Welcome to Weekend
Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday. Sample
the work of a new author. Read snippets of stories in different genres.
I’ve
taken a break from posting snippets for several months. During this interval, I
have slowly been writing the 6th book in my SciFi series, Taxyon Space. I
pursued new skills in making videos and AI-generated art. My husband and I also
spent three weeks in Hawaii, visiting three of the islands, Oahu, Big Island
and Kauai. You can see my pictures and videos on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Pintrest.
My
snippet is taken from the beginning of the story, Karrik, and shows the problems
faced by the protagonist. Karrik lost an arm and a leg in battle and survives
in a semi-comatose state. His older brothers made a sacrifice to arrange care
for him. Their stories are described in the earlier books, Alarik and Baswin. The brothers
are aliens, Warrish ‘mermen’, and the elite in their society despise physical
deformities.
Note, the story is still incomplete and has not yet been edited.
He lay
alone.
Memories
stirred in his fuzzy mind. They called him Karrik. Was Karrik his name? He
could not remember. His befuddled thoughts oozed as slowly as molasses in a
maze. Words emerged at random. Remembering terror and pain, he whimpered.
The
hammock rocked beneath his aching body.
People
came and went.
Ten sentences, and a
few more:
They wore
white robes and pleasant faces. They touched him with gentle hands.
Their
mouths opened.
He heard
sounds. Meaningless babble interspersed with a word he recognized.
One or
two at a time, people walked in and spoke to him. Their voices were as clear
and cheerful as if he were a baby.
He understood a few simple words. But often, the meaning floated into his mind long after the people had left the room.
I hope
you can appreciate why this story has been difficult to write. In addition to
Karrik’s slow recovery, I have to continue his brothers’ stories. The two
earlier books, Alarik
and Baswin, both end
with the brother and his favorite human woman traveling to the aliens’ planet.
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In
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compel her to marry a man of their choice. Her worst nightmare is suffering
under a cruel husband like the hateful jeweler, Henry Goldsmith, who has
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Audrey joins
a pilgrimage to Glastonbury to pray for guidance. The holy relics give her no
inspiration nor do her fellow travelers. On the homeward journey, she aids the
dying victim of a brutal robbery. She wins the stranger’s blessing and a gold
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Teen empath, Violet Hunter is vulnerable to the
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