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.
I hope you are staying safe and calm in these troubled times.
I’m sorry for skipping a
couple of weeks again. Our various, non-writerly, tasks became too much.
Besides planning how to return to work safely, we have to assume more responsibility
for my 90-year old father-in-law, who has become slower and more fragile.
At the
beginning of my new story, Cosmic Lock, Violet and Athanor Griffin discovered their baby son was missing
after an attack on the planet of Avalon. They found him with Tingu in Master Stimon’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. Athanor
has just met their staunch ally, Grand Master Hanuman.
You can read my
previous snippet at https://auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2020/05/meet-hanuman-pashtari-snippet-from.html
It ended
with this sentence: The
white-robed Grand Master bowed, “I am at your service, Griffin.”
In the next snippet, I’ll
conclude this lengthy opening scene.
Relieved that Athanor had a
powerful companion for his search, Violet returned her attention to the interior
of the forge. Stimon had recovered from his trance and was showing his
apprentice the next batch of work. Clasping her white woolen shawl around her
thin chest, Tingu gazed abstractedly at the opposite slope of the volcanic
crater.
Little Varan tugged on her hair,
babbling, “Dada?”
“We’re going home,” Violet said.
“Dada will come later.”
After saying goodbye to Master
Stimon and his apprentice, Violet propped Varan on her hip, touched Tingu’s hand
and ported to the Griffin’s Eyrie.
They emerged
in the great room of the Griffins’ castle. Comfortable seats were arranged
around the big fireplace next to a marble statue of a griffin. On the opposite
wall, a large picture window showed a golden stripe of sunset under the
darkening sky.
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 before the listed date.
Last week at this special price of 99c for
Grand Master’s Trilogy
Epic SciFi / Fantasy Adventure and Romance
BookBub description: “A complete series
for fans of Star Wars: Empath Violet and rebellious Grand Master
Athanor battle the dark forces in the galaxy — and less successfully fight the
connection between them — in these thrilling science fiction adventures!”
As
always, I’ll be happy to reply to your comments.
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return to http://wewriwa.blogspot.com/
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Sounds like a much more comfortable setting than where they were.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's their home.
DeleteCharmaine Gordon says: June 20,2020 at 8"51 pm
ReplyDeleteAurora, I so enjoy reading your snippet. Thank You.
You are very welcome
Deletenice description of the scene.
ReplyDeleteIt seems they can relax for the moment. Great imagery.
ReplyDeleteWell, Violet can relax. Athanor is hunting for their enemy's mothership!
DeleteIs it too early to feel relief? I'm thinking yes.
ReplyDeleteYes. This is the first chapter and setting the stage for the conflict.
DeleteThat teleporting sure is handy! Hope your "return to work" planning goes well. We are in a similar state, although it's more like "partial return to the workplace" because the work itself never stopped, just went remote.
ReplyDeleteExactly to both your points.
DeleteWe've been working remotely, but hope to restart "wet lab" experiments.
Gorgeous details as always! Enjoyed the snippet...
ReplyDeleteThank you for the encouragement.
DeleteLoved the details, esp. the sunset. The room sure looks/feels more comfortable than where they were. Glad you're back. Sounds like you're going thru a difficult time. Hope everything works out.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's not so difficult, more everything happening at once.
DeleteGlad Varan is safe. I figured his parents would manage to rescue him, but it's good to see it happen. I don't like kids being in danger.
ReplyDeleteExactly. This is one of the themes in this story. They rescued a number of abducted children at the end of the previous book and they have to find homes for many orphaned children.
DeleteI enjoyed all those nice details.
ReplyDeleteThank you - it's my attempt to make the alien world seem realistic.
DeleteLovely details! Great snippet. Best of luck with returning to the workplace. Stay safe out there.
ReplyDeleteThanks. We haven't returned yet.
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