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Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain
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Kahyla Tamrin faces a demon’s bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
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From my Epic Fantasy novel, Demon's Bargain
Hair appears a lot as an important part of the Huxen religion. First appearance of Vetal, a character who demanded more story. Abber attends the Huxen Ambassador’s ball disguised as a local.
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disable = disarm
From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. Arriving at the hostage exchange for Kahyla’s sister, Despard pretends to remain a loyal guard to her enemy.
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Awwww, shucks. Thanks!
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Vibes: synchronize to the music
From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. No one warned Despard what her Dancing Day entailed.
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This is despicable and indefensible. I stand with my colleagues in demanding a full investigation and accountability for everyone involved in this unconscionable assault. This is not who we are, or who we should ever become.
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Thanks!
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I’m so new to this whole marketing thing that I don’t have a fancy pitch/mood board.
I’m querying my finished Epic Fantasy novel: Demon’s Bargain
Kahyla Tamrin faces a demon’s bargain where all the options are bad: fight with soul-destroying magic or lose her family, her beloved, and her life.
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From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain.
Good advice from Auntie with experience, even if she has her own agenda.
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At this point, Vetal is loyal to Kahyla’s enemy. Kahyla used fireballs as a distraction while Despard held his former boss at sword point. Later, Kahyla killed a family soldier but gave the heavy prize sword to Despard.
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From sequel to Demon’s Bargain, Waking the Saints. Zorrik hunts mages, Vayhne heads the undergound mage network. Kahyla tries to convince Vayhne that Zorrik is a lesser evil to stopping the demons.
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From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain
The Tamrin children and their defenders have walked into a trap. Demons can only inhabit a human with mage blood, a shameful revelation for fancy boy Vetal.
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Kahyla’s choice of Despard as her Paer, or spiritual father, has been revealed, fueling accusations that Despard took advantage of her. Baron Gooseport promised to support Kahyla’s Paer, as part of his strategy to marry the princess.
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From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. No one expects a sell-sword to know how to read.
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Avenue = Street
Choices matter. Kahyla asked Despard to teach her weapons. A supposedly loyal family soldier tries to assassinate Kahyla outside their camp. She kills him.
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From sequel to Demon’s Bargain, Waking the Saints. Zorrik hunts mages, Vayhne heads the undergound mage network. As a token of trust to work together, Zorrik has offered a planned arrest list that includes someone Vayhne cares about.
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From Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain, the intro scene for Despard, a freelance guard on a trading ship carrying spices. His day goes from bad to worse, but he does meet the LI (hint: she's one of those splashes)
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We see supportive and bad-ass Princess Lualih marry Baron Tauno in Demon’s Bargain with the help of her sister-wife Kahyla. In the WIP sequel, Waking the Saints, we see her mean side when Lualih makes her ex-BFF wait.
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From Demon's Bargain, a scene with side character Malgrim, a minstrel and diplomat. Kahyla’s first encounter started with a demon chant and insults, but she’s learning.
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#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #amquerying Last few snips have been more romance focused, so here's a bit of boss fight to balance, plus a hint of how magic works. From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain.
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#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity From Epic Fantasy novel Demon’s Bargain. A magical explosion destroys the bridge under them. Kahyla pulls Despard out of the river this time but collapses after using magic to start a fire.
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#WIPSnips Dude is too modern, so I went with the vibe. Despard thinks he's got a job offer from a pirate, but the chapter title is Betrayal.
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#WIPSnips From Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain. Culture shock reversed, as Despard attempts to buy street food for Kahyla in her home country.
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The germ that unfolded into my novel Demon’s Bargain started with a holiday concert of John Rutter’s Tomorrow shall be My Dancing Day. Boring liturgical meaning but I daydreamed in the audience. What would it be like for a young woman to have a Dancing Day as a coming of age ceremony?
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#WIPSnips From Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain. Despard mopes in a tavern and cleans his sword after rescuing Kahyla from drowning.
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#WIPSnips From Demon's Bargain, Kahyla gets nabbed by her countrymen.
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#WIPSnips From Sci-Fi Short Story, loooong prequel to Demon's Bargain. Where did the demons come from?
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#WIPSnips From Demon's Bargain: Big sister prepares Abber to spy among the decadent locals
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#WIPSnips Despard has dinner with the weird refugees he rescued in my novel Demon's Bargain.
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#WIPSnips Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain. Waking up after a boss fight of undetermined success.
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#WIPSnips My first attempt at a WIPSnip. From my Epic Fantasy novel Demon's Bargain, where the heroine has finally made it to the Joint Council to plead her case.