Thank you for tagging me, Marie Laval!
I'm a bit late I know, but here goes.
As part of
this tag, I'm supposed to take my most recent work in progress or my current
manuscript and search for the word, "look," then post the surrounding
paragraphs/text.
So here it is, an excerpt from
the beginning of my current work in progress,'Beloved Enemy', which is hopefully going to be the third in the series that started with 'Starquest'.
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She waited a few more minutes, and let
off another shot. No response. Their assailants were either dead or had left
under cover of the smoke. Perhaps they believed they’d killed the three people
they’d been firing on, although nagging caution warned her it seemed strange
they’d not come back to check. She pushed the thought to one side, and holding
her gun in both hands, ready to fire, every nerve alert, made her way over to
where the man in black had fallen.
He
lay on his back, a splash of red on his shoulder and upper chest. Shards of
rock lay everywhere and the large boulder he’d been sheltering behind had split
down the middle almost in two pieces. It must have absorbed most of the blast
and he’d missed the main force. It
looked like the wound was caused by the shattering rock, or the damage would
have been a whole lot worse, and she probably wouldn’t have been able to do anything
for him.
She
drew in her breath. Kerry Marchant.
She’d only seen holograms of the man, and she could not recall seeing the faint
scar that ran beneath his left eye, but it had to be him. He’d changed little
in five years since she’d seen them, and those features were unforgettable. She
allowed herself the hint of a smile. She’d always hoped one day she’d run into
him, and now fate played right into her hands.
Now it's my turn to tag five more ziggy zig zag writers and let them know I tagged them so that they can share their work in progress with the blogging community....
Mary Ricksen http://maryricksen.blogspot.com
Paula Martin http://paulamartinpotpourri.blogspot.co.uk/
Sarah Trantor http://ramblingindulgences.blogspot.co.uk/
'STARQUEST' 'CHILDREN OF THE MIST' (The sequel to Starquest) Dancing With Fate 'Freeread':'A BARGAIN WITH DEATH
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Love the excerpt, Lyn. And thanks for thinking of me. I'll scramble to get mine up as soon as I can. ;-)
ReplyDeleteReally liked the extract, Lyn and thank you for zig-zagging me!X
ReplyDeleteThat's a great extract, Hywela!
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Thanks Mac, Marie and Marie - and thanks for tagging me, Marie.
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