RoW80
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“With a few exceptions, there was typically two common reactions to a response like that. Most of the women would slap Gilferen, firm and smooth, right across his cheek; some would actually kiss him, hands to his face with the best reminder they could muster. Awngel did neither of these things, proving herself exceptional.” This…
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“With a flash of red spreading across her face as bright as the flower in her dark hair, Awngel’s eyes widened and she looked poised to slap him. ‘Locke Mandrake Battarack,’ she said stiffly. ‘You are extremely crude.’ ‘But am I incorrect?’ Locke countered, with a plaintive shrug to show that he didn’t have the…
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People who know me might be inclined to suggest that my eyes are far bigger than my stomach; I have a tendency to bite off a whole lot more than I can chew sometimes. Lately, though, the prospect of opening myself up to new challenges to force my mind into a more writerly position has…
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“‘It’s hard to scrape a respectable living out of the burned cinders of a fallen empire,’ said Knolan quietly, before he lifted his chin to cling to whatever dignity remained after a statement like that.” Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my last post of A Round of Words in 80 Days for Round 3! Did…
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“‘I didn’t run’ Knolan said, his voice firm with insistence, but his eyes were searching her face for forgiveness. ‘Serene asked me to take Locke and make him safe. To escape so that he could survive. So that’s what I did. It was the last thing Serene ever asked of me, and, for eighteen years,…
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Since it’s the last few days of A Round of Words in 80 Days, most of my writing focus is going to be staunchly on getting to the big POV switch in Serpent in a Cage, but, of course, since I’m trying to focus on something, my mind is wandering a little toward other things…
L.S. Engler 