We get to have fun as writers, creating other worlds and fantastical beings. My new release, Gideon: Heavenly Fall, has been pure joy to write.
Most people know me as a Navy SEAL writer. And I still love those boys, and probably will write them until the cows come home. But I also love paranormal, for the sheer fun of writing about special powers and unearthly situations and body parts.
I have a secondary character in Gideon, who is an inventor. He makes robots, or ābotsā as we call them in the book. Pleasure bots, animal bots, and an army of doll warrior bots. I wanted to write him because I have a futuristic book Iām working on that would also have a bot factory.
Hereās a little excerpt from Gideon as the three main characters arrive to meet the clockmaker for the first time:
āThis guy have a sense of humor?ā Gideon frowned at his Guardian friend.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āI doubt it. Heās not that way.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āSo whatās with the āOut Of Timeā sign?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āIāve never thought about that. Iāll ask him.ā Francis opened his door. āI think Iāll approach with your Guardian, while you wait in the truck, if you donāt mind.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āAs if I have a choice.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYour funeral. We have to handle this guy with kid gloves.ā Frances squinted and then peered up to the windows above the shop. āHeās kinda weird. Hard to think what goes on in that mind of his. Iām guessing he has a lot of moving parts that look something like this.ā Francis pointed to a flock of mechanical birds flying inside the window in loose formation.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āAre those real?ā Persephone noticed a cloud of small buzzing insects hovering over the archway of the front door on the outside of the building.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āYup. Real bots.ā Francis grinned at Gideon, rain soaking his right shoulder and running down his front. āTheyāre as real as the real ones, just made up of different material, thatās all. The guyās a genius.ā
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I hope you will stop by and give Gideon some love. Weāre working on the audio book starting next week. Join me as I explore some of my Far Side.
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Congrats again on your new release. Gideon is waiting for me on my Kindle YAY
Looking forward to the audiobook. Listening to Fredo’s Dream right now š
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This sounds interesting. I will have to check it out. Thank you.
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Thank you, Delilah for featuring me today. Eni and Pansy, I promise you, Gideon will take you on a wild ride. Not my usual novel and I had a ball doing it. Thanks for your kind words! š³
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I’ve just come to that part, really enjoying him. Wishing Sharon all the best with her new release
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Thanks, Julie! oxoxoxoxox š