I didn’t
have to wait long. Just before his fingers brushed my chin, I tossed the kopis
in the direction I wanted to go. I followed it by diving to the left side,
rolling on the hard concrete floor of the warehouse. My hand curled around the
hilt of the sword. I came up to a crouch and pivoted on my knee. I twisted and
slashed. The blade sliced through the tough skin of the Heritor’s leg, right
behind his knee.
He roared in pain,
his left leg crumpling. I moved to a kneeling position and plunged the sword into
his side, just under his ribs. I was careful not to slice any major organs. For the record– and I should have explained this in the snippet– Derek threw his sword so he wouldn't cut himself somersaulting. I hate seeing that in movies. You're rolling around on the ground with a knife. You're going to get cut by accident! Anyway, I'll keep this chapter going for a little while, AKA until I have the cover art for Dark Divinity. And speaking of Cursed...
I'm really excited to announce that One Book Two, a new reviewing website, has not only given Demon's Daughter a great review, but they chose my book to be featured in their first ever giveaway!
I'm super thrilled and honored to be part of this. I'm not just happy that my book will get more notice and hopefully more readers, but I couldn't say no to One Book Two's reviewing team. Warriors, I highly recommend them. They've got a bit of a waiting list, but the reviews are professional, thorough, creative, and they are exceptionally nice people. Definitely consider working with them if you want a detailed review.
Also, I won't be posting Sunday snippets for the next couple weeks... Because I'm going on vacation to Europe!! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am. The destinations (London, Paris, Athens, Santorini) are places I've wanted to see for years. I've wanted to see the Acropolis and Parthenon since I was about thirteen years old, so this is a huge dream come true for me. I'll still be writing on my vacation (It's honestly to the point where I don't know how to stop and never want to), but I'm expecting to be swept up by the beauty of these other countries. So I hope you enjoy the snippet, take part in the reviews/contest, and have a great week!
Amy
Derek clearly knows what he's doing, with the careful slicing and dicing. People rolling around with sharp things bugs me too. But then, you do uncommonly great realistic fight scenes. :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a great time on your trip! I'm so jealous- Athens is at the top of my bucket list. I'm sure it'll be marvelous.
Aw, thank you! I'm sure I'll post some photos on my blog when I come back and there will be tons on my Instagram page. ;)
DeleteA careful swordsman!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful vacation in Europe!
Thank you!
DeleteIt also makes for a cool combat maneuver. But does she need to harvest the Heritor's organs?
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to see what he'll be up to when I get back! ;)
DeleteHave a terrific vacation! Appreciated the realistic touches of the fight scene and of course now want to know why she was so careful about the major organs. Great snippet!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI got a kick out of the way you used a pet peeve to make your writing better. Congrats on the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks! :D
DeleteYour action writing is incredible! I can see the moves, but the actual description in no way slow down the scene.
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on the book selection! Yay for you!
Thank you so much!
DeleteThat went south quickly! I wonder if he got any 'minor' organs, there's not too much space in the torso with nothing important in it.
ReplyDeleteThis is true. ;)
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