We'll take it from here #8sunday #wewriwa #dystopian #paranormal #ya

Hello, WeWriWa followers! How are you doing this week?

I'm giving another snippet from Camp One this week. In this scene, Dolce, Courtland, and Mieran are meeting the three most powerful prisoners in the camp they are now a part of.

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“We’ll take it from here,” the redhead said to the guards behind them. The strength in his voice and his bearing were obvious but it was still surprising when the guards backed off and left them alone. Turning his deep blue eyes on them, he gave them a sad smile. “Welcome to hell. My name is Iain. To my left is Devon.” Devon was even larger than Iain was. While the same height, his shoulders were wide, his muscles numerous and when you added in his shoulder length shaggy black hair, deep gray eyes and constant hand twitching, Dolce was sure he was someone to keep an eye on. 

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The Changelings: Camp One

Picture the United States, circa 20-teens.

Only it's not the United States we know. Or is it? 

Every year, teenagers from the ages of 14-16 get tested for a classified, illegal hormone nobody knows anything about, except for the military. Tested as positive for XJ-99Q, Dolce, Courtland, and their friend Mieran are removed from society and thrown into a camp in the middle of the desert. With electrified fencing and face-to-face duels to the death, they don't imagine it could be worse. Until they find out what the hormone actually does; turns them into something else entirely. Faced with annihilation, Dolce and Courtland join up with the three strongest males in camp. While Mieran joins with their enemy. 

When the camp is destroyed, five of them escape, tasting freedom. But when they relax their guard, the military finds them. Captured, escaped, and captured again, no matter which way they move, the military is two steps ahead of them. 

Against all odds, they find a family of humans they trust and wish to stay with. Only, this time, they may have not just doomed themselves, but every human in their vicinity to the fate of Camp One.

They were...different #WeWriWa #dystopian #paranormal #8sunday #YA

Hello, WeWriWa followers! How are you doing this week?

I'm giving another snippet from Camp One this week, since there seemed to be some interest. It's actually a completed 111k book. I wrote it as 3 separate novellas and after a huge amount of cutting and changing the ending, it still ended up over 100k. In this scene, Dolce, Courtland, and Mieran have just taken showers and put on the camp uniform of tan upon tan.

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“I think we need to explain fashion to these people.”

They were happy to throw their clothes into the hamper that stood off to the side but Dolce did not want to toss her dress in there. “It’s the only color here,” she explained to the man who looked at her as though she was speaking a foreign language. “Look,” she went on in exasperation, “If I have to wear such boring clothing, I can at least accessorize by cutting this up.”

He seemed to disagree as he grabbed her dress and stuffed it in the hamper, pushing her out the door of the shower where the boys waited.

“Unbelievable,” she hissed, following her two friends along a long metal hallway. At the end stood three men. They were…different. 

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The Changelings: Camp One

Picture the United States, circa 20-teens.

Only it's not the United States we know. Or is it? 

Every year, teenagers from the ages of 14-16 get tested for a classified, illegal hormone nobody knows anything about, except for the military. Tested as positive for XJ-99Q, Dolce, Courtland, and their friend Mieran are removed from society and thrown into a camp in the middle of the desert. With electrified fencing and face-to-face duels to the death, they don't imagine it could be worse. Until they find out what the hormone actually does; turns them into something else entirely. Faced with annihilation, Dolce and Courtland join up with the three strongest males in camp. While Mieran joins with their enemy. 

When the camp is destroyed, five of them escape, tasting freedom. But when they relax their guard, the military finds them. Captured, escaped, and captured again, no matter which way they move, the military is two steps ahead of them. 

Against all odds, they find a family of humans they trust and wish to stay with. Only, this time, they may have not just doomed themselves, but every human in their vicinity to the fate of Camp One.

4 star review of L'Amore Perfetto

L'Amore Perfetto has been out for several years but I'm excited to say it just received a 4-star review from Angela from Crystal's Many Reviewers.

As an author, I focus so much on my works in progress and new books that at times, the oldest backlist gets forgotten. I'm pleased to say this one hasn't been. It was my first published romance and I do adore these characters.

Check out Angela's review.

Until the day you die #WeWriWa #dystopian #paranormal #8sunday #YA

Hello, WeWriWa followers! How are you doing this week?

I'm giving you a snippet from a book I haven't 'decided' on whether to self-publish or throw in the pile of 'nice ideas but public not ready for..."

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“This is the oldest of the camps. We have existed this way for a long time. Follow the rules and your time here will be boring but without incident. Break the rules and you are playing with your life.” The sharp edge of his voice made them all pay attention.

“How long will we be here for?” Dolce asked when nobody spoke for a few minutes.

Both of Gregs' eyes settled on her and for a moment she found it difficult to breathe and that feeling in her stomach flared into life – the one that screamed for her to run – before she fought it back down. 

“Until the day you die,” he said flatly before turning and walking to the door.

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The Changelings: Camp One

Picture the United States, circa 20-teens.

Only it's not the United States we know. Or is it? 

Every year, teenagers from the ages of 14-16 get tested for a classified, illegal hormone nobody knows anything about, except for the military. Tested as positive for XJ-99Q, Dolce, Courtland, and their friend Mieran are removed from society and thrown into a camp in the middle of the desert. With electrified fencing and face-to-face duels to the death, they don't imagine it could be worse. Until they find out what the hormone actually does; turns them into something else entirely. Faced with annihilation, Dolce and Courtland join up with the three strongest males in camp. While Mieran joins with their enemy. 

When the camp is destroyed, five of them escape, tasting freedom. But when they relax their guard, the military finds them. Captured, escaped, and captured again, no matter which way they move, the military is two steps ahead of them. 

Against all odds, they find a family of humans they trust and wish to stay with. Only, this time, they may have not just doomed themselves, but every human in their vicinity to the fate of Camp One.

Just an update

Busy, busy, busy...that seems to be my chant lately. I'm working on Tryad #2, but I'm also thinking of self-pubbing the dystopian book I wrote 2 years ago. It isn't my usual style, I will admit. For one thing - it is multiple POV, to the point of head hopping which anyone who knows me knows I try and stay away from, and yet this story just lent itself to it.

I just haven't decided yet. So, anyone got a vote? Interested in reading a young adult, paranormal, dystopian story? It will either be published as 3 novellas or 1 supernovel. I'm leaning toward the novellas because that is how I originally wrote it.

If I don't publish it, I will put it in what I call my 'bottomless pit' folder - where stories go and never come back out. It would be a shame for this story never to see the light of day, but  after my umpteenth rejection on it, I'm beginning to think there isn't an audience for it.

So, what do you think? Is there interest? Or should I just toss it?