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Status report: Sometimes one needs a break.
I've been working on something un-Darkeneverse for a while. And it has been great at some times. Other times...not so much. More like pulling teeth. lol.
And I decided with #NaNoWriMo this month, that now would be nice to have a break. So I decided to work on a #new Darkenverse tale.
So how has it been?
Well, as those who have followed this page often, I tend to write short stories taking place in my Darkenverse. And I had done a few short stories on the villains in my latest novel DARKENED TABULA the Forryn. So my NaNoWriMo #project is a sequel/prequel to those stories #here.
There were hints of this story in DARKENED TABULA. It played on the history. And it's been leading to that. So here I was working on it.
And yesterday's scene...saddened me. Why? Because it was a nice and #intimate moment. And it was a moment...that would not last.
You see. I already know how it was going to end.
But the journey...ahhhh...
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Status report: Well, I have a confession.
I was at the midpoint of DARKENED TABULA.
After starting ever so slowly, my editing and rewriting, as well as the story itself, took off. And it flowed. There were two narrators in this one like DARKCHILDE. It was hard getting used to Ebony's voice again. I was so sure I would go back over her sections again and make more changes. Meanwhile, I found reluctantly that Daniel's voice I nailed perfectly. Again.
I was getting the emotional beats again. I couldn't wait to dive into Daniel's. I had recently rewatched the cancelled show DOLLHOUSE. One of my disappointments in Season 2 was that as the season progressed, it was clear that Echo, Eliza Dushku's character, was becoming her own person. And that person was on a collision course with Caroline, the person she was before she was forced into the Dollhouse. So what was more important, the body (Echo) or the soul (Caroline)? If they were two different people who deserved to be in the body? To die? It was heady stuff...that if I remember correctly was dealt with in a minute scene in the deleted scenes on the Season 2 box set.
There was a lot of that I saw in Daniel's arc in DARKENED TAUBLA. That would come in handy.
I had arrived at one of my major plot points. All that I had been building exploded at a meeting between all of the officials that run the dystopian world that I had created. A lot of what I've set up in the novel was set to head off in a new direction. However, I had decided to write a new book. With that in mind, I felt the scene was too major of a scene to explode in Book 3.
It also was Ursula's physical entrance. Her presence was felt all through the novel, but here she stepped onto stage. Without that scene, there was no reason for her to be in the book.
Anyone who has been with me since I've created Ursula knew...that was not happening. Divas got what they want. :D :D
So I came to a compromise. Now I was about to see...if it paid off...
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Status report: And here we are!!!
I HAD DONE IT!!!
I had finished the major rewrite. After talking about it and working on it for weeks now, the major rewrite was done.
Daniel had his memory flashes and doubts. Icarus rose as a good Forryn villain. Ursula got to make her entrance...and do some damage.
Was it too much?
As people reading my updates knew, I was worried about rewriting around her character. She was such a diva, she of course rebelled. But I felt it came together nicely. However, there was one way to find out. And that...was to enter the final section of my novel.
And that was where I was at. The final section of DARKENED TABULA. At last. The amount of relief that I felt was awesome. This second section of my novel had flown nicely. But that rewrite had taken a long time.
I did not feel that I had much rewriting to do to the last section. I remembered it coming together nicely. Of course, I had to change some things due to how I wrote this major rewrite.
So light at the end of the tunnel? I was down for that.
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Status report: I was excited.
It was during watching a new episode of THE BOLD TYPE and before an at-home workout.
I finished DARKENED TABULA.
THAT'S RIGHT!!!! it was hard to believe that I started on it during NaNoWrImO this past November if I remembered correctly. And now it was done.
I said a while ago that I suspected the light at the end of the tunnel when the ending occurred to my mind's eye. As I continued to write, the ending became clearer and clearer. There were still some questions that only my characters had, but I kept on.
So how did it turn out for me?
I admit that it was hard to see where Ebony would turn up. I felt that I had given her a definite happy ending at the end of DARKCHILDE. Not withstanding the twist at the end. Of course, it affected her. And in this book she started it in a good place. But the end...well...that would be a doozy. After all can a relationship survive the presence of old exes...
