Welcome to another Sunday
with Weekend Writing Warriors.
Meet writers in various genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their
stories.
This week, I’ll continue
posting snippets from my forthcoming release, Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the Grand
Masters’ Galaxy.
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.
Informal
Tag line: Even galaxy-trotting heroines
need a babysitter.
You
can read last week’s snippet here: http://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2017/05/pain-stabbed-snippet-from-cosmic-rift.html
The final line was: Had they heard Athanor or just picked up
on her alarm?
(I’ve
skipped a couple of lines and re-punctuated to fit.)
She couldn’t think clearly with the baby crying. Damping the
upsurge of her emotions, she picked up her son and soothed him with a song. Ten
minutes later, he quietened and she laid him back on the mattress. His quiet
breathing comforted her. The two fluffies curled against his small body. Only
the cat was still roused and angry, his tail whipping like an orange flag, he
stood on his hind legs and pawed at her thigh.
The pain had eased, but, something had changed.
Violet froze in sudden comprehension; Athanor had gone. What had
happened to their psychic link?
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
I
may skip some weekends toward the end of June and early July since I’ll be in
the UK visiting my family. If you would like a glimpse into some of my favorite
British places, read this story set in Oxford and Southeast England:
Gargoyle Hunt: 99c or FREE with Kindle Unlimited at Amazon (Discounted this week)
As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
Uh oh. A lost connection isn't good. There's a lot at stake here.
ReplyDeleteI hope I've built the tension.
DeleteThat doesn't sound like a good thing at all. You've definitely built the tension in this snippet!
ReplyDeleteMost of the story is her search for him.
DeleteThere's a lot going on her, what with her, the baby, the cat, and Athanor, yet you've managed to keep the action clear and easy to follow.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's easier than handling multiple voices in a conversation.
DeleteWell that's certainly a disturbing development. Can't wait to see what happens next - great snippet!
ReplyDeleteAll sorts of stuff. She'll travel to more than a dozen planets on her search.
DeleteExcellent snippet, Aurora. The loss of psychic link cannot be good. It is going to make it very hard to find him
ReplyDeleteIndeed - it takes most of the book!
DeleteGoing from bad to worse. I love the contrast between the peacefully sleeping baby, the uneasy cat and the real trouble brewing.
ReplyDeleteThanks - she will have this dilemma throughout the story.
DeleteOoh! That doesn't sound good!
ReplyDeleteNot at all!
DeleteNo wonder she's alarmed. This doesn't sound too good.
ReplyDeleteShe won't learn what really happened for a while.
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ReplyDeleteOoh a bit of a cliffhanger and definitely ramps up the tension.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you're going to be in the UK soon. I'm Welsh and was born, educated and spent most of my working life there, but am currently living in a small village in Bedfordshire - not a million miles from Oxford!
I'll be staying near Bristol and Exmoor.
Delete"Violet froze in sudden comprehension." Perfect--I feel her panic.
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing snippet. I still love your tagline best. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had to tie in the baby throughout much of the story.
DeleteWhat happened indeed! :D
ReplyDeleteIt's a long story, well - 75,000 words.
DeleteI'm curious to know why the link was severed.
ReplyDeleteSo is Violet.
DeleteIntriguing snippet!
ReplyDeleteGood!
DeleteUhoh. THat doesn't sound good.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't good.
DeleteThat doesn't sound good at all. How is she going to find him now? I wonder if it's some sort of magic breaking the link or something much much worse.
ReplyDeleteOh, it's bad. It taxes my imagination to find new ways of blocking their superpowers.
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