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Blog, Crooked Lines, Holly Michael, India, Monkey, Novel, Tamil Nadu, Writing, www.writingstraight.com, Yercaud
M is for Monkeys because I have about two thousand pictures of monkeys. I just think it’s cool to see a monkey on the roadside (Tamil Nadu, India)…
…or wake up in the morning to a monkey outside your hotel window.
The only monkeys I ever saw, growing up on the farm in Northern Wisconsin, were ones like this:
And M is also for Lucky 7 Meme. One of my really cool Author/blogger friends, Edith Parzefall, tagged me on her blog and sent me a Lucky 7 Meme Invitation.
The rules: ■Go to page 77 of your current MS/WIP ■Go to line 7 ■Copy down the next 7 lines–sentences or paragraphs–and post them as they’re written. No cheating. ■Tag 7 authors ■Let them know.
Sorry Edith, I’m a rule breaker. I cheated. Hope the Lucky Meme police don’t arrest me. I decided to post a short section from Crooked Lines that I just added a couple of days ago. And it mentions…tada…a MONKEY:
Sagai knelt and picked up a small round stone and rolled it in his hands. Perfect ammunition. Those pesky monkeys, now awake and watchful, were known thieves. Would knocking one of those screeching troublemakers out of a tree be a sin? Before he could ponder further, a young novice approached, smiling, and handed him a package. An entire loaf of bread. Enough to share with all at home.
Sagai smiled. “Thank you Sister.”
The novice bowed her head, nodded, and walked away. Before Sagai could run, Sister Mercy marched toward him. She eyed the loaf under his arm. Her nostrils flared. Smack. Her palm cracked against his cheek.
“Thief!”
“No, Sister.” Sagai pointed, blinking back tears. “That novice gave it to me.”
Sister Mercy wagged her finger. “Even so, you know that I usually give you the bread. You should not have accepted it from her.” She snatched the loaf from Sagai’s hands and thrust her two slices toward him.”
Sagai reluctantly took it, then ran all the way to Little Lake without stopping. On the grass beside the water, he stared at the bread. He didn’t come to church to get free bread. He came to serve the Lord. He rubbed his cheek. A monkey stared at him from the rock. Sagai tossed the bread at him. “Have it. I don’t want it.”
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If you’re still with me cool. Thanks!
And I’ll list seven A to Z bloggers that I visited and liked today: (You can Lucky Meme if you want. No pressure.)
1. Our Life in a Caravan A mesmeric blog about living life in a caravan in the UK.
2. Anna Smith, also from the UK at Universal Gibberish blogs about dreams, movies, writing, and all that’s in between. Mighty fine!
3. The Anglers Rest is a blog about the ramblings & obsessions of a fisherman’s wife! ~ a real assortment, with snippets of genealogy, books, cross stitching, scrapbooking, collectables,our travels and photographs,web pages and general ramblings. A Masterpiece!
4. A Heart 4 Heaven by Elaine Bride is Magnificent. She blogs devotions of hope and encouragement for those who are longing for Home. Nice post today about motherhood: A Mother’s Prayers
5.Elaine Smith’s blog: Not Exactly Blogging has a memorable blog about living, learning, and writing.
6. Amanda Saint has a blog worth mentioning. Saintly Writer blogs about reading, writing, food and life.
7. Small World Big Dreams is a Marvelous blog by Alyssia, an Award-winning aspiring romance author who loves Animals, Junior Mints, Harry Potter, Sneaker Pimps, and doing stuff with her fabulous hubby.
Tomorrow is a Sunday break..See you on Monday for N.. Never can tell what I’ll think of next.
So funny animals 🙂
Love seeing all the photos of the different paces you’ve visited/lived/live!
Thanks for the tag – I’m gona have to cheat a lil bit though! Those are great pics, would love to have monkeys outside my window 🙂
Thanks for the mention. I am off to explore those other blogs mentioned – I am still reading people’s blogs furiously…..First coffee and a tea cake to help me on my way!
Thanks for the mention of my blog Holly. I will do the Lucky 7 thing but probably not until the A-Z challenge is over. Nice post and nice monkeys!
Oh, I would so adore to visit somewhere and just have random monkeys all over. I realize there are probably drawbacks, but oh well. I enjoyed your snippet, and you called out some great blogs!
Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z
Love the monkey photos! I’m envious. I have a bit of a monkey thing myself (it even merits a tag on my blog), and a writer friend of mine said she suspects it’s my spirit animal, whatever that means. Thanks for sharing the photos.
I went crazy, snapping photos of them. Too fun!
These are adorable photos! I found your blog randomly through the A-Z Challenge and am really enjoying your travel stories / photographs. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Wonderful post – LOVE all the monkey pics – and thanks so much for the mention inyour post – I’m so honored! Now following you- can’t wait to read what you post next! Good luck with the rest of the Challenge! Thanks again! 🙂
Hi Holly! I enjoyed looking at all the photos of monkeys. Aren’t they interesting animals?
I liked your excerpt from Crooked Lines. I definitely would keep reading. I want to learn more about Sagai.
Susanne
PUTTING WORDS DOWN ON PAPER
Thanks Susanne, I am finishing the final edit cuts for the agent. The novel, so far, made it to the Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award quarterfinals. You can read the first couple of chapters on Amazon.com @ http://www.amazon.com/Crooked-Lines-2012-Entry-ebook/dp/B007GEJ7LG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334593406&sr=1-1
I think I replied to the wrong person! oops
I’m with you on the monkeys. I see pix from that part of the world… I don’t think I could handle having things as common as chipmunks but almost as smart as me. I’m trying to visit all the A-Z Challenge Blogs this month. My alphabet is at myqualityday.blogspot.com
Checked out your blog and subscribed. Very nice post about the icelandic sheep!
Thanks for visiting my blog. I love monkeys, apes, gorillas, chimpanzees. I know they are similiar but very different. I think they are all neat creations. Nice blog post. I enjoyed your sample writing as well.
Maribeth”)
I have a beautiful SMILE ON MY FACE
Love ya Shilpa!!!
i love the pictures. i wonder what those monkeys think of all the passersby.
Nutschell
http://www.thewritingnut.com
Happy A-Zing!
We really appreciate the nice photographs of monkey. This shows good tips for photography.
Thanks! I’m an amateur, but enjoy photography