Forgive me because I feel like I need to provide some background.
I decided almost a year ago to write a novel. Finally.
I was so optimistic. August 31, 2012 was my projected end date. The goal was 90,000 words. My reasoning: if NaNoWriMo participants could produce 50,000 words in 30 days, surely I could achieve my word count goal in one year.
It didn’t matter that I hadn’t written creatively in years. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have training or education in the discipline of writing. All I had was an idea and a desire, which should be more than enough for a writer to get started.
Shortly after beginning, I decided that I needed an accountability partner. I have two writing partners that encourage me. I’ve allowed them to read segments of my novel in progress, which at times could be called a novel interrupted. However, the idea of letting others read what I’ve scratched out makes me nauseous.
But I am about forward motion. Momentum. I am game …
Here’s what’s required:
- Go to the 7th or 77th page of your work in progress.
- Go to the 7th line of the page.
- Copy the next 7 sentences or paragraphs. Remember, they must be as they are typed.
- Tag 7 authors.
- Let them know they’re it.
Here’s me … taking a leap … an excerpt of my novel. I am not brave enough for seven paragraphs. Not yet. The working title, based on the initial idea and summary: Momma’s Heels, which has morphed into so much more than I expected.
“The summer where she could rid herself of this stupid nickname and take on her given name, which is very grown up. Being treated as a grown up is her definition of happiness. But as the summer comes to a close she can feel that happiness has been absent from the season.
For a long time now she’s hated being called Baby Girl, but no one would listen to her requests to be called Chloe. Baby Girl started out as a term of endearment; a way to convey how special she is because it had taken her parents so long to conceive a little girl. Because she’s the only daughter in a family of five children. Unfortunately, Chloe considers being dubbed ‘Baby Girl’ as an eternal marker of youth that she doesn’t want.”
I appreciate fellow blogger and author: Whitney of A Serendipitous Happenstance for helping me take this leap in sharing my work with a broader audience, even if only a small snapshot. Her excerpt for her novel, Rain, will have you hooked and wanting more. Don’t miss your chance. Check it out.
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