Quarter Pounder with Cheese

Good morning!
Miraculously, I dragged my ass out of bed an hour early, and got Chapter 9 started in Broken Bloodlines, Book 2.
 Yup, that's right. Changed manuscripts again. I'll be honest- I'm a little intimidated by Underbelly at the moment. I have a shit ton of description to do, and well, you know how that sends me running. I really must get over that- I see it in my head, I just have trouble slowing down the images to get them on paper. I need to make Kore as cool and unique as possible- and I haven't found that yet. If I take a break, (like I'm doing) it will come to me.
Okay, time to make sandwiches.
Thanks for stopping,

KR

Broken Bloodlines Re-Launch

B.B.1 :The Awakening is going back up on Amazon! I've had so many requests from fans, and I'm over here like, you guys know how I like my revisions, LOL. 
 In honor of B.B.1 relaunch, I am posting the first chapter of B.B.2:The Rising! 
Enjoy!!
KR 

Chapter 1: Atrocious Acts

    She needed blood. She needed ancient blood, a kind of blood that would really put her over the edge.

    Arcon’s blood power had worn off only a few minutes after she had finished drinking from him. His body was now a pile of scattered ashes, as his body had ignited after she had beheaded him. It didn’t surprise her, although she hadn’t anticipated the intense flu-like feeling that came over her. She had made it to her bed, had pulled herself up to its impressive height with the last of her strength. Now she was nestled deep within a cocoon of charcoal gray pillows and blankets.

Kaellina’s energy was on its last reserves, and she was nauseous. The bedroom, with its dark gray and black interior, swam around her.

She was defenseless right now. In a very short period of time, she had killed her own Master- Erazem, who had been a 600 year old Vampyre- and Arcon, her sister Calissa’s Master and Kraynu’s Second in Command.  Not a bad night of hunting and rearranging the Bloodline hierarchy.

Killing Erazem himself had been surprisingly quick. But the rest of his coven...that had taken time and a lot of energy. His coven had been fiercely loyal to their Master and had fought hard against her. But once she had taken control of the Jen-Yu, it was much easier to clean up the place.

    Kaellina coughed hard, a wracking cough that left her holding her sides in pain. When it passed, she took several deep breaths and looked at her Echo. Bella, a black panther, was curled up in a miserable ball at the foot of the bed.

    “Bella, we can beat this. You know we can. I know we can.” Bella opened one of her iridescent yellow eyes and stared at Kaellina.

Still, there was the matter of the inconvenient way that Erazem had passed-right before she had destroyed him, he had swallowed one of Calissa’s hairs. Such an odd, maddening thing- how did he even get ahold of one them? One strand of hair that would act as the transport for his soul to take residence inside of Calissa’s head.

    And while it was hilarious to think of him bugging the shit out of her sister, it was not good for war tactics. Erazem had fed on Kaellina, thus tying them intricately together, in such a way that Erazem would always have a bead on her, a personal GPS on her location and activities. Hell, she was pretty sure he was powerful enough to tap into her visual and auditory capabilities, so he could see out of her eyes, and hear what she was hearing.

    Unless Callisa hadn’t survived her Master being killed...The next instant, Kaellina threw out that idea. Kaellina was still alive- if she had survived (so far) Calissa had as well. She wondered how Calissa was feeling; she had killed her sister’s Master, Arcon, about six hours ago. She sincerely hoped that Calissa felt ten times worse than she did.

    She picked up her head to look out at the mammalian bodies that were spread out all around her bedroom. She had taken over Erazem’s 150-member Jen-Yu pack, immortal silver jaguars that were blood bound to a Master. It had been easier than she had thought, and once Erazem’s own pack turned on him…..

    An idea popped into Kaellina’s head. But she didn’t know if it would work. It was a dangerous, formidable idea. Seeing it through would violate one of the most sacred rules of the True. But if it did work…..

    “Ken-yalla” She spoke the ancient name, and the biggest of the giant cats got slowly to his feet. He threaded his way among the bodies over to the bed, where he jumped up next to Kaellina.