Meanwhile, there was the actual ending. I was surprised when it came to me months ago. I was also excited.
There was a character that I introduced in a short story that was in my collection DARKENED SOUL: PIECES OF A DARKENED PUZZLE. One with a history with some of my recurring characters. In fact SPOILER ALERT a lot of that history is in my forthcoming novel DARKENED SOUL: THE BREAKING OF CIRCLES. However, I knew he would be a major player in DARKENED TABULA. So much so that the ending and his history allowed for my main character to cross with another recurring character from DARKCHILDE. She made a promise to Ebony. And now...she had a dangerous trump card. However will she play it.
Already excited for Book 4....
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And then there was #one...
DARKENED TABULA...Book 3 in my DARKENED series...on sale on Amazon right now...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DMP47MK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
To remember who you are…or forge a new path…
Daniel Westberg was dead.
In order to save the ones he loved from the obsessive wrath of his creator/lover Jared, the Nosferatu Daniel made the sacrifice. Turning his back on the prophecy that claimed he was the ‘One,’ Daniel threw Jared and himself into the sun. All that was left was ashes.
And now…he lives again in Darkened Tabula, Book 3 in the Darkened series.
Resurrected at the end of Darkchilde, Daniel discovers himself underneath the futuristic city-state of London, a prisoner of the vicious shifters called Forryn. A pawn in a dangerous game between the various clans and with no memory of his past life, Daniel forms a connection with Eli, head of the reigning clan. However, that growing bond becomes threatened by Daniel’s own desire to uncover the truth of his past. Also a danger to their bond is the mystery of a stranger, one with a familiar lopsided grin and whom presence makes Daniel question his sanity.
Meanwhile in the city-state of Egypt, Ebony, Daniel’s sister and heroine from Darkchilde, is unaware of her brother’s return. She, along with her Nosferatu lover Nicholas, discover something sinister. So sinister that it leads them back to London. Back to government agents intent on discovering the existence of their kind and others. Back to witches and their flight. Back to her maker Ursula and her games, games that involve Victor, current leader of the Nosferatu…and Ebony’s ex…who might be playing games of his own.
Time is of the essence. As the mysterious stranger drops breadcrumbs into Daniel’s mind, hints of memory spring forth. The more he learns, the more Daniel no longer wants to be a pawn.
But…what does he want to be?
The person he used to be…the prophesied One that will bridge the world of the living and the dead?
OR the person he is now…a darkened tabula rasa with a second chance at the life he wants…?
ENDING #SOON...
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Annnnd DARKENED TABULA is LIVE!!!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DMP47MK/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
ABOUT THE BOOK:
To remember who you are…or forge a new path…
Daniel Westberg was dead.
In order to save the ones he loved from the obsessive wrath of his creator/lover Jared, the Nosferatu Daniel made the sacrifice. Turning his back on the prophecy that claimed he was the ‘One,’ Daniel threw Jared and himself into the sun. All that was left was ashes.
And now…he lives again in Darkened Tabula, Book 3 in the Darkened series.
Resurrected at the end of Darkchilde, Daniel discovers himself underneath the futuristic city-state of London, a prisoner of the vicious shifters called Forryn. A pawn in a dangerous game between the various clans and with no memory of his past life, Daniel forms a connection with Eli, head of the reigning clan. However, that growing bond becomes threatened by Daniel’s own desire to uncover the truth of his past. Also a danger to their bond is the mystery of a stranger, one with a familiar lopsided grin and whom presence makes Daniel question his sanity.
Meanwhile in the city-state of Egypt, Ebony, Daniel’s sister and heroine from Darkchilde, is unaware of her brother’s return. She, along with her Nosferatu lover Nicholas, discover something sinister. So sinister that it leads them back to London. Back to government agents intent on discovering the existence of their kind and others. Back to witches and their flight. Back to her maker Ursula and her games, games that involve Victor, current leader of the Nosferatu…and Ebony’s ex…who might be playing games of his own.
