It’s Sunday again, and time for Weekend Writing Warriors (click on the logo above) and Snippet Sunday (click on the logo below.) Today I’m posting 8 sentences from my first published book, Homecoming, available in all formats from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and iUniverse.
This follows on from last week, when Derik explained to Roi what a poltergeist reaction was and why he was vulnerable to them. Most R’il’noids are blocked as babies; Roi was missed because no one realized he was part R’il’nian.
Roi perked up a little. “Does that mean you can stop me from doing it again?”
“Yes. My guess is you’ve done a pretty good job of blocking yourself, as a result of that earlier episode you mentioned. You just didn’t get the keying quite right. I’m going to have to go into that original block and help you change the keying, and for that I need to know exactly what happened – which means you’ll have to share what’s evidently a very unpleasant memory with me. And you’re strong enough I’d better do it with you under hiControl, which will temporarily knock out all of your esper abilities. If Nik’s right about how you’re moving, that’s unfortunately going to bring back the paralysis, at least temporarily.”
Poor Roi. And poor Derik, whose head still feels like it’s about to explode.
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Sound intense. Hopefully the process works. Great 8!
I’ll give you a bit of the process later on, but next week I’ll have a bit from Tourist Trap
What a concept! You are amazing, Sue Ann. And I understood it. That’s also amazing.
I aim to make it understandable.
You’re right, poor Roi! But I’m rooting for him! Now that Derik knows what’s going on, the problems can be fixed….right??
It should be so simple!
That is so well written–how Roi thwarted the paralysis by using his esper talents. Good book. 🙂 I enjoyed it!
Glad you liked it.
I cringed when he mentioned the paralysis might return. I can’t even imagine how terrifying that would be for Roi. Wonderful eight, and I hope that the paralysis is just a passing phase!
Especially since Roi won’t be fully aware of what’s going on.
Not being in control of one’s body is so difficult on so many psychological levels. Sounds like Roi is in for a real scary process.
He’s been through the total paralysis once.
Intense, complicated, but the details all hang together and I’m so glad for Roi he has friends. Another great snippet from this story!
The worst is going to be revisiting that memory.
I absolutely love the world you have created. (I do hope that Derik waits until the headache is gone…)
I love building worlds.
This is going to all about trust. I hope he comes through safely.
Roi trusts Derik a lot more than Lai does.
I don’t think I’d like paralysis coming back. Intriguing excerpt.
Definitely not.
Hope the process goes smoothly – seems like something that Roi really wants, but does he realize what he is in for? Very interesting.
He does not realize.
Sounds a little complicated, but like something he knows how to do. Poor Roi, but once they’ve worked through his issues, he’ll be so much better off!
Derik’s an expert with small children, but he doesn’t have much experience with unblocked R’il’noids Roi’s age.
I’m so glad Roi has Derik—things might be dicey, but the situation would be a complete nightmare, if Derik didn’t know what he was doing!
This is just the beginning.
That was intense! Wonder what the very unpleasant memory is? Great snippet! 😀
Well, if he thinks he’s killed someone ….
It sounds like a scary thing to do, is it really necessary?
Until he learns to control those reflexive self-defense reactions, yes, for the safety of those around him.