Anyway, this morning I completed my latest Blood Moon story this morning and posted it here, though kind of blanked out for the rest of the morning. I caught a second wind for Obsidian Sky, and today I began the final airship battle scene. Because of course it needs one, that's why! It's not the final boss battle, but I think it will be pretty exciting. Not that our hero (you guessed it– Sawyer) seems to think so...
“Get
the cannons ready,” I said to Beck. “Primary fire will be on that big bastard.
If we encounter any skiffs, we use our other guns. Cannon fire is shit against
anything small.”
Beck
nodded, understanding. We had an advantage that the Hellions didn’t know about,
and that I hoped would save us if things went wrong.
When, Sawyer. When they
go wrong. You’re luck has never been that good.I've got a few more visuals that I want to add to the scene tomorrow, since my brain is starting to shut down and telling me it's time for bed. Hope you enjoyed the snippet, and remember to support the other WeWriWa authors by simply visiting their blog and leaving a comment on their work. Great stuff is out there, just waiting to be found!
Amy
Nice work: well-paced, exciting, and I love the inner dialogue! =D
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI guess it's hard to be optimistic at the beginning of EVERY big battle. Sounds like it will be noisy. :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, it will be. The enemy ship is a little absurd, but I kind of love the idea, which I got from Jennifer Estep's latest novel, SPIDER'S TRAP. :D
DeleteNot a good sign if he's anticipating bad luck.
ReplyDeleteSawyer's always anticipating something to go wrong. And for good reason, to be honest. He's not the luckiest sky-pirate in this world. ;)
DeleteYou're got great action dialogue. It makes the scene vibrate with energy. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteLove that last line "When, Sawyer. When they go wrong. You’re luck has never been that good.". It really sets up the hook and tension. Great job.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much!
DeleteExciting! "When" sounds ominous, but I'm hoping that ace in the hole they've got saves the day. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I haven't really gotten to that part yet, but there are a few ideas kicking around that sound like they'll be fun to test out. ;)
DeleteOh, come on, a little optimism helps! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha they could definitely use a ray of sunshine right about now. ;)
DeleteYou've got me wondering what advantage Sawyer refers to. Hope it works.
ReplyDeleteI empathize about getting the snippets up in time. Several of mine were either late or missed entirely before I started writing them and scheduling them to go live when I wanted. I already have a post scheduled for a September blog tour. Scheduling is great!
It's really the only way I can get things done haha. I have a To Do List with when I need to send things out or have them done by. I find it really helps once you get it going!
DeleteI loved the tone of the whole snippet and I'm dying to know what the advantage may be! Excellent excerpt, I'm intrigued.
ReplyDeleteThank you! To be honest I have to work on using said advantage a little more, but I've been a little caught up in another idea that Sawyer and his crew are putting to use that I keep forgetting about the initial idea! This story is going to be a challenge to edit. :S
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