Rhonda Laurel tagged me for a WIP blog hop so here goes:
The game is to find the word “look” in your current work in progress, and post an excerpt from that section of the manuscript. I had a bit of a look and I think the most fun is a bit from On A Lee Shore:
“If the shoes hurt why are you wearing them?” Kit asked, moderating his pace. “They make you walk like an old Duchess with corns.”
Tristan snorted. “Fashion, dear boy. If one wants to do well at work it’s best to look as though one has no financial worries. As long as they all think I’m being very good at what I do on a whim they’ll keep promoting me to try to pique my interest.”
“Bloody silly reason for promotion,” Kit growled and Tristan gave his arm an affectionate squeeze.
“Maybe you should try it?” he suggested. “You look like a Quaker. That’s not going to give them any faith in your fighting spirit, now, is it?”
Kit glanced at Tristan’s tightly curled wig, his exquisitely fitted coat, the riot of embroidery on his waistcoat, those ridiculous shoes whose heels brought Tristan up to equal Kit’s height. Kit own attire, mostly shades of sensible hard wearing brown including his own naturally curly hair, did seem penny-pinched in comparison.
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I’m supposed to tag people sooooooo – hmmm – look I’ll add some later when I’ve had a chance to fnd people who haven’t already done it. 🙂
Elin Gregory 
Ha ha! There’s that lovely, subtle humour again. “An old Duchess with Corns” Love it. 😚
Ooh subtle! Thank you. Some of the humour is pretty broad later on in the story. I do love slapstick. 🙂
I love your writing! 🙂
Thank you hunny 🙂 How about you doing the ‘look’ meme? I’d love a sneak peek at The Lightning Struck Tower.
I just did a search. The word is in the manuscript twice. 🙂
Now what?
You only need one 🙂 and go you for finding alternatives! Just pick whichever excerpt seems the most fun. Also, I’ve seen people use ‘looks’ and ‘looked’ instead if there are no bits with just ‘look’.
Ha. I thought the word was “book.” Sheesh, lots of “looks” in the WIP. Posting it tomorrow!
Tristan sounds delicious! Love a man who knows how to dress. 😉 Looking forward to reading this story!
Oh I am glad you like him. Tristan isn’t in this one much, though the bits he is in are important, but once I had done he blinked his big baby blues at me and said, very gently “My turn?” The story is percolating in the back of my mind while I work, or try to, on other things. This one will be about smugglers and nefarious doings in Scilly and Portugal.
Your stories always sound so interesting! Do you have a release date on your pirate one yet?
Thanks 🙂 I find it much easier to write action than romance so try to give my lads masses of things to distract them from each other.
As for the pirates, I have fixed date – mid december has been suggested assuming that I don’t have too much to do with the copy edits. The draft cover is gorgeous! 🙂
I can see these guys sitting there talking about there clothes. This is a fun meme. I didn’t know you did historical. That look is okay, by the way… it’s in dialog.
I don’t write much else. My contemporary stories tend to be very short ones for anthologies where there’s no time for proper world building. Also the contemporary gay scene is a contentious issue for women writers. Much safer to stay out of it.
That look is okay, by the way… it’s in dialog.
Is this another one of those rules like “thou shalt not use adverbs lest ones knackers be removed by the CMOS police, yea verily, with a rusty razor”? 🙂 I break those ALL the time 😀