The lovely Naomi Baltuck has tagged me in a round of Lucky Seven. I adore her blog and her writing so I’m delighted to participate.
I also have a new YA manuscript. I’ll put up a few lines from that one.
The rules are:
* Go to page 7 or 77 in your current manuscript
* Go to line 7
* Post on your blog the next 7 lines or sentences
* Tag 7 other people to do the same
But you know I never follow the rules completely. 
So I’m going to make the tagging open to anyone who wants to participate, just let me know in the comments or link back so I can hop over to your post.
Here are my seven sentences:
The rest was divine intervention. Random Act of God, the newspapers said. Close enough. Dad was so proud. Mom scolded me.
But they almost realized what I was capable of. Before they started arguing again.
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February 4, 2013 at 11:54 am
Naomi Baltuck
Sounds intriguing, Kourtney. I want more!
February 4, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks Naomi.
glad to hear it wet your whistle!
February 4, 2013 at 12:30 pm
Carrie Rubin
I have to get to my actual writing phase so I can do this blog game again. I’m still in my extensive outlining phase, which I suppose technically is a first draft, but nothing I’d want to share.
February 4, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Kourtney Heintz
I’ve kinda burnt out on the drafting phase. Looking forward to a few months of publishing and marketing work actually. Then that will tire me out and I’ll switch gears again.
The grass is always greener conundrum. Good luck with the blog game with your next project! I never share first drafts with anyone. It’s too early to bring anyone else into my world. 
February 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Carrie Rubin
I’m the same way.
February 4, 2013 at 11:24 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Great minds as they say…
February 4, 2013 at 12:57 pm
jmmcdowell
I really wonder about the derivation of all the awards and tag games.
I just did the “Rule of 7″ on Sunday, and the rules are exactly the same as this!
These lines have me wondering just what your main character can do!
February 4, 2013 at 5:32 pm
Kourtney Heintz
They’re almost like urban legends. We all get different variations and no one really knows who started it or what the original version was.
Required me to invent a whole world to explain her existence. And rewrite a little history too. 
I saw that post. She’s pretty unique.
February 4, 2013 at 6:00 pm
jmmcdowell
Now that just sounds downright intriguing!
February 4, 2013 at 11:26 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Lol. It was a really fun project to work on. Much more firmly into fantasy than my earlier stuff.
February 5, 2013 at 10:58 am
Christy Birmingham
Oooh there is so much that those 7 sentences is alluding too… tell me more, tell me more! hehe
February 5, 2013 at 3:40 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Lol. Thanks!
I entered the first paragraph in Nathan Bransford’s competition. Hope he likes it. 
February 8, 2013 at 12:29 pm
Christy Birmingham
Oooh! Exciting about entering a contest – let me know what happens
February 8, 2013 at 11:59 pm
Kourtney Heintz
It’s kinda exciting to test the waters.
I didn’t place in Nathan’s blog contest. Waiting to hear on the GTLA blog Lucky Agent contest.
February 9, 2013 at 10:45 pm
Christy Birmingham
Ooooh cross my fingered for the Lucky Agent contest. You just never know. I have my eye on a fiction contest
February 10, 2013 at 12:13 am
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks. You can’t win if you don’t play. And if you don’t win, at least you tried.
Go for it!
February 5, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Coleen Patrick
I agree with everyone else–intriguing! A lot of mystery in those 7 sentences.
February 5, 2013 at 3:41 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks Coleen! It was a fun scene to write. This character was really fun to hang out with. She constantly surprised me. In mostly good ways.
February 6, 2013 at 6:56 pm
4amWriter
Ooh. Very good!
February 6, 2013 at 9:42 pm
Kourtney Heintz
Thanks!