Siege of the Spirit

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It’s happened. It MUST be his fault! The mob rules.

POV Cerel

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

There was a pathetic eagerness to the way he asked the question, though he was clearly without hope. Siege of the Spirit

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The interior of a hollow juniper struck by lightning and burned decades ago. Looking straight down inside the trunk at an ashy floor, encircled by the partially charred interior walls of the trunk. Sunlight has made it inside, too, illuminating the floor which seems to cast the light back upward so it appears to be the thing shining.

Looking down at ashy ground through the interior of a juniper snag struck by lightning and burned decades ago.
#SundaySnag #tree #nature #juniper #struckbylightning

There was a pathetic eagerness to the way he asked the question, though he was clearly without hope. Siege of the Spirit

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Even a simple introduction is demeaning.

Rushak is brought to the king’s hall for the first time by his father.
POV: Chalmalch, Druid.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

A dark scene from Siege of the Spirit, book two of my fantasy WIP.

TW: child injury

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"So what the Acolytes have found is a knot of quarreling women!" Lara cried. "What ails you?" She clenched her fist outside the kitchen, near the entrance to the gathering hall. "You've never walked the line, child, between light and dark, between black and white, between moral right and mortal wrong, have you, child?" Glassa murmured between her teeth, her voice low, accusing. "You've never seen death in its unWELCOME absoluteness. It has never taken from you or yours. You have never dashed yourself against tradition like a fly against glass. I love my brother! Do you understand this?" Lara nodded. "Of course I understand." "How can you? You're an only child!" Lara stiffened. "They're here." Brother's Keeper A.C. Turek

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11. Snippet Saturday

The Acolytes are coming. They’ll be asking questions.
Lara and Glassa, Rushak’s aunt.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.
Another I liked for #WIPSnips #welcome so I dare share a twofer?

Calico cat faces viewer. She is curled on a lap, sort of.

Good morning from Lily! I think she just woke up.
#Caturday #Cat

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Rush’s slapstick demonstration of the wrong one has finally come to an end.

A lighthearted look the dynamic between Rushak Cerel and Drisal.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

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They were paid. Still looks like exploitation to Cerel, for … reasons.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers bound by a misunderstood power.

Circle = #battery (a small group with purpose) AND vibe: gem power!

This is so heart-wrenching!

Oh yes! I have so much trouble with that, too! Military titles, castle parts … I have references but I can’t seem to find the time to use them!

If you worked on something today, congratulate yourself: Childcare, answering emails, physical therapy, writing, watering plants.

Anything you did, go ‘head & remind yourself you survived another day & that’s a gracious plenty, given what’s happening.

Let’s not take our survival for granted.

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Awaiting the opportune moment to see a certain Sheltri prisoner for themselves.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers linked by a misunderstood power.

I’m so blessed. This is my freakin land, so much as it’s possible to “own” such a thing.🙏🙏🙏

Silhouetted mountain range with golden light beaming from behind

Black and white tripaw dog (hind leg amputee) coming toward the viewer beneath a canopy of hanging gray dead juniper branches (prettier than it sounds)!

Snags against blue sky with golden morning light illuminating them and a shining carpet of weeds with a thick piñon-juniper forest behind

A thick many-branched juniper tree, part alive, part snag, along a dirt trail with two large yucca plants in the foreground

Morning walk with Aspen!
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Happy birthday Rushak!

It’s hard to find a passage where his joy isn’t bittersweet. Here (pre-book), he’s a young teen, brought on a mountain adventure for his birthday. By his brother. Who has a new girlfriend.
Feeling alienated, he connects with a raven. #Writing #fantasy #WIP #WritingCommunity

YouTube video by Cracker - Topic Low

Oct. 8. Harvest Moon. Rushak’s birthday.
Rushak is the protagonist of my fantasy WIP Brother’s Keeper.
🔥I shall now play the anthem of my love for him.
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YouTube video by King Crimson King Crimson - Indiscipline

Me and my #creativeprocess be like
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Her self-assurance is gone & I think I see fear in her eyes. If not fear, at least worry.
“If there’s a problem, just let me know what I can do to help.”
“It’s no big deal. It'd be better, though, if we left separately.”
She’s obviously lying about the size of the deal.
“Will you be safe?” #WIPSnips

#WIPSnips A quick search did NOT make Lawcket's WIP look cozy.😭
I hate that book 1 ends on this note😢

“I and Lawcket both know that. I don't even know all of how this happened, but I know Lawcket didn't mean to hurt you.”
“No, but he didn't care enough to look after his safety for my sake.”

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Give him a pass. It’s pretty raw.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers linked by a misunderstood power.

And now he would leave her again, in the heart of the Darkness. He told himself it would be the last time. He would find his brother, then come home. He would give the rest of his life to her, to his children, and keep them safe until the light should come again Siege of the Spirit

The thing he tells himself

From Siege of the Spirit

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EMERGENCY! EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!

Except, like many of us, Dr. Eiflman would die for his beloved pet.

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I'm finding a low-key theme in my works is how much it would suck to be the protagonist of a story.

White text on a black background. "Get some rest," Red whispers. "T'll be here." "Don't let me..." I can't finish. I'm not sure how to finish. The message is clear. I hope. He kisses the back of my head. I can feel the energy draining out of me like the color being bleached out of a building by the sun. I'm a crumbling ruin, a victim of centuries of exposure to the elements all occurring in the blink of an eye. Everything falling down all at once. "I won't. It's okay. You're safe." And I, like the idiot I am, believe him.

Today’s #WIPsnips word is #safe. A lot of options for it, but I went with this snippet from the end of part two.

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"It's perfectly safe to have dinner with them," Dad said. "They're vampires."

According to him, vampires were nothing like the fiction books we'd all read. Those stories were apparently a giant PR campaign by the vampires themselves to get humans to leave them alone.

I get that.

And now he would leave her again, in the heart of the Darkness. He told himself it would be the last time. He would find his brother, then come home. He would give the rest of his life to her, to his children, and keep them safe until the light should come again Siege of the Spirit

The thing he tells himself

From Siege of the Spirit

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Cerel and his warriors arrive to defend the monastery and the Sacred Tor …
too late.

- Brother’s Keeper, book one of my fantasy WIP about two brothers linked by a misunderstood power.

Rushak and Lawket 🤝