This week we’re veering away from The Jade Star of Athering snippets so I can share with you a bit from my NaNoWriMo novel, Stranger Skies. The first two chapters of Stranger Skies is available on Smashwords for free, by the way, so I’ll be sharing the first few sentences of Chapter Three: Flesh Prison.
Silva woke to alien smells and sounds. Her hearing was duller than a wolf’s, but sharper than a Terran’s. The sounds of a fire crackling, bacon sizzling, people outside chopping wood, talking, laughing — all the sounds of a morning on a farm — assaulted her.
There were too many hearts. The rhythms were off. She was used to one heart per body; now she had…two? Three? They thrummed in her ears; she could not escape the beat of them. Her chest felt as if it would explode.
Stranger Skies is the story of the goddess Silva, Lady of the True Woods and Queen of the Deep Furs, Wild Goddess of Wolves, and how she falls to a different planet and becomes mortal. Trapped in her new mortal body and life, she has to discover her destiny in this new world and find a way to reclaim her godhood.
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Amoeba Kat Musings 
Now I’m hungry after reading that snippet. I could do with some bacon right about now. Great description, and I could sense her confusion and apprehension.
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Haha, thanks! I wrote that piece when I was craving bacon. 🙂
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I’d be confused, too, if I had more than one heartbeat! Good use of description.
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Thank you!
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I’m with T.K. Now I need some breakfast! 🙂
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I know, right? I’m hungry too. ^_^ (‘Course, I’m /always/ hungry, so….)
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I really like this snippet – two hearts? Three? Surprising and engrossing – thanks for sharing it!
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Thanks Peter! I’m glad you liked it. =)
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I wonder if the bacon would help calm down the multiple heartbeats. Nice snippet today!
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I know bacon calms down my heart! =D
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Three hearts? How many bodies? or the body of what?
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Three hearts in her new humanoid body. She’s used to appearing as Terran or wolf, each with only one heart. 🙂
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Katje, you had me at Flesh Prison! Ha!
Such a cool concept and so many ways to explore this fish-out-water story.
🙂 Heidi
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Thanks Heidi! I’m glad you liked it. I’m really excited about this story. Plot bunny’s been growing for a while.
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Love the description in this snippet. Three hearts? I want to know more. 🙂
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Thank you Ann!
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Amazing premise and beautiful description. Riveting snippet.
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Thank you J.M.! =) I hope I can continue to keep it up with this book. I really love the story, so I want it to be excellent.
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Beautiful and evocative! And I want bacon.
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Thanks JC! (I feel you. I always want bacon. ;P)
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Ooh, wonderful description!
More than one heart per body? Timelords! :p
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Haha. I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of Gallifreyans in my writing. *whistles innocently*
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Love all the little hints of extra senses that tell us she isn’t exactly human.
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Enthralling and evocative (in other words, I want bacon too!)
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