WeWriWa 10/28/18 & 11/04/18

I’m so sorry I’m not going to get a new snippet posted tonight (11/04).  I have a few paragraphs, literally, to finish this draft.  Wooooooo, me!  I got through ‘that scene’, and it was exhausting, but I did it.  I’m off to get this wrapped up so I can sent it off to editors and get some words down on Tau Scorpii.

 

WeWriWa time again!  Check out the blog, check out Snippet Sunday, and leave a few words of encouragement for the authors.  Some days, we really need it.  (PS – I’ve been missing leaving comments, I’m a bad person.  A busy person.  I swear to do better this week.)

I honestly almost missed this one.  I’m writing ‘that scene’.  GRRM makes it look easy.  Not so much for me.  I’ve know these people, errr, characters for a lot of years.  A lot.  Like, 20.  So wrapping up this story arc is bittersweet.  I think next week, we’ll be back to Tau Scorpii on a regular basis, for a few weeks.

The Wildblood Series

A Post-Apocalyptic Action Adventure

No one remembers what started the war, the big one. Civilization stopped, and what came next was fueled by rage and fear.

Twenty years on, a tiny refuge, a place called The Vista, may be one of the last vestiges of humanity. Isolated, guarded, and hiding a dark secret, the people have survived World War Last, and they are content with that. Their children, however, are not. The search for others will send them out into a world they know nothing about, where the line between enemy and ally is blurred.

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This is back towards the beginning of Bloodlines.  For my female MC, one relationship is ending, as another begins.  Their personal problems have become secondary to the problem of survival in the new world they’ve discovered beyond Montana.  Still, nothing is easy.  Mac and Shan are trying to have a few moments of privacy.  It never happens like they’d hoped.

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“Come visit me, Shan,” a simple statement, with a lack of complications.

“You know I will.”

Mac passed a bottle, and belched loudly. “You’re going to be bored in Dispatch,” he predicted.

“Bored isn’t so bad, I have books,” she said, hoping for something profound, and coming up short.

“When we have radio duty together, call me up and I’ll play for you.” Mac was good with a guitar. It relaxed him, it relaxed her, too.

“It’s a date.”

“You two have scintillating f***ing conversations,” Taylor, chimed in, thinking they might have forgotten about their open mics.

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That’s it, thanks for reading.  I expect to be releasing a box set of the 3 novels after the first of the year.  There’s also a good chance I’ll be moving, and writing on a full-time basis rather than this hit and miss schedule I have now.  Here’s a promo for you, in case you thought I’d forgotten that!  Ha!

WeWriWa 10/21/18

WeWriWa – check it out.  There’s a great group of authors sharing their snippets and insights into the writing process.  Be afraid!  And Snippet Sunday on Facebook is awesome, too, stop on by.

Blurb – Tau Scorpii

When Taryn rescues another human from a marauding band of Caeruleum, she is reunited with clansmen long believed dead. It puts her at odds with their new chieftan, as well as her own partner, a powerful privateer. They discover, they have a more imminent problem, and must unite to survive.

The weather is changing. They’ll have to fight other species for control as migrations begin, food becomes scarce, and border wars erupt across the territories. Humans are no longer at the top of the food chain.

Tau Scorpii A, a massive red giant star in a binary cluster with Tau Scorpii B, a yellow dwarf. The solar system is populated by more than thirty planets, at least one habitable. Called Sedna by the SolTerrans that live there, named for a planet in their ancestral system. The desert is a dangerous place for alien species – and on Sedna, they’re all alien species.

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I hate to reuse a snippet, but I’m writing ‘The Scene’ in Bloodlines, and things have been pretty hectic here this week.  Everything is ok, just crazy busy.   So, I leave you with my favorite scene in Tau Scorpii (so far).  It’s on deck now, due out early next year.  Take a peek.

 Taryn and Skye knew each other when she was a child and he was a warrior in her clan, but than was quite a few years ago.  Things have changed, and they’re both coming to terms with that.  It’s not going to be easy, or simple for them, that’s not how my characters go.  Skye feels guilt over events of the past.  Taryn has other feelings, about current events.

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  “Say that again,” he challenged, cutting in front of her to make her stop, leaning close to make it private.