Time is of the essence. As the mysterious stranger drops breadcrumbs into Daniel’s mind, hints of memory spring forth. The more he learns, the more Daniel no longer wants to be a pawn.
But…what does he want to be?
The person he used to be…the prophesied One that will bridge the world of the living and the dead?
OR the person he is now…a darkened tabula rasa with a second chance at the life he wants…?
#live #bookrelease #darkenedtabula #new #book #ebook
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The plot has started to thicken...but wait...there's more AKA a new chapter from my forthcoming novel DARKENED TABULA.
https://www.facebook.com/notes/latorre-mays/darkened-tabula-chapter-7/3030123727106526/
#comingsoon
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Well, time for some good #news, don't you think?
Firstly...I am happy to report that the second round of formatting for DARKENED TABULA was #done!!! FINALLY!!! Great on me!!!
Secondly...a new chapter from it has been posted!!! In case, you want to see the other #chapters, you could found them under NOTES!!! Today is an Ebony chapter. What could happen...hmmm...
https://www.facebook.com/notes/latorre-mays/darkened-tabula-chapter-6/3010885529030346/
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And...just posted the new #chapter from my forthcoming novel DARKENED TABULA...
https://www.facebook.com/notes/latorre-mays/darkened-tabula-chapter-5/2979144578871108/
#new #readme
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Starting the morning with coffee, editing a project, and posting the latest chapter from my forthcoming novel DARKENED TABULA...good vibes...and fun adventure await...
https://www.facebook.com/notes/latorre-mays/darkened-tabula-chapter-2/2888797151239185/
#new #teaser #chapter #darkenedtabula #comingsoon #book
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Another day, another surprise.
Today's surprise: CHAPTER 1 of my forthcoming novel DARKENED TABULA!!!
Enjoy!!!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/latorre-mays/darkened-tabula-chapter-1/2868232753295625/
#justincase #teaser #chapterone #darkenedtabula #comingsoon #surprise #
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Now...about that teaser...lol.
Teaser 3 from DARKENED TABULA...
Two hovertaxis. A vox through lower tunnels. Then a hop into the lower lower tunnels later, we were back in the tunnels the Forryn hid in. People rarely came down here other than routine maintenance checks. After all, anti-grav technology that held up the Floataves from the ruined Earth below was not easy to come by.
I giggled. I knew I should feel bad. However…I thought the test was a success. My speed had greatly improved since Eli had calmed me down and revealed what had happened to me. That as well as the existence of witches would come in handy.
“What were you thinking?” Eli demanded.
I looked at him. While the tunnels were pitch black, my Nosferatu eyes could see as easily as if it was daylight. Eli glared at me. I threw a glare of my own back.
“I was defending us,” I replied. “They would not let us leave.”
“You were too showy, Daniel-san,” Eli said.
“No,” I countered. “I was subtle.”
“Telekinetics are anything but,” Eli shot back. “So are throat cuts.”
“Well, it is not like you could reveal yourself,” I said, standing in front of him. “Did you not tell me this world has cameras everywhere?”
“I did,” Eli said. “So why?”
“I trust your techies can hack a dive bar system.”
“Trust? Coming from you?”
Suddenly, I felt a movement. I turned in time to see a figure shoot up. Claws encircled my throat. Before I knew it, I was pinned to the steel walls. Yellow eyes stared back at me.
It was on its furry hind legs, their position reminiscent of a fawn. Fur popped highly from the back of its torn clothes. It growled, its snout full of long sharply narrow teeth. I would have clawed its face off, however its long arms kept me firmly out of reach.
“So,” the Forryn said in a bestial voice, “who is going to explain what is going on here?”
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AND NOW...TEASER 2...
“So…you are the elusive Nosferatu that arrived in Egypt a few days ago.”
Maret Bakali stared at me with his big brown eyes. He sat with a harem of fully clothed women sitting on giant pillows around him. He was half as big as his guards, dressed in a beige robe lined in black leather on his wide sleeves. His dark skin was smooth as a pond’s surface. And his bald head made him look like Buddha.
“You can remove your hair dress,” Maret said.
