Aug 15

Snippet Time

Posted: under snippet, the writing life.
Tags: ,  August 15th, 2010

From Kings of the North

Location: Chaya, the Royal Ossuary.   POV: King Kieri Phelan

Situation:  Kieri’s become aware of something mysterious and troubling interfering with his attempt to bring elves and humans closer together.  He has visited the ossuary before,  and had some disturbing hints.   Now he’s there again…

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Jul 19

Celebratory Snippet

Posted: under Kings of the North, snippet.
Tags: , ,  July 19th, 2010

In honor of Amazon having it listed for pre-order, here’s another Kings of the North snippet.  This one introduces some new characters, all young.   Location:  Verrakai House in Vérella.  Dorrin has  squires, who have just arrived to begin their service with her.     They are leaving for the country the next day.    The squires are Beclan Mahieran (the king’s cousin and younger brother of Rothlin), Gwennothlin Marrakai ( younger sister of Juris Marrakai), and Daryan Serrostin (younger brother of Rolyan Serrostin)…all dukes’ offspring, in other words.

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May 18

Another Snippet from Kings

Posted: under Kings of the North, snippet, the writing life.
Tags: , , ,  May 18th, 2010

Another snippet from Kings of the North today.   This may be one I posted in an earlier draft last year, but as someone said, there are people new to the place who probably don’t want to hunt through the archives for everything I said back then.    As before, there may be mild spoilers incorporated, so if you’re spoiler-averse,  don’t read beyond the break.

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May 11

Snippet from Kings

Posted: under Contents, Kings of the North, snippet.
Tags: ,  May 11th, 2010

With thanks for your patience in the past week as I worked on the copy edits,  here’s a snippet (again, if you don’t want any spoilers at all, don’t read beyond the “read more” link.)    This is maybe 1/5 to 1/4 of the way through the book.

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May 03

Snippet from Kings

Posted: under snippet, the writing life.
Tags: , ,  May 3rd, 2010

Here’s a snippet from Kings of the North.   Location:  Vérella, the Verrakai city house.   Time:  Day after coronation of the young king.  Present:  Dorrin Duke Verrakai, the Marshal-General of Gird, the new Marshal-Judicar of Tsaia, another Marshal.

If you totally, absolutely, do not want any spoilers at all–including zero idea that something might happen after this of plot-significance–don’t read past the break.

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