Monday, June 29, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
WIP Wednesday – Clan Beginnings: Clan and Crown
Egilka
yanked his arm free of the prince’s grip. His fists clenched, he shouted, “You
stupid child! You nearly got noosed out
there. Do you think anyone of those
people around us would have stopped it? Those
Tragooms would have dragged your ass back to their Bi’isil master and the rest
would have cheered the entertainment.”
Clajak
had the nerve to look as if Egilka had disappointed him. His tone was every bit
as chastising as the Imdiko’s. “At least I could have claimed to have had some
fun before it all ended. Life is more
than just duty and promises, Egilka. Do you really think your sister wanted you
to lock yourself away from life in her memory?”
Egilka
inhaled sharply. “You shut your mouth about her!”
“Why?
If Cyrt loved you half as much as you loved her, she’d be beating you over the
head right now, trying to knock some sense into you. She’d want you to live,
damn it!”
“I am
living!”
“No
you’re not. You don’t even know the meaning of the word.” Clajak flicked his
hand at Egilka dismissively.
The
Imdiko wished he had the strength and skill to whip the man. “So tell me, oh
great sage of Kalquor. What does living mean? Fucking all the time? Goofing
off? Running away from your duty?”
Clajak’s
expression hardened. “Sometimes.
Sometimes it means daring to come out from behind your lab and delaying
doing what your elders tell you to do.
Even if I did end up a slave on Bi’is, that wouldn’t end Kalquor. Being a prince doesn’t make me that much
different from you in that regard.”
Egilka
had heard enough. It was obvious that Clajak didn’t care he’d brushed up
against certain doom only minutes ago. The Imdiko couldn’t figure him out or
how to make him behave like the royalty he’d been born to.
All at once,
Egilka didn’t want to be anywhere around Clajak. Ever. It wasn’t worth the hurt
that had sprung up unbidden and unexpected in his heart.
He made
his own dismissive gesture. “Fuck you. You want to see me turn my back on duty?
Fine. I’m going home and seeing if our contract can be dissolved. I don’t want
you for a Dramok.”
He
turned away, refusing to believe he’d seen Clajak’s expression turn devastated.
It hadn’t. All Clajak cared about was himself. His thoughts seething, Egilka
headed back the way he’d come in, pressing against the wildly hopping
Dantovonian bodies.
Releasing mid-December 2015
Monday, June 22, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
WIP Wednesday – Clan Beginnings: Clan and Crown
Evil
premonition filled Egilka’s gut. He looked in the direction the Tragooms were
heading. Sure enough, he caught sight of a familiar steel-haired covered head.
It was Clajak, standing in front of the performing Duhi, a big appreciative
smile lighting his face. He had no idea doom was coming on him fast.
Egilka
shoved his way through the crowd, panic making his heart hammer. The congestion
closest to the stage thickened, held him back. There was no way he’d get to the
prince before the Tragooms slipped the noose around the Dramok’s neck.
A
battle-trained Kalquorian could take on several Tragooms in hand-to-hand
combat. Egilka was not battle-trained. He was a research scientist, an Imdiko
who had taken only a few fighting classes with mostly self-defense in mind.
Egilka would be no match for the pair of aliens that towered over him, each
weighing twice as much as him.
His
frantic brain could think of only one thing to do. He pulled the needle with
its vial of sedative from his pouch, the one he’d intended on using on Clajak.
Egilka had no idea if it would be potent enough to take out a Tragoom ... and
he could only dose one.
There
was no time to deliberate over his chances. The broad back of the Tragooms were
right in front of him now, rents in the hides they wore showing him the thick,
rock-like surface of their gray skin. There were only three places on a
Tragoom’s thick hide that were vulnerable to a stabbing attack. Egilka’s aim
would have to be accurate. A miss would probably get him killed.
Releasing mid-December 2015
Monday, June 15, 2015
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
WIP Wednesday – Clan Beginnings: Clan and Crown
He
found a hair tie too, and stomped into the bath facility to gather his long
hair in a ponytail. Staring at his irate visage in the mirror, he asked
himself, “Well, what did you expect? This is Clajak we’re dealing with. You
should have kept watch over him all night to be sure he didn’t skip out! Damn
it, how stupid am I going to look returning to Kalquor without him?”
The
fury ebbed a little, showing Egilka the welling hurt that pierced his anger.
Clajak’s confession of how he’d desired Egilka for years had sounded sincere.
That the prince had admitted pain over not being seen by Egilka as anything
more than a boy had touched the Imdiko. Then when Clajak had loved him with
such compassionate command, Egilka had allowed himself to hope their union
might be more than about duty. Last came that sweet sinking into the feeling of
security, of being with someone who would look out for him as much as he’d
return the favor.
All
along, Clajak had been plotting his escape, turning on the charm as Egilka had
seen him do to others so many times before.
“I’m an
idiot,” he told his reflection. “He’s a shit. I will kick his ass all over the
place for playing me, and then I’ll give him the ass kicking that I deserve for letting him play me. Maybe
then we’ll both learn our lessons.”
Releasing mid-December 2015
Monday, June 8, 2015
Saturday, June 6, 2015
June 2015 Update
Hi all. Happy summer! Here's what's happening with my writing:
Shalia’s Diary – The fight
heats up as Shalia battles for her and her unborn’s life against the infection
of the It.
Clan Beginnings: Clan and Crown—
The first draft is complete. It's another sizable book which sits in the
neighborhood of 125K words before edits. I am taking a break before beginning
edits to spend summer vacation with my son. Release date: mid-December.
Netherworld IV: Animal Attraction
and Brianna’s Clan – No change for
these two as I chose to concentrate exclusively on Clan Clajak’s story these
past few weeks.
Chronicles of Kalquor (working title of the television show): Nothing
new to report at this time. The pilot is still being developed as producer and
writer wrangle over the details. I think I have the overall story locked down
pretty well though ... while it is a departure from the books, I am trying to
make sure it will reflect what you and I would like to see on the small screen.
With summer break and working on books and the show, I am hard to reach
these days. Please be patient with me ... I have a lot on my plate. Meanwhile,
I hope you all have a wonderful summer filled with good health and good fun ...
and lots of good reading! Much love to you all.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
WIP Wednesday – Clan Beginnings: Clan and Crown
Sunlight streaming in through the faux-windows simulated by
a vid monitor brought Egilka out of pleasurable dreams of Clajak. He blinked at
his unfamiliar surroundings, his body automatically stretching to get his
circulation moving. A delightful soreness announced itself in many muscles, and
particularly his backside. It reminded him of the pleasures of the night
before, of the incorrigible but charming Dramok who had delivered them. The
same one who had filled his dreams speaking sweet words and looking at him with
a wondrous mixture of love and lust. Egilka’s cocks were throbbing with
anticipated bliss of more gratification.
The Imdiko rolled over, still balanced between memory and
dream, not yet noticing the cool absence of a bedmate. He was so sure he’d see
Clajak smiling at him or still drowsing in contented slumber that when the rest
of the mat proved empty, shock came like a brutal blow. Egilka shook his head
violently, unable to accept what his eyes told him.
Clajak was nowhere to be seen.
Releasing mid-December 2015
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