His voice was gentle, yet firm. It was the tone of a man who was used to being obeyed. I removed the headwear, allowing my jet-black hair to flow. Maret stared at me in awe.
“You Nosferatu women are beautiful things,” Maret said. “I could stare at you forever.”
“Why, thank you,” I said.
“Now, my question for you?” Maret said, his face becoming serious. “Which one am I talking to?”
I frowned. “Pardon?”
“While you are elusive,” Maret said, “that does not mean you are not trackable. Vidcams are interesting things. Would you not agree, Eve? Or do you have the latest fashion under that shawl, Sydney Brookheart? You are a puzzle box but…I do not mind the playing.”
Indeed. I sat back. I was tensed, but I refused to show it. I grinned.
“How about…for play sake…” I said, “…we say Eva?”
Maret also grinned. “Very well…Eva. How can I help you?”
“I am searching for someone,” I said. “They have information I want. My sources have told me you are the one in the city-state that would know where he is.”
“Why me?”
“Do you not traffic in information?”
“Hm,” Maret mumbled, a slight smirk on his face. “I do believe I have the traffic cornered.” Then the smirk left. “Human, witch, or Nosferatu? Who do you search for?”
“Nosferatu,” I answered. “His name is Michael.”
“Hmmmmm,” Maret uttered, putting a hand to his chin to think. “I do not think…”
One of the women leaned in beside Maret. She whispered something. Maret’s face lit up.
“Ah, yes,” Maret said. Then his face grew serious again. “You realize the information you are asking for is highly dangerous information?”
“Is not any forbidden fruit?”
Maret shook his head playfully. “Ah…you puzzle box. I would hate to see you fall prey to She Who Walks in Shadows.”
Ursula’s other name. I was on the right path then. Good.
“Too late,” I replied.
Maret sighed. “Of course. What beauty doesn’t love danger?”
“Where is he?” I asked, more firm.
“You could do other things, beautiful one.”
“Unfinished business prevents that.”
“A warning then,” Maret said. “Never underestimate her. Never. Much has changed since her…resurrection. You might find that she has allies in very high…and powerful…circles. Moreso than when she was…alive.”
“I am not worried.”
Maret’s face darkened. I saw fear.
“You should be,” he said.
#teaser #darkenedtabula #egypt #ebony #warnings
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Did someone say...TEASER?
LOL!!!
Teaser 1...
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I swung the electric saber. Eli jumped back. However, I was on him in a flash. My red saber swung forward like a cipher. Suddenly, a blue saber shot up in my path. I was sure my face revealed my shock as I saw Eli had efficiently blocked my attack. He threw me a grin.
“I see you have grown faster, Daniel-san,” Eli said.
Hm. I frowned. My memory tucked at me, making me attempt to recall another time, another place where someone had a nickname for me. A nickname I did not like. Then like a thick fog, the memory vanished.
“Well, I had…too…much time on my hands,” I managed, struggling saber against saber.
It was Eli’s turn to frown. “I have…duties…to my pack.”
“Priya can’t do…them.”
“Knowing Priya…she would have you…killed.”
I took a quick step back. I swung out with my saber. Eli flipped backwards. His body hit the wall. Then…he stayed there.
Why was I not surprised? Forryn claws were just as dangerous as a Nosferatu’s.
“Don’t think she doesn’t want to take over.”
“Then why doesn’t she?”
“Cuz.”
Suddenly, Eli leaped forward. I was startled. However, I was not so startled that I did not duck. The saber slashed empty air. Just as fast as I had ducked, Eli turned, his saber arm boomeranging after me. I hit the ground and rolled. I jumped up.
WACK!!!!
My right hand burned with pain. I grabbed at it. Then I realized.
Eli had knocked my saber away. My eyes widened. I focused forward…
…to get Eli’s saber in my heart.
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“Ah!”
I snatched the goggles off. I felt the sweat on my forehead. If only, I did not have these VR gloves on my hands…
“Hey, Grumpy.”
I nearly jumped out of my skin. Eli was beside my steel hoverchair. He leaned in with a big triumphant grin. There was a coyness that made me want to hit him.
