Saturday 20 February 2016

Sunday Snippet: “You expecting trouble from them?”

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Is it Sunday already? Seriously? Man, this week has flown by. It's been insanely hectic for me, since I've been editing, hosting an author spotlight, being featured myself, setting up and answering interviews and two more spotlights for Crimson Sky and Cursed, and plotting out two brand new series'. But, of course I have time to pick out some new sentences for Weekend Writing Warriors, the weekly blog hop where authors feature 8-10 sentences of their current work in progress, upcoming, or current release. Since I still have a lot of promotions going on for Crimson Sky, including a Goodreads giveaway, I figure I'll keep going with this one until at least the mid March. Rather than continue from last week, I'm going to choose a new scene (slightly edited to fit the sentence limit), where our heroes set out to interact with a group of people called the Junkers in hopes of finding new materials for Sawyer's ship. But Claire has dealt with the Junkers before, and isn't exactly looking forward to the endeavour...

The Junkers were isolated men and women who willingly lived aboveground. The attacks from The Storm had damaged their minds. The Junkers were erratic and twitchy, and I never liked dealing with them. The slightest provocation could startle them enough to put a knife in my back.

“Looks empty,” Sawyer commented from my side.

“They usually stay inside,” I explained, “even when they know Garnet’s people are coming. But we should get in and out quickly.”

He looked at me. “You expecting trouble from them?”

“No, but that lock wasn’t on the gate before.”

http://www.amazon.com/Crimson-Sky-Dark-Novel-ebook/dp/B019TQ0CT4


While most of my time is being taken up by the events I mentioned in the initial paragraph, I do have a lot more on the go. Midnight Sky is almost done its Beta edits (they've really helped, Ed!), and I only have about 1.5 more new story lines to write up before I can start the re-writes for my Areios Brothers series. I've said this before, but I know it's stronger this time now that I've eliminated extraneous characters and made certain things relevant when they weren't before. I'm also getting some more work done for my Agents of Limbo series, though I still have a few more details to work out in regard to the world, and I need to read over all my notes before I start playing around with ideas for scenes.

So things are definitely moving at a breakneck pace, but I think I'm keeping up. I definitely love the idea that I'll be starting another series again in the new future, especially since I'm thinking about giving traditional publishing a shot (Kaitlyn, if you're reading this, you rubbed off on me, damn it). Here's the plan: I'm not going to stop self-publishing, since I like the idea of having a steady writing schedule where I can control everything I do and take full responsibility. However, I want to make writing my full time career. Doing that successfully means getting a professional, semi-large publisher. I definitely think I need to go the hybrid route to write full time, since I don't make near enough to support myself independently yet. Besides, the goal is still to have books on shelves, so when people ask me if my books are in Chapters (the Canadian version of Barnes & Noble), I can say, "Yes! Yes they are!"

Anyway. That's my rant. I hope everyone enjoyed the snippet, which I'll likely continue for the next few weeks, and remembers to check out the other Weekend Writing Warriors blogs and authors. Warriors, if you're interested in being hosted on my blog for a spotlight or interview, feel free to email me at amybraunauthor (at) gmail (dot) com. I'm always happy to feature other indie authors. Hope everyone had a fun weekend– mine is on its way!

Amy

20 comments:

  1. Since I know how you like to do things, I have a strong suspicion this upcoming meeting with the Junkers won't go well, if it goes at all!

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    1. Oh, it'll go all right... That's all I'm gonna say. >:)

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  2. Even if she isn't expecting trouble, I'm sure she'll get it.

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    1. Oh yeah. Claire's always getting into trouble, whether she expects it or not. ;)

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  3. Well the Junkers certainly are an interesting bit of world building! Enjoyed the excerpt...

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    1. Thank you! I had a lot of fun writing them, that's for sure. :D

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  4. Ominous and creepy. Good luck with Crimson Sky sales.

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    1. Thank you! I have a few more promos and spotlights coming up that will hopefully help boost sales again. Self-publishing is definitely a rocky road.

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  5. Changes like that can spell something larger. I'd be wary, too, if I was her...

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    1. She's usually pretty careful, but she is traveling with a band of pirates right now, so anything could happen... ;)

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  6. Small changes can mean bigg things... Ominous. Good snippet, Amy!

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    1. Thank you! I'm excited to continue this snippet next week! :D

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  7. Life's more exciting with a little bit of unexpected trouble. Great snippet!

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  8. Interesting world you've created. There's been a change but what does it mean? Possibly trouble ahead. Can't wait to know more.

    Good luck with Crimson Sky. :)

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  9. I love the "erratic and twitchy" description of the Junkers, and ending with that lock on the gate was an ominous cliffhanger! Great snippet as always.

    ~Joyce Scarbrough

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    1. They were definitely a lot of fun to write. Thank you so much!

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  10. A touch creepy and also intriguing. Nice job with the worldbuilding, Amy! This reads like you're enjoying writing the story and that's always a good thing.

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    1. Oh, I loved it. I actually had moments where I just threw caution to the wind and let the story tell itself! Thank you so much for the comment!

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