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Lucky Seven Meme

March 22, 2012 by Icy Sedgwick 6 Comments

I was tagged by both Helen Howell and Sonya Clark for a Lucky Seven Excerpt.

The rules are simple:

1. Go to page 77 in your current manuscript
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next seven lines as they are – no cheating
4. Tag 7 other authors (Done on Facebook)

This is from To Kill A Dead Man, the sequel to The Guns of Retribution. I know it looks like a lot but that’s literally seven lines in the front I’m using!

“Boss, pardon me for sayin’ so, but you’re normally so calm and collected. Only this stuff with Miss Marsden has got you all riled up. Forget about what Marvel said we did, or didn’t do. Right now, we gotta find McEavy, get Bess back, and hopefully find Miss Marsden.” 

He looked me straight in the eye, his blue eyes all serious and earnest. I’d never seen Billy look like that, and he might as well have slapped me. I took a step backward, and shook my head, trying to clear away all the cobwebs. Billy was right. I was getting carried away, and I needed to focus. I was no good to Peggy if I went off half-cocked.


If you liked that, maybe you’ll enjoy The Guns of Retribution!

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  1. Cathy Olliffe-Webster says

    March 22, 2012 at 11:41 am

    Woo HOO! This is rockin’ stuff, Icy! I LOVE your characters’s names – Peggy and Bess and Billy et al. Fabulous! And you have such a sassy style. Love it!

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  2. Kemari says

    March 22, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Love it! And I second Cathy…I love the names.

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  3. Helen says

    March 22, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    This is a great Icy – looking forward to the sequel!

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  4. alannahmurphy says

    March 22, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    Makes me want to go read your book again Icy. Thanks for the tag as well.

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  5. tom gillespie says

    March 22, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Gimme that book.. I want it now!!

    Reply
  6. Eric J. Krause says

    March 22, 2012 at 11:40 pm

    Excellent little scene. Sure shows action is coming!

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Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!

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