“I thought you had been practicing,” Eli said.
“Shut up,” I said.
“Hey,” Eli said, touching my shoulder. “There’s no need to—”
I stumbled backwards and forward in the hoverchair. Before Eli could say anything, I was out of the hoverchair and on my own two feet.
Feeling self-conscious, I stared around. I saw nothing. The buzz and chatter of this arcade bar had not at all dampened over my display. Or lack thereof. Too many people were too locked into their hoverchair, their own set of goggles on their eyes and thick black gloves on their hands. Then there were the patrons laughing at the bar or getting into non-VR games.
Hands on my shoulder. I jumped forward and turned. Eli stood before me. His dark hair fell across troubled brown eyes.
“Okay, Daniel-san,” he said. “I’m not my brother.”
“Stop calling me that,” I said, a hint of edge to my voice.
Eli’s face darkened. “Don’t deflect. Forryn do what they want for sure. However, Seth—”
“—is your brother!” I snapped.
“—does not represent all Forryn,” Eli continued as if I did not just have an outburst. “You have to understand that. I can understand that you might feel uncomfortable after…that. One recovers at their own pace. However, you never have to flinch with me.”
I sighed. “That is not why I flinch.”
“Oh,” Eli said, forehead bunching up. “Then why?”
I frowned. That was an unexpected question. It was also one that I was not ready to answer. After all, I still had no memory of who I was. I had no clue of how dangerous my situation truly was. Eli and his people were helpful, but there was no need to endanger them any more than I already had. No need to add in a silly crush…
“It’s not important,” I said.
“Isn’t it?” Eli challenged.
I was about to say something. Then I felt it. A tingling in the back of my head had begun. I stared about the room. Nothing appeared to have changed among the patrons. Yet, the tangling started to increase.
“Everything all right?” Eli asked.
“Perhaps we should head back,” I said, still looking among the crowd.
We started for the double doors that marked the entrance. Still there was nothing, but chatter around us. There had to be a way to be sure…
Suddenly, something switched on in my head. It was like I could sense danger and where it was.
“Witch.”
He came up out of nowhere. He was a redhead dressed in black cargo pants and sweater. He also wore a black trench coat. It was clearly concealing weapons underneath. A hunter. One who had on VR goggles to block his eyes.
#whatwasthataboutateaser #teaser #darkenedtabula #comingsoon #thedarkened #book #nosferatu #forryn #hunter
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And...DARKENED TABULA has been uploaded to Amazon.
FINALLY.
NOW...back to cover looking...
#finally #uploaded #ebook #darkenedtabula #amazon #comingsoon
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Status report: So long, section one.
Into the night we go.
Type, type, typing. That was the majority of what I had been doing. With DARKENED TABULA written, it was up to me to type it all out. And while I was still coming down from my birthday celebrations, I had started to find a balance to typing it.
And what I had typed.
This typing has been the first time that I've gone back over my writing since I wrote DARKENED TABULA. And I knew that I had worried a bit about it since I had been writing it during NANOWRIMO. Not to mention those self-doubts every writer had when they were creating something new.
But...there was a flow to it. So much that I wanted to know what would happen next.
After 100 pages of Daniel being with the Forryn, a species I introduced in DARKCHILDE, the second book in my THE DARKENED series, he escaped. It was nice to explore their community since I had only done that in a little seen, slightly graphic short story that used to be here on the page. I could have stayed there longer, but at 100 pages it was time for Daniel to continue on his journey.
After 100 pages of Daniel's sister Ebony being on the hunt for villainess (and her maker) Ursula, the plot had started to form. It was nice to explore a new setting...the city-states of Egypt and its culture in my dystopian world. The difference between that and say the city-state of London was night and day. And I loved it. Nice to be reminded that I could and did push myself to create new settings. And I knew...there were new structures coming. Also, it was nice to check in with Ebony's decision at the end of DARKCHILDE. To see her confront her trust issues in a relationship. Now...could said relationship survive from threats from without...and within...
Into the second section I went...
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