Tag!

May 20, 2008 | By Administrator In Writer's Life |

Ilana has tagged me, so here we go:

Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest fiction book. (Following Ilana’s lead here.)
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you’ve posted your three sentences.

My laptop is near my bookshelf, so this took some measuring. The nearest fiction book is Coraline by Neil Gaiman. (Yes it is a youth book, but I like Gaiman, Ok?)

Beside the decapitated rat, a smug expression on his face, was the black cat. It rested one paw on the gray glass marble.

‘I think I once mentioned,’ said the cat, ‘that I don’t like rats at the best of times.’

ROFL!! I love it.

OK, then, whom am I going to tag? gina b from mom-blog tags Katrina, WonderMom, Lynn, Jenny, and Feener.  (Not sure who knows about this blog, lol!!

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6 Comments so far

  1. Kris on May 20th, 2008

    Ah, a reason to blog. Thanks. :)

  2. Pam on May 21st, 2008

    I think it’s a rule you can’t go wrong with decapitated rats or talking cats. That’s why Gaiman is a writing god.

  3. Administrator on May 22nd, 2008

    Ha! Good one, Pam.

  4. Ilana on May 22nd, 2008

    Sorry it took me so long to pop over. I’ve been fighting with hosting servers. But that’s over now.

    We had a black cat while I was growing up that would catch mice (not rats), bring them in the house, and then let them go. Every now and again, she’d drag in a bat or a bird. To my knowledge, Kitty never killed anything, just caught them for fun.

  5. Administrator on May 22nd, 2008

    Oh Ilana, now that is funny! Of course, a house full of mice, bats and birds is not. And for SOME reason this reminds me of “Forget Paris” and that HILARIOUS scene where the pidgeon is glued to Debra Winger’s head as she tries to drive to the ER. I HOPE it wasn’t like that!

    My first cat would savor bugs in her mouth, I think she liked them flapping or flying around in there, and spit them out intact. EWWWWW…

  6. jennyonthespot on June 16th, 2008

    I am ashamed for my delay! I’m so glad I caught this! I actually did this on for my April 30th post… (http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/04/youre-a-good-mom-revisited/)

    This is such a fun meme! It’s always fun to be tagged, it just takes me awhile to get it together :)

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