I thought I’d give Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday a try.
SFF Saturday is a group of authors who post snippets of SFF prose and poetry for comment. You can check out other SFF Saturday posts, too.
My snippet is the opening lines ofΒ a work in progress simply called Herald at this point. It’s the very beginning of an idea; more of a sketch than anything else. Eventually, the project be a fantasy loosely based on the Hundred Years War. However, I have far more research to do, first…
But this is one of those projects and characters that lingers in the back of my mind… so I thought I’d shake it out into the light a bit.
Whispers of names filled the air and tinged the sky gray in the afternoon sun. Denis de Mont combed the battlefield, his voice, his magic, adding to the haze above. He counted the dead. Set down a record of those whose names mattered.
Those who mattered. The prince’s words twisted like a blade in Denis’s heart. Their honored dead. Counts and barons. Landed nobles. Knights. Those names found their way to the Soleil d’Or Herald’s tent and twined themselves into ink and onto the pages of the Record of the Dead, written in the hand of the one who spoke their name.
Ann Laurel Kopchik 
Good stuff…enjoyed it.
Welcome to the SFFS crew!
Thank you!
Very cool magic, Ann!
π Heidi
Thanks, Heidi!
I’m still working out all the particulars of the magic, but that’s part of the fun. π
Intriguing! I enjoyed it!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great setup, I like where you bring us in and introducing a character walking through the aftermath of a battle.
Thanks. π I’m glad the opening works. It’s so hard to know where to begin, sometimes.
After reading your snippet, I’m left wondering which direction the story will go. Good stuff! Looking forward to more.
Thanks for stopping by to read!
I enjoyed this…and I’m eager to read more!! Don’t stop, keep at it!!
Thank you! I really do want to work more on this book. I should pull it onto a front burner…
And the nameless soldiers are just — forgotten?
I enjoyed your snippet. I wanted to know the what, why, and who of the battle.
Thanks! I’m working on that, in a way that won’t overwhelm the reader. π
Nice snippet! You know he’s thinking about those who don’t matter, but should.
Yeah. That’s one of the bones of contention with Denis. And he has his way of subverting things.
Good little hook and a nice snippet. Welcome to SFFS btw π
Thank you very much. π
Very captivating! I look forward to reading more!
Thanks for checking it out!
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