Another fragment from War’s End today. Ginger is speaking as she works to free Kelty, while Madame Irela has just followed Bounce back to Coralie. If you’re interested in earlier fragments, click on “Index” above, and then on “Six Sentence Sunday.”
“That log should be safe if you want to sit down, Madame Irela, and I’ll have some insect repellent shortly.”
“What about food?” Coralie asked. “And it looks as if it might rain–shouldn’t we rig something to catch rainwater? And shelter from the rain?” She was hungry, and while she could see several things that looked like fruiting bodies on the trees, she had no idea if any were edible. She knew test methods–every nomad child did.
War’s End is the third book of the trilogy I’m currently editing.
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Nice to know why Coralie has good survival skills. Sounds like she’s going to be able to help keep everyone alive and help out with shelter and food. Great 6.
This is the middle of the 3rd book of a trilogy, so readers should know Coralie’s nomad background. But all of the others are city folk.
Great job! I want to read more!
I’ll keep going as long as Six Sentence Sunday is here, and possibly continue posting excerpts on Sundays after that. Anybody know if there’s any other blog ring for that on Sunday?
The mention of the fruit and test methods suddenly has me thinking about the choke cherries in Hatchet. You’ve done a nice job showing both characters practical nature in this six. Good job!
They’ll need to be practical!
And now we know something about Coralie and varying levels of tech for different cultural groups, all in six sentences! 🙂
Technical backgrounds varying both across worlds and within worlds.
Cool!
No, Too Darned Hot!
There is so much back story here inagoodway and so much depth to the world building – terrific! Enjoyed this excerpt as always, can’t wait for next week!
Comes from being a geophysicist with an interest in how societies develop to suit the environment. And the problems when they don’t.
Great job at giving us the story and understanding how she’ll survive. Great six and look forward to next week and reading the book. 🙂
I hope it’s out as a book someday. Right now I’m just starting to work with my editor on Book 1 (which needs a lot of work; this is from the middle of book 3.
I like your thoughtful characters.
They’d better be thinking, in this situation.
Coralie is still keeping her head. I like the reference to her backstory. Nice way to work that in. 🙂
There’s a lot more backstory, but I’m putting a single scene into SSS.
Yes Coralie is obviously a great survivor and it sounds like she’ll need her skills throughout the story. Great six!
That she will. If she survives to use them.
Coralie should get an A+ in preparedness. She is ready to make the decisions necessary to survive.
These people vary quite a lot in background–but they all are used to doing what they have to.
We get to know a little more about Coralie. Skills for survival seem like a must. 🙂
Glad you liked it.
I applaud her tough survival skills. She seems to remain calm and collective in the midst of the unknown. I would be freaking out!! 😉
She’s had practice.
I love the realistic nature of it. Science fiction is so close to pre-history (with added technology). Deceptively simple.
In this case we have a group of people used to fairly high technology (Coralie is the closest to an exception) thrown into a situation where the only technology they have is Ginger’s reader. If you like this, take a look at Jarn’s Journal on Fridays.
Love the idea of nomad-children knowing test methods for fruit.
Kids are going to try things, so the parents had better teach them how to tell whether things are safe before they eat them. (I’m talking older kids here, old enough to be out exploring on their own.)
Another great six! I like Coralie’s thinking and surviving skills.
Her baby’s father chose her for what was inside her head.
Nice! She has a beautiful name by the way.
Irela or Coralie?
Coralie 🙂
I like her, too.
Such a level head in the face of so much upheaval. I admire her!
She has to be level-headed for the baby.