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The Blood Witch Easter Preview Release Drive - April 1
11 years ago
Announcing a special holiday treat!
Every day from now until Easter Sunday I will be posting an excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Blood Witch, right up until April 18, when I will be releasing a preview version of the first few chapters of the work (which won't include some of the excerpts I will be posting; some of those occur much later in the book). After that, I may consider releasing additional pieces of following chapters one by one every week until a certain predetermined chapter limit is reached (so I don't just give the entire book away for free), but only if demand is so high that folks are scrambling for it.
But more than simply sharing a taste of things to come, I encourage all my readers and fans to retweet the excerpts - or at least, a link back to the journal containing the excerpt - and/or to repost them on Facebook, Myspace, Livejournal, blogs, FA and DA journal notes, writing and reading enthusiast forums... anyplace you can get a foothold in. Just spread the word. Together, let's get the hype out there before it even ever goes to print.
And more to the point, let's get eyeballs on my page and drive some interest in my work. =)
They say it's the golden age of social media, so let's take this thing and make it trend. I've never gotten around to making a Twitter account myself - and I tend to avoid Facebook and Myspace - but I know many of you do, and your help would be so greatly appreciated. Together, let's make this thing a hit before it's even ever released.
Well... assuming it's worthy, anyway.
But enough modesty... on to today's part of the story:
Shaking her head in disbelief, she then looks away and buries her head again into her knees, frightened eyes clenching shut as she denies the truth. “No... no...”
But the imp only cackles at her, taking a perverse amusement in her terror as the tiny voice laughs, “Oh, you mortals... so quick to make denials.”
She peers up at him, but says nothing for a time, instead observing him chuckle from deep in his chest... his devilish sneer taunting her fear. As she watches him, however, she finds herself curious as to his role; if he's a torturer, he's awfully small for the role... and if anything, he appears to be more a trickster than an overlord.
And what's more, he seems to speak her language... but his grasp of the Sanakam tongue seems rudimentary; he speaks it with a thick accent. Has he met more of her people, she wonders... or is it just some trick of demon magic? Blinking for a moment as she steadies herself, she then lifts her head slightly to ask of him, “So, what are you? My guide?”
“A guide?” he asks with bemusement, then cackles again, rocking on his haunches as he throws his head to the sky, eyes momentarily shutting as he laughs at her ignorance. After a moment of this, he then shakes his head and looks at her again, saying, “There are no guides here...”
He pauses, waiting as he emphasizes his next words... the grin on his face fading away as dark memories seem to grip him. “...Only pain and misery.”
Observing the sudden change in his demeanor, she then determines never to let herself fall under such a fate, and takes a deep breath before standing, the tuft of her tail flipping over her crotch and her arms wrapping about her chest to conceal her breasts; looking, too, to provide herself a bit of warmth as she finds herself suddenly aware of the intense, frigid cold here, contrasting vividly with the roiling flames of the lake of fire behind herself. Facing him fully, she stands tall and proud, lifting her head up and letting her tattoos pulsate as she tests her power... it still works here. “You can keep the misery... I am the Blood Witch. I bow to no one.”
The sneer returns slowly to his face as he regards her foolishness... no one – but no one – fails to succumb here... but she will learn that on her own. “Then you'd better start running... there are things here worse than any evil you can imagine.”
The Blood Witch is copyright © 2014 KL Sanchez. Second revision, 2014.
Content of released previews & excerpts is subject to change in future and final release versions.
Preview Series:
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
April 19
The Blood Witch Preview Release.
Every day from now until Easter Sunday I will be posting an excerpt from my upcoming novel, The Blood Witch, right up until April 18, when I will be releasing a preview version of the first few chapters of the work (which won't include some of the excerpts I will be posting; some of those occur much later in the book). After that, I may consider releasing additional pieces of following chapters one by one every week until a certain predetermined chapter limit is reached (so I don't just give the entire book away for free), but only if demand is so high that folks are scrambling for it.
But more than simply sharing a taste of things to come, I encourage all my readers and fans to retweet the excerpts - or at least, a link back to the journal containing the excerpt - and/or to repost them on Facebook, Myspace, Livejournal, blogs, FA and DA journal notes, writing and reading enthusiast forums... anyplace you can get a foothold in. Just spread the word. Together, let's get the hype out there before it even ever goes to print.
And more to the point, let's get eyeballs on my page and drive some interest in my work. =)
They say it's the golden age of social media, so let's take this thing and make it trend. I've never gotten around to making a Twitter account myself - and I tend to avoid Facebook and Myspace - but I know many of you do, and your help would be so greatly appreciated. Together, let's make this thing a hit before it's even ever released.
Well... assuming it's worthy, anyway.
But enough modesty... on to today's part of the story:
Shaking her head in disbelief, she then looks away and buries her head again into her knees, frightened eyes clenching shut as she denies the truth. “No... no...”
But the imp only cackles at her, taking a perverse amusement in her terror as the tiny voice laughs, “Oh, you mortals... so quick to make denials.”
She peers up at him, but says nothing for a time, instead observing him chuckle from deep in his chest... his devilish sneer taunting her fear. As she watches him, however, she finds herself curious as to his role; if he's a torturer, he's awfully small for the role... and if anything, he appears to be more a trickster than an overlord.
And what's more, he seems to speak her language... but his grasp of the Sanakam tongue seems rudimentary; he speaks it with a thick accent. Has he met more of her people, she wonders... or is it just some trick of demon magic? Blinking for a moment as she steadies herself, she then lifts her head slightly to ask of him, “So, what are you? My guide?”
“A guide?” he asks with bemusement, then cackles again, rocking on his haunches as he throws his head to the sky, eyes momentarily shutting as he laughs at her ignorance. After a moment of this, he then shakes his head and looks at her again, saying, “There are no guides here...”
He pauses, waiting as he emphasizes his next words... the grin on his face fading away as dark memories seem to grip him. “...Only pain and misery.”
Observing the sudden change in his demeanor, she then determines never to let herself fall under such a fate, and takes a deep breath before standing, the tuft of her tail flipping over her crotch and her arms wrapping about her chest to conceal her breasts; looking, too, to provide herself a bit of warmth as she finds herself suddenly aware of the intense, frigid cold here, contrasting vividly with the roiling flames of the lake of fire behind herself. Facing him fully, she stands tall and proud, lifting her head up and letting her tattoos pulsate as she tests her power... it still works here. “You can keep the misery... I am the Blood Witch. I bow to no one.”
The sneer returns slowly to his face as he regards her foolishness... no one – but no one – fails to succumb here... but she will learn that on her own. “Then you'd better start running... there are things here worse than any evil you can imagine.”
The Blood Witch is copyright © 2014 KL Sanchez. Second revision, 2014.
Content of released previews & excerpts is subject to change in future and final release versions.
Preview Series:
April 1
April 2
April 3
April 4
April 5
April 6
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13
April 14
April 15
April 16
April 17
April 18
April 19
The Blood Witch Preview Release.
