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.
How are you coping with
COVID19? We’re staying at home as much as possible, but the state is reopening.
I had hoped for a quiet summer, but we’ve had a surge of online meetings to
discuss how to reopen the university safely and how to run classes in the fall.
It’s impossible to keep recommended social distancing in a full classroom, so
we’ll probably have a hybrid model - online with limited in person teaching.
The good news: face masks
work. The bad news: no end is in sight. Stay safe!
Okay, let’s move on to
my story. I’m running a couple of months behind for writing Cosmic Lock. Thanks
for your comments last week. I’ve rewritten the conversation that appeared disjointed.
In real life, people don’t always answer questions, however, in fiction, readers
expect greater continuity.
At the
beginning of Cosmic Lock, 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. Athanor
has teleported to the nearby town to deal with the outcome of the attack. Note,
Violet can see what’s happening through a special amethyst he wears.
You can read last week’s
snippet at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2020/05/help-from-space-corps-snippet-from.html
The final
sentence was: A shuttle
rested in front of the large frame of a newly erected portal.
Now, you’ll meet
another Grand Master with mythological precedents. This story in unedited and I
appreciate your comments.
The rotund figure of Grand Master
Hanuman Pashtari plodded into view. His resonant voice boomed, “Griffin, is
your family safe?”
“By Tyche’s grace, they are safe.”
“Indeed, I am delighted by your
news. If this masquerade is over, I’ll pop in to have tea with the White
Mother.”
“Tingu will be unable to offer
you a cup of tea today. Her cottage was burned to a shell by the raiders. She is
safe and will be a guest in my castle until we can rebuild her home.”
“A regrettable loss. We must,
however, be thankful the White Mother is alive…”
End of 10 sentences and short continuation.
Interrupting Hanuman’s flow of
eloquence, Athanor said, “Will you assist me in hunting for the Ixioth
mothership?”
The white-robed Grand Master
bowed, “I am at your service, Griffin.”
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.
Best Deal - First time in over 2 years - 99c
for Grand Master’s Trilogy
Epic SciFi / Fantasy Adventure and Romance -
Three Volumes in One.
Spin through the galaxy, meeting exotic aliens,
as young empath Violet hunts the secrets of the Grand Masters and finds a
perilous love.
As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
Please
return to http://wewriwa.blogspot.com/
to sample the works of the other writers.
Find a catalog of my published stories HERE.
Yes, things can be rebuilt, but life cannot be brought back once it's snuffed out.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely.
DeleteQuite visual snippet. I can see the other Grand Master.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sale. Just bought the first three on Amazon.
I've worked straight through the lockdown, so in a weird way, my life has remained pretty static. I missed my kids and grandkids terribly, but have recently seen them once since our restrictions are lessening a bit.
I'd just gotten used to the empty highways, and now it's weird having all the traffic back again.
Next week we move to the least restrictive stage. Restaurants will be allowed to open for dine-in with a lessened capacity. The Governor has asked (not required) that people still wear masks in public places and continue to social distance.
You certainly have challenges ahead of you, figuring out how to manage distancing and teaching a class full of students.
Yes. Plus dealing with budget cuts, which is likely true for most people.
DeleteCharmaine Gordon May 31, 2020 at 8:15 AM
ReplyDeleteInteresting snippet, my friend. Life is making eveything upside down. Pray life will finally smooth over.
Yes indeed.
DeleteWonderful visuals. Enjoyed your snippet
ReplyDeleteI feel that a little payback is on the cards here ...
ReplyDeletePrecisely.
DeleteHanuman seems a bit out of touch with current events but willing to help at least. I enjoyed the excerpt, very stately conversation with all the excitement that's going on around them in the story.
ReplyDeleteHanuman is a Buddha-like Grand Master.
DeleteI like the formal way he speaks. I feel the line "If this masquerade is over, I’ll pop in to have tea with the White Mother" is how I feel about life right now!
ReplyDeleteMy contract is on pause until I am allowed to work in the office again. I'm keeping busy with trying to finish forgotten writing projects which is great... but there's a part of me that wants to have some semblance of my life (outside) back. The concept of "to go and have tea with (anyone)" again reminds me of a normalcy I haven't had since march.
I agree - a semblance of normal life would be great.
DeleteTeaching is definitely different in a Covid-world. We're still trying to sort things out for the remainder of this semester, let alone how we're going to handle things come fall. We can all at least keep ourselves distracted with good fiction, right? Great snippet! :)
ReplyDeleteTrue. We're in the summer semester when I don't teach. But, I've certainly been reading more novels for distraction.
DeleteHanuman Pashtari has an interesting non-reaction to the news about Tingu's cottage being burned down. He doesn't ask when, or if it was intentional or accidental, or where she's staying.
ReplyDeleteHe knows about the attacks and Athanor told him that Tingu would be staying in his castle.
DeleteI like that the new grand master is trying to help.
ReplyDeleteHe was asked to help - the arrangement was made in the previous book.
DeleteIt's great that Hanuman is willing to help. Great imagery.
ReplyDeleteAthanor had arranged for the Grand Masters to be on alert to help with attacks.
DeleteHopefully they'll take care of the mothership and not the other way around.
ReplyDeleteMaybe!
DeleteInteresting snippet, I liked the descriptions.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
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