This is from my other WIP. It's well over 123 pages. It's also a badly written first draft and being rewritten.

"Playfully Ryna nipped his rump and dashed away. Damian ended up on his face. “So you want to play do you?” and he dashed after Ryna. She was quick on four legs, darting amongst the trees. Damian had to run hard, but Ryna made the mistake of running in a straight line. He caught up to her easily, and slapped her rump. “One all” he shouted as turned and ran. Ryna chased him. He could run faster than her in a straight line, but the trees made that difficult. Knowing she was closing in him he used a tree branch to swing up and around. Landing behind her and slapped her again. “Two one.” She barked at him and chased him again. This time as Damian darted to avoid a few trees closer together she leapt and landed on his back. He fell, the heavy layer of leaves on the ground cushioning his landing. But as he turned over he discovered Ryna straddling him with her muzzle close to his face. He laughed. And pulled her muzzle close to his face and kissed her nose."

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

LOL - I like them!

[catrinp.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I probably should have put these in my own LJ - but what the hell.

Ego Surfing

[(Anonymous)]

LOL, sorry, but I am a writer, I was searching for writing stuff I had online and LOST, so I typed in my name and I found this. You can delete this comment, I just wanted to say hello and to laugh. ~Teraisa

Re: Ego Surfing

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

LOL! No deletion necessary - and good luck finding what you had lost! :p

[merkavah.livejournal.com]

I am dying to read Belladonna Dreams! And my copy of Not Your Father's Horseman should be here from Amazon in a few days. I can't wait to read it, and I definitely can't wait for you to autograph it!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

LOL - is that a request to become a beta reader? Be careful - I might take you up on that. :p

And I'll be happy to sign Horseman! Just bring it to RavenCon! :p