I'm trying to decide whether to use 1st or 3rd person. There seems to be an unwritten rule that classic fantasy be written in 3rd (it sounds more formal, for one). But I kinda like to break rules. Let me know if the third person works for you.
Forbidden Forest
Chapter 1
Mud squelched between my toes. Shoving my spear-shaped hoe into the ground, I lifted a sodden lump of earth and scattered three seeds inside. I did this over and over again as rain ran down my face, dripping off my nose and chin, and my back clenched into one big cramp. But I didn’t let any of it slow me. If I finished fast enough, Shan and I would have time to go fishing in the river. And I’d finally be free of the mud and the drudgery . . . for at least a little while.
When I finally ran out of seeds, I straightened up with a sigh to roll the kinks from my neck. “Sella’s, time to go,” I called impatiently to my three-year old sister. When she didn’t answer, I threw off my damp smelling wool hood to look for her. But instead of freshly plowed fields, all I saw was a thick black-green line of the Forest.
All the blood seemed to leave my body, pooling with the water in cold puddles at my feet. I’d strayed too far from the village—dangerously close to the Forbidden Forest.
Like hunch-shouldered sentinels, the enormous trees strained toward me like reaching arms. I grabbed my hoe and held it like a spear—a dull, mud caked spear. I knew it was laughable, but I felt a little better with it in my hand. I took a startled step back, my eyes automatically searched their shadows for the dark face of a Treeman.
“Sella?” I called again, and even to my own ears, my voice sounded hollow. How long had it been since I’d last seen her?
Witch Song's Official Book Trailer + A Contest
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
I love my trailer! It's one of the best *book trailers I've seen, EVER. Because I'm so proud of it, I want to share it with the world.
So, here's how you get points:
1. Everytime you share the link for the trailer, you get one point. So if you post the link on Twitter and Facebook, that's two points.
2. Everytime you share the video for the trailer, you get 5 points. So if you share on your blog/website/forum you get five points.
3. If you post Witch Song's Trailer near the top of your sidebar and leave it there for at least one month, you get 10 points.
Have another awesome idea for sharing the trailer, let me know and I'll hand you more points!
There is no limit on the number of points you can earn. If you'd like, you can tweet and facebook once a day until the contest ends (at the end of May). Be sure to tally up all your points!
And here's what you win:
A signed hardcover of MATCHED by Allie Condie. A signed bookmark from Traci Hickman, Mette Ivie Harrison, and Brandon Mull. In addition, one signed poster for the Thirteenth Reality by James Dashner.
*Special thanks to the following for making Witch Song's trailer so amazing:
My parents, Kent and Alice Argyle, for bringing the horses and helping out in a dozen other ways.
Marcie Cornia, the beautiful girl with the waist length hair.
Adam Argyle: my oh-so-handsome brother, for posing as Joshen.
Shauna Johnson for taking such fantastic pictures (and then editing them).
Cynthia Forbush for working tirelessly to sew the velvet cape.
Lindy Hough for make-up and hair.
Michelle Argyle for a few tweaks to the pictures.
Rhett and Emmaline Hoffmeister for throwing all of it together to make something wonderful.
And to my husband, Derek, for watching the kids so they weren't underfoot.
Princess for A Day
Friday, May 20, 2011
One thing I mentioned is anesthesia's occasional lack of effect on me. Childbirth and later stitching was excruciating. My last c-section was horrifying. It makes writing about injuries very real though. :)
Needless to say, there will be no more children for me.
Witch Song Excerpt
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
And thanks Aleetha!
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