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Descent update and other life events

Descent update and other life events #amwriting #amediting #MondayBlogs

One tired editorial assistant! I’m approaching the midpoint in initial Descent edits, which is massively behind where I’d envisioned I would be in April. I’ve been under a lot of stress in my professional life as I looked to transition from one career to a new one. Pair that with a nasty upper respiratory infection, and you’ve got a recipe for disaster. In particular, the “is the new job going…

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Into the Heritage Verse: B is for Brek

The A to Z challenge continues with Into the Heritage Verse: B is for Brek. #MondayBlogs #amwriting

She relinquished her grip, recoiling from the creature’s pinched and pulled face filled with sharp teeth that poked out at odd angles [. . .] Their faces (were) somewhat narrow with furrows around their jaws, flat noses. A large amount of body hair. — Heritage Lost, page 27-28

This mammalian species offers brute force to the Magistrate as one part of its elite special forces. Breks were…

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Into The Heritage Verse: A is Agoranomi

I'm starting an A to Z challenge on my blog, highlight different aspects of my scifi series. Into The Heritage Verse: A is Agoranomi #MondayBlogs #amwriting

In Heritage Lost, one member of the Oneiroi’s Agoranomi–Kyros Anagnos–is introduced. The Oneiroi, who will be receiving their own entry once we reach “O,” are based loosely off Greek mythology, and so the Agoranomi also have their roots in Greece.  They were namely magistrates of the market where they maintained order and policy. Among their duties, they settled disputes, examined of the quality…

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Meet Heritage Lost's Cast: Mina

Meet Heritage Lost's Cast: Mina #amwriting #characteraesthetic

Mina’s aesthetic (pictures from PixaBay)

Mina, 16, may or may not have been named after a popular Reznic singer — she’ll never tell (think of the embarrassing band your parents adore). Truthfully, she won’t say much about her early life before she came into Katya’s orbit. Her parents are a topic strictly off the table.

Having been born on the highly populated and industrialized planet Reznic, she…

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Heritage Verse: The Promise Part VI

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V

Part VI (Currently Reading)

A knowing grimness settled on those remaining, all raid veterans. Katya once more positioned herself at their front, clearing each room and corner along the way. A cluster of bags had been settled in the main artery leading to the hangar. Had to belong to the traffickers. Though Katya also feared another dirty bomb could lurk…

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Heritage Verse: The Promise Part V

Heritage Verse: The Promise Part V is live. #shortstory #amreading #amwritingscifi #amreadingscifi

Previously: While waiting for an Oneiroi team to break through their prisoners’ minds and ascertain Serva’s next move, Valens informed Katya of his poor prognosis.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

Part V (Currently Reading)

The next morning, Valens’s movement beneath her brought Katya to full alertness as he extracted his arm. “Did the call come in?”

He chuckled. “I’ll alert you the moment I…

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Heritage Verse: The Promise Part IV

And the story continues this #MondayBlogs. Just two more parts to go! #amreading #scifi #shortstory Heritage Verse: The Promise Part IV

Last time: Katya meets Mina and brings her home.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV (Currently reading)

Negative. The lipstick’s results came with relief the next evening, though Katya thought Mina viewed them more with trepidation, perhaps afraid she’d be turned out with the removal of impending danger. Katya made no mention of it, allowing the girl to continue what she’d mentally termed “the…

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Heritage Verse: The Promise Part III

Heritage Verse: The Promise continues with Part III. It's a day late, but I'd received bad news on Sunday and it left me in a state of shock. #amwritingscifi #shortstory #amreading #writingcommunity

Katya and her team are roused to follow a lead on traffickers.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three (Currently reading)

In rapid succession, Katya led her team via tram to rendezvous with Captain Ragonius’s Cervum Squadron; the tracks carried them in a closed-off tube into the depths of Reznic. Far darker, she mused upon their departure of the tram. Crumbling buildings. The population of rats and feral…

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