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The Blood Witch Easter Preview Release Drive - April 16
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 20, 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:
“I'm fine,” she replies, her tone flat and distant as she looks out past him, her expression growing gradually taut and fierce as she watches the twins slowly being overwhelmed, falling back to avoid a fresh charge from the demon horde.
With sudden intensity she then steps beyond Rowan, gently pushing his hands away and leaving him standing dumbfounded, her ears lifting tall and rigid on her head as she walks forward... when she abruptly floats up into the air, hovering over the ground at knee height. As the battle rages on, she then thrusts one hand out to the twins and the other to Rowan, raising thick and impenetrable shields that shimmer and flash in the daylight, causing the twins to blink at them and glance up to Sina, noting the demons bouncing back from the shield as they reach it; repelled by a powerful force.
The horde then looks up to see her tattoos flash a brilliant blue – glinting harshly even in the daylight sun – an intensely drawn glower on her face as she regards them with scorn, hovering higher still into the air as she summons together a shield of her own to shroud her, arrows glancing from it as a rain of them fire up at her... the heads snapping off and bending impotently on its shell. The charging army comes to a slow stop as she gathers together power high overhead – somewhat stunned and confused, in varying degrees – when she abruptly throws her arms out towards them, snaking bolts of electricity snapping immediately forth from her fingers in twisted arcs; grabbing an increasing number of the devils one by one by the eyes until all of the nearly three hundred are in her grasp.
Convulsing and unable to move, they begin to fall on their knees as the power intensifies, the entire road now awash in a storm of unimaginable power – the light flashing so bright that Sina's friends have to squint against it – until she increases the power of it, forcing more energy into the snaking arcs. Collapsing finally onto their knees, the horde can only cry out in synchronous agony as she then pushes still more power into the spell, their bodies burning through to the bone until only ashes remain... hours of tortuous agony reduced to a mere handful of seconds.
The ashes smolder then for a moment longer... flashing finally in a series of smoke puffs as the magic dissipates, the air returning to normal; still and stunningly silent, though acrid with the scent of sulfur and burnt flesh.
Slowly she lowers herself back to the ground, her arms limp at her sides as she looks on the empty road ahead; silent and unmoving.
In the abrupt quiet, Rowan swallows, his pulse slowly calming as he gathers himself together, finally walking gingerly towards her as he begins to make sense of the awesome display of power he's just witnessed; an army of hundreds, reduced to ashes in only seconds.
And perhaps more stunningly, the intense anger he's just seen her wield against them.
Quietly approaching, he reaches a hand up towards her, but then stops, holding it in the air between them, afraid to touch her... at length muttering, “Sina...”
Finally turning to face him, regretful eyes meet his as she quietly states, “I never wanted to do that again...”
Returning her gaze with equal remorse – feeling guilty for having earlier demanded she use that power – he takes her gently up into his arms, briefly aware that his enhanced strength has slowly melted away as he comforts her, while Sina lays herself into his chest as her own arms reach up and gently hold his back. The road is again silent as they hold each other – the twins only gingerly approaching until they stand nearby – when Sina finally draws back from Rowan's embrace and steps aside, taking a deep breath to steady herself before speaking; her voice quiet but loud in the still air. “The captain was one of the demon's top aides... that's how he knew me.”
“The demon who tortured you?” Larenna keenly asks, nodding her head forward to her.
Without answering the question directly, she nevertheless acknowledges it, looking into Larenna's eyes to add, “He knows I'm here... and he's looking for me.”
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.
April 1
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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 20, 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:
“I'm fine,” she replies, her tone flat and distant as she looks out past him, her expression growing gradually taut and fierce as she watches the twins slowly being overwhelmed, falling back to avoid a fresh charge from the demon horde.
With sudden intensity she then steps beyond Rowan, gently pushing his hands away and leaving him standing dumbfounded, her ears lifting tall and rigid on her head as she walks forward... when she abruptly floats up into the air, hovering over the ground at knee height. As the battle rages on, she then thrusts one hand out to the twins and the other to Rowan, raising thick and impenetrable shields that shimmer and flash in the daylight, causing the twins to blink at them and glance up to Sina, noting the demons bouncing back from the shield as they reach it; repelled by a powerful force.
The horde then looks up to see her tattoos flash a brilliant blue – glinting harshly even in the daylight sun – an intensely drawn glower on her face as she regards them with scorn, hovering higher still into the air as she summons together a shield of her own to shroud her, arrows glancing from it as a rain of them fire up at her... the heads snapping off and bending impotently on its shell. The charging army comes to a slow stop as she gathers together power high overhead – somewhat stunned and confused, in varying degrees – when she abruptly throws her arms out towards them, snaking bolts of electricity snapping immediately forth from her fingers in twisted arcs; grabbing an increasing number of the devils one by one by the eyes until all of the nearly three hundred are in her grasp.
Convulsing and unable to move, they begin to fall on their knees as the power intensifies, the entire road now awash in a storm of unimaginable power – the light flashing so bright that Sina's friends have to squint against it – until she increases the power of it, forcing more energy into the snaking arcs. Collapsing finally onto their knees, the horde can only cry out in synchronous agony as she then pushes still more power into the spell, their bodies burning through to the bone until only ashes remain... hours of tortuous agony reduced to a mere handful of seconds.
The ashes smolder then for a moment longer... flashing finally in a series of smoke puffs as the magic dissipates, the air returning to normal; still and stunningly silent, though acrid with the scent of sulfur and burnt flesh.
Slowly she lowers herself back to the ground, her arms limp at her sides as she looks on the empty road ahead; silent and unmoving.
In the abrupt quiet, Rowan swallows, his pulse slowly calming as he gathers himself together, finally walking gingerly towards her as he begins to make sense of the awesome display of power he's just witnessed; an army of hundreds, reduced to ashes in only seconds.
And perhaps more stunningly, the intense anger he's just seen her wield against them.
Quietly approaching, he reaches a hand up towards her, but then stops, holding it in the air between them, afraid to touch her... at length muttering, “Sina...”
Finally turning to face him, regretful eyes meet his as she quietly states, “I never wanted to do that again...”
Returning her gaze with equal remorse – feeling guilty for having earlier demanded she use that power – he takes her gently up into his arms, briefly aware that his enhanced strength has slowly melted away as he comforts her, while Sina lays herself into his chest as her own arms reach up and gently hold his back. The road is again silent as they hold each other – the twins only gingerly approaching until they stand nearby – when Sina finally draws back from Rowan's embrace and steps aside, taking a deep breath to steady herself before speaking; her voice quiet but loud in the still air. “The captain was one of the demon's top aides... that's how he knew me.”
“The demon who tortured you?” Larenna keenly asks, nodding her head forward to her.
Without answering the question directly, she nevertheless acknowledges it, looking into Larenna's eyes to add, “He knows I'm here... and he's looking for me.”
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.
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.
