Welcome to another Sunday
with Weekend Writing Warriors.
Meet writers in various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their
stories.
I skipped last week due to
helping my son move to an apartment. What else should a mother do on Mother’s
Day?
This week, I’ll begin
snippets from my forthcoming release, Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the Grand Masters’
Galaxy. The mother-son relationship is an important aspect of this story.
Blurb
Empath
Violet embarks on a new and desperate mission to find her missing lover.
Violet’s
happy family is shattered when Athanor Griffin vanishes. The formidable Grand
Master might have teleported anywhere in the galaxy. Violet strives to find her
psychic partner, while looking after their baby and fulfilling his duties on
the Council. Her frantic search uncovers a new threat to galactic civilization
along with resurgence of the infamous Ixioth slavers. The Council dithers in
response to her call for action, and even her former allies believe the Griffin
is dead. She must risk her son, her psi-powers, and her life to rescue her
beloved mate in the hope they can unite to fight the menace.
First lines
Violet sat in the nursery of the Griffin’s Eyrie, rocking her
baby son in her arms and crooning a lullaby. Little Varan smiled at her. At
nine months old, the jet black of his short hair rivaled his father’s. His
blue-green eyes were solemn, his eyelids drifting lower as he grew sleepy.
The orange cat, Rascal, a furry weight across her shoulders,
purred his loud, “Love you, love you.”
The two fluffies curled at her feet like a pair of oversized bunny
slippers. Dilly and Dally had identical white noses and silky brown fur,
although Dilly had conspicuous white patches on her flanks. Their alien minds
mumbled a contented refrain, “Sleep,
happy sleep, sleep happy.”
Her usual entourage of bedtime assistants, except for Athanor,
her beloved psychic partner. She hummed to little Varan, alert for his father
to pop in at any moment.
Informal
Tag line: Even galaxy-trotting heroines
need a babysitter.
I am
still debating how much backstory is needed in Chapter one, since I assume most
readers will arrive at this book after reading Books 1-3. If you have read any
of these stories, you will meet some of the same characters as well as new alien
entities.
Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the
Grand Masters’ Galaxy is
on pre-order for $2.99 and releases June 23rd at: Amazon iBooks Kobo B&N
If you would like to sample the series, try the short
prequel, Grand Master’s Cat.
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As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
What a sweet, special moment. I really enjoyed this snippet. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you - it's the quiet before the storm.
DeleteEffing Feling approves of this snippet!
ReplyDeleteNo surprises there! The cat is part of this family.
DeleteSweet scene. Very homey.
ReplyDeletePeaceful start and by chapter 3 she's fighting aliens.
DeleteWell that's a beautiful moment, very peaceful, and should - as you say - heighten the intensity of the difficulties ahead for her. Well done snippet.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I hope it works.
DeleteLovely start, Aurora. I just know it won't last, but it is a gorgeous, gentle interlude.
ReplyDeleteGood! It does return at the end.
DeleteSweet scene, but will it last. :)
ReplyDeleteOf course not! My stories are full of action.
DeleteLovely opening, with just a hint that Athanor is missing.
ReplyDeleteIt will become more than a hint soon.
DeleteLovely scene, so sweet--brings back memories of rocking my own children and grandchildren. Emotionally touching. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteAw, this is sweet. I need these kinds of bedtime assistants.
ReplyDeleteWe had a cat like Rascal.
DeleteThis is a lovely, tender moment.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI love the descriptions in your snippets!
ReplyDeleteOh good!
DeleteThat's such a nice little family to put this baby to sleep. It sounds very sweet, quiet and comfortable.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it is.
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