Welcome to another
Sunday with Weekend Writing Warriors.
Meet writers in various
genres and read 8-10 sentence snippets of their stories. Find a new author and
sample their work.
Sorry I’ve been absent
for a few weeks. Between the stress of online meetings and worries about COVID,
I didn’t even write for a while. Now, my creativity is reviving and I’ve added
a long section to my latest story Cosmic Lock. Also, the boxset of the first 3 books in this series was accepted for
a BookBub featured deal at the end of this month. Good publicity and certainly
inspired me to finish the story.
Here's the next snippet
from Cosmic Lock. At the beginning of the story, Violet and Athanor Griffin discovered
their baby son was missing after an attack on the planet of Avalon. They found
him in the Master Smith’s forge in the volcanic cone.
You can read the
previous snippet from 6 weeks ago at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2020/04/retaliation-snippet-from-cosmic-lock.html
Athanor spoke the final
sentence: “Now,
we must squash these obnoxious invaders.”
He has teleported to
the nearby town to deal with the attackers. Note, Violet can see what’s
happening through a special amethyst he wears. FERIE is the entity within the
volcano.
Spying through his amethyst,
Violet perceived the town square with the nearest interplanetary portal.
Charred timber and smashed bricks were strewn over the cobblestones. Were they
remnants of the attack or the result of FERIE’s defensive blasts? Armed Space
Corps troops strode through the wreckage of the houses.
Athanor stopped to speak to a
Space Corps officer, “Has the mothership been located?”
“What do you mean?” the officer
stared at him, assessing his questioner’s authority.
Impatient at the delay, the Grand
Master emitted a puff of azure psi, “Do you have a drone in orbit?”
Startled, the man stammered,
“Gr…Grand Master, we’ve been dousing the fires in the village, but, we’ve just
ported in the first shuttle.” He pointed to the opposite side of the square. A
shuttle rested in front of the large frame of a newly erected portal.
Draft Blurb
Grand Masters Violet and Athanor Griffin return
from beyond the Cosmic Rift with two shiploads of rescued children and escaped
slaves, but their enemies have not been idle in their absence. Avalon is in
flames and their little son is missing. Finding him may be the easiest problem
for the powerful couple. They must unite the fractious Grand Masters, stop the
bloodsucking Ixioths from enslaving sentients, and seal the Rift to prevent new
incursions of the vindictive Nulls. Can they overcome the challenges and secure
peace for the galaxy?
Cosmic Lock is on
pre-order at Amazon
I
hope to release it well before the listed date.
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alien spaceship Captain collide. What could possibly go wrong? Or go right?”
As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
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Sounds like they are very busy and still have a lot to do.
ReplyDeleteOh yes - this is only the first chapter in the book.
DeleteI notice he didn't answer about the mothership. That's not a good sign.
ReplyDeleteNo. Maybe he wasn't properly briefed.
DeleteI like the detail of that Amethyst. WIsh I had one. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're back, Aurora. I hoped everything was okay. This stress is reaching crazy levels, but glad you got your motivation back. Yay on the BookBub acceptance!
Thanks. When I go silent it usually means I'm too busy for social chitchat. Too many online meetings and a couple of family problems.
DeleteWell done, my friend. I hope you are back feeling well. Hugs from me to you.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm well.
DeleteHe doesn't seem to be getting his question answered too effectively, maybe the azure psi will help speed things along for him! Loved the snippet...
ReplyDeleteThe soldier's confused. But maybe I should tighten up that conversation.
DeleteI can well understand your distraction! Business as usual isn't . . . usual these days. Glad to have you back with this right for the throat scene!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm trying to adjust to the new normal.
DeleteWelcome back and congrats on the BookBub acceptance! I love the amethyst as a way she can see what he is doing.
ReplyDeleteThanks. They both wear different crystals for psychic communication. She has a necklace with two sapphires to match his azure aura.
DeleteThis officer doesn't sound too bright! And he didn't actually answer the question.
ReplyDeleteGive him a break. He's been dealing with a village in flames and terrified villagers. And actually Athanor only remembered about the motherships a few minutes earlier.
DeleteNext installment please. I really want to know what happens next.
ReplyDeleteGreat. I'll feed some more soon.
DeleteWelcome back, Aurora! You're definitely not alone feeling the stress of this crazy new world we're living in. Glad you've managed to revive your creativity. I'm definitely in the same boat and hoping I can make it last. :)
ReplyDeleteIt comes and goes.
DeleteThe amethyst is a great idea. Congrats on a well-written scene.
ReplyDeleteI think they had their hands full. Great scene.
ReplyDeleteThey do indeed. In this book, they have to find solutions to three big problems.
DeleteGlad you're back. I wondered what happened to the baby. You are not alone in being overwhelmed by COVID and all that entails. What a great deal you have with BookBub.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Yes, I'm glad to be easing back into the writing business.
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