  She didn’t waver,“Let it go, there’s nothing you can do to change it.” Then she fiddled with the collar of his dusty jacket, pretending to brush it off. Neither of them even blinked. Taryn pulled him forward and kissed him, brushing her lips over his for a few lingering moments. “I know you were a good man, show me who you are now.”

  “You might not like who I am now.”

  “I was going to say the same thing. I’m not your princess,” Taryn used a childhood fairy tale to make her point.

  Skye had been read the same stories when he was young, “I’m not your knight in shining armor.”

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  Yep, they have issues.  Pretty soon, those are going to multiple, but that’s how it goes, right?  Up next, the weekly batch of promos.

Backlash is currently free!

 

You can find the rest of the series here, and other retailers for Backlash as well.

 

 

 

And a preview of Tau Scorpii Book 1.

WeWriWa 10/14/18

Time again for a sneak peek at a WIP – this week is Bloodlines: Book 3 of The Wildblood.  But first – check out the WeWriWa blog for more authors sharing their work, and Snippet Sunday.

The Wildblood Series

A Post-Apocalyptic Action Adventure

No one remembers what started the war, the big one. Civilization stopped, and what came next was fueled by rage and fear.

Twenty years on, a tiny refuge, a place called The Vista, may be one of the last vestiges of humanity. Isolated, guarded, and hiding a dark secret, the people have survived World War Last, and they are content with that. Their children, however, are not. The search for others will send them out into a world they know nothing about, where the line between enemy and ally is blurred.

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Alrighty then.  Getting towards the end of this story arc, things are heating up.  This is an encounter between Shannon and Harlan, who really need to be allies, but have many issues to overcome first.  He knows how different the Altered are; she doesn’t trust anyone beyond her teammates.

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“You tell people Kaden is your son, and they naturally think, biological,” she started off thoughtfully.  “That’s what you want because people don’t know the semantics of the Altered, hell, I don’t. You let them think it, though, they don’t associate one with the other; the Altered didn’t come from families, they came from corporate laboratories.  As long as they believe that, you think you can worry a little less about him.”

“Easy enough to figure out.”

“When you meet new people, the first thought in your mind isn’t one of trust; usually, you wonder if you’ll have to kill any of them, and then you single out who is in charge.  Just in case.”

Harlan didn’t have an immediate answer, she’d read him, like Kaden warned she could. One of his darkest fears, too, and that worried him – their first encounter beyond The Vista had been with Rafe, and it warped their views.

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I’ve had Backlash free for a month now, I hope to see some sales start popping up from it.  And reviews are always welcomed!  Promos, of course.  Next week could be some Tau Scorpii!  Please Stand By

 

WeWriWa 10/07/18

If you enjoy snippets, please check out WeWriWa & Snippet Sunday.  I’ve found a great selection of books to keep me entertained.

The Wildblood Series

A Post-Apocalyptic Action Adventure

  No one remembers what started the war, the big one. Civilization stopped, and what came next was fueled by rage and fear.

  Twenty years on, a tiny refuge, a place called The Vista, may be one of the last vestiges of humanity. Isolated, guarded, and hiding a dark secret, the people have survived World War Last, and they are content with that. Their children, however, are not. The search for others will send them out into a world they know nothing about, where the line between enemy and ally is blurred.

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Something a little lighter this week.  Everyone is taking a day off, trying to relax.  Green is the subject of current gossip, mostly because he’s not there to defend himself.  Depending on how Bloodlines goes, and depending on my muses, of course, there could be standalone books from The Wildblood world.  Green would be the first,

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“I’ve seen her beat up Green, and he’s the one that taught her to fight,” Mitch went on.

“Maybe he won’t hit a woman,” Cassie offered.

“Sure he will,” Shan said. “He’s hit me, hell, he’s knocked me down half a dozen times until I kept my hands up, and stopped giving him a tell when I was about to take a swing.”

“Full-on punches, or this play stuff?” Cassie wondered.

“Green has no problem, male or female, if he’s training you.”  She dodged away from Chris – he’d already decided he wasn’t hitting her, no way, no how.

“You give as good as you get, if I remember,” Mitch said.

“Yeah, now, besides, he likes it when I smack him.”

Chris dropped his hands, “Come on, information I don’t need to hear.”

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Alrighty then.  Remember, Christmas is coming, books are excellent gifts!  Here are mine.  Backlash is free until November.  Click the pic!