Colleen’s prompt words this week, power and allure are just up my alley!
So here’s a short extract from my YA fantasy manuscript followed by a haiku.
The Curse of Time: The Bloodstone – excerpt.
Stealing a glance at Ryder I drew in a sharp breath. I had been so absorbed in the drama back at the river that I hadn’t noticed the subtleties flickering like wraiths across his face. I took the time now to note that he had blue-black hair that gleamed in the gloominess of the day. As the rain began to fall, I found myself drawn to his unusual eyes. His inky black eye contrasted with his green eye and had to be his most stunning, and unique, feature. He had long lashes now slicked with raindrops that gleamed in the failing light. Unable to look away, I stared into those captivating eyes as if they were two dark, mysterious pools pulling me into their depths. I imagined myself sinking into oblivion. I felt light-headed as if I’d lost my grip at the top of a high cliff, free-falling, tumbling over and over again, but instead of fighting against this frightening sensation I welcomed it.
© Marjorie Mallon 2017 – aka, Kyrosmagica. All Rights Reserved.
My good friend Colleen Chesebro has taken me under her fairy wings and is working through my manuscript at this very moment…. I can’t thank her enough for all her kindness. She has been such an incredible help….
Just recently, I started a club on Facebook for authors, bloggers and book bloggers – Authors/Bloggers Rainbow Support Club.
Colleen Chesebro, Debby Gies (D.G. Kaye Writer) and I run the club together, we are quite some team. The three of us had such fun recently working on a new header for the club (which you can see at the very bottom of this post.) Guess what? We’ve been looking at rainbows!
During my search I discovered a lovely rainbow fairy, so this one’s for Colleen for all her hard work and help with my manuscript. xxx
To join in with Colleen’s weekly poetry challenge follow the link: Colleen Chesebro’s Poetry Challenge
Bye for now,
My social media hang outs:
Twitter: @marjorie_mallon
My New Facebook club : Authors/Bloggers Rainbow Support Club
Perfect Haibun, MJ… I love your nickname! Thank you for the rainbow fairy! I love her. <3
Thank you Colleen. Glad you like the rainbow fairy! 🙂
She was gorgeous! Thanks for thinking of me. <3
Just a tiny token of my great esteem for you Colleen. 🙂
Great post 💕
Thank you Samantha. 🙂
Wonderful haibun…
Thank you Maniparna. 🙂
Beautiful excerpt! And your haiku goes perfect with it. Your character Ryder and my character Lilith have something in common; they both have complete Heterochromia, where one iris is a different color from the other. You, Colleen, and Debby make a great team!
Ah, thank you so much Vashti. Interesting to hear about your character Lilith’s eye colour similiarity! Great minds think alike! And yes, Colleen, Debby and I are indeed a great team. 🙂
Great minds do think alike. 😉 xx
Ha ha!! Definitely. 🙂
Oooh! Nice one, Marje 🙂
Thank you Jane. 🙂
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A wonderful, enchanting and captivating extract, Marje! Beautifully, poetically written – I loved it. Yeah, great that you have Colleen’s expert help! 😀
Thank you Colleen, so glad you enjoyed the extract, and yes I am so lucky to have Colleen’s help. 🙂
I love the haibun, and those eyes. Sounds like a wonderful story:)
Thank you so glad you enjoyed. 🙂