The Lucky 7 Meme

Susanne Drazic of PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER tagged me for the Lucky 7 Meme last week. Thank you, Susanne!

I hadn't heard of this meme before I was tagged, but I think it's a fun one. Here's how it works:

 Lucky 7 Meme Rules:

1. Go to page 77 of your current manuscript.
2. Go to line 7.
3. Copy the next 7 lines (sentences or paragraphs) and post them as they're written.  No cheating!
4. Tag 7 other writers to pass this meme on to.
 

I went to page 77 of my novel Polar Night and followed the directions, only to discover that, since the excerpt involved the start of a conversation, if I stopped at 7 lines there was really nothing to it. So I thought I would just cheat a tiny bit and double the 7 to 14. But then I realized that what was 14 lines on my Word document isn't 14 lines on a blog post. Somehow, I managed to turn a fun meme into a source of stress and I was on my way to needing a straightjacket once again LOL. So please just leave your counting ability at the door and pretend my excerpt is either 7 or 14 lines. ;) 

Excerpt:

For the first time since he had moved to Alaska, Danny took out his phone and called Chicago. He briefly wondered what time it was there, and was momentarily confused about whether he was ahead of Chicago time or behind it, but then decided he didn’t give a damn anyway. He didn’t want to waste any more time, and this had to start now.

“Hello, this is Agent John Fisher.”

“Hello, Agent Fisher. This is Danny Fitzpatrick.”
 
Danny wasn’t surprised to hear silence on the other end of the line.

“Fitzpatrick?” John finally said. “Are you kidding me?”

“Not at all.”

“What the hell? Where are you?”

“I’m in Alaska. I work in Fairbanks now.”

“Alaska? Are you kidding me?”

“Still not kidding you.”

“Why haven’t you called anyone? I haven’t heard from you since…”

He stopped talking in mid-sentence, illustrating exactly why Danny hadn’t called anyone.

Writers I am tagging: 

Susan Oloier
Madeline at The Shellshank Redemption
Michael Pierce
LG Smith at Bards & Prophets
Cecilia at CeCe's Reading and Writing Safari
Tara at Tara Tyler Talks
Tonja at Tonja's Musings

Thank you again to Susanne for tagging me for this meme! Happy Friday to everyone and best wishes for a great weekend ahead. :)