    She instructed him to lay down on his side next to her, facing away. She lined their bodies up, and the smell of his blood reached her nostrils. It smelled like paradise- rich, meaty. She could feel his heart beating- which even weakened by the power loss of the last couple of days still beat with incredible energy- energy that Kaellina desperately needed at the moment.

    With her two hands holding down his head and upper body, she threw a leg over the rest of his body. Ken-yalla started to raise his head at this strange procedure but she shoved it back down. Then she bared her fangs, letting them drop to their full length, and stabbed into the muscular neck.

    Ken-yalla jumped and squirmed underneath her, alarmed at this unprecedented behavior. Kaellina tightened her hold as the the delicious fluid burst into her mouth. She tightened her grip on his head and flexed the muscles in her leg, letting the concentrated weight help keep his body still. She felt tendons snap under her teeth and it only made her nestle deeper into the jaguar’s neck. Ken-yalla let out a shriek of pain, followed by another. He thrashed underneath her, but her desperation for what was in his veins helped her overpower the beast.

    Oh! Ken-yalla’s ancient blood sprayed into her mouth, and it was delicious. She had never tasted blood this delicious, this layered. Her eyes closed in ecstasy.

    She felt her powers returning, the insurmountable energy returning. Her limbs were waking up, her muscles plumping up.

    Finally, she pulled out of Ken-yalla, and tilted her head back to crow triumphantly at the ceiling. Dark gold dripped from her fangs, and she pushed Ken-yalla’s limp body off the bed.

    Kaellina sat up in bed, and reveled in the power rush she was experiencing.

    Bella was looking better already- she was sitting alert on the bed, her ebony coat shiny once again. The rest of the Jen-yu had gotten to their feet as well, regarding Kaellina who had just killed their pack master.

    Without taking her eyes off of the one-hundred and forty-nine Jen-Yu that were staring at her, Kaellina slid out of bed and stood before them.

    “Bow before your new Master!” she barked at them. There was a moment before anything moved, then one by one, all the Jen-yu stretched out their front limbs before Kaellina.

    “Let’s go take care of Nashel. We’ll raze that town to the fucking ground.”

Rainy Day Writing

The weather was super crappy today, so I took advantage and got a big chunk of B.B. Book 2 done; things are heating up and I need to plan out a BIG battle scene. A battle scene, I suspect, that will leave a secondary character out of commission. Still not positive whether I am going to go through with the nix, but it's a good possibility. 
  I follow a lot of romance & paranormal romance authors on Twitter, and something in my heart warms in those genres. I think I have a romance writer inside of me, whether regular human romance or romance where people are morphing into other things all the time. 
  While I am currently married to the B.B. series, someday I will have definitely have to explore down that sulty alleyway. 
   There's also at least two other stories that need to be worked on. 
  Ah, the freedom! The freedom to make up special powers, new creatures, crazy characters.  
  If only there was more time. 

KR 

A Different Journey

This second book in the Broken Bloodlines series, is a much different journey than the first book was.

Book 1: The Awakening was widely comprised of dream-like scenes that would pop into my head. Vivid, colorful and emotionally charged, I had to put them in the story. Incongruities with the rest of the plot?? Ah, don't worry about it. I'll make it work.
And eighty percent of my "weaving" did work, and was interesting. The other strange, analogous 20% was at least interesting, ha ha.

I don't think I've had any of those vivid scenes for this second book. I've had to really think my way through each chapter, but they've been coming easy enough so far **knock on wood**. And yes, some chapters came easier than others, but I've already put in far more work so far in this second book, than I did for most of the first.

I'm going to take some of that and apply it to the topic, "How I've Grown As a Writer." 

KR

Listening to Crazy

I've been working steadily on Book 2 of the Broken Bloodlines series, and that old excitement is creeping back up on me. Characters are floating around in my brain, and the writing has been fairly easy so much. They are all talking to me, letting me know what needs to happen. I'm a more mature writer at this point, working on Book 2. How many years ago was Book 1 started? Gosh, I believe it has been more than a decade. Oh man, I shouldn't have done the math just then. Damn.
  I've been listening to audiobooks steadily since about October, and I've got to tell you, I am totally smitten. Having that auditory stream going through my head all week driving back and forth from work has really helped me with description in my writing. I always struggled with slowing down enough to expand a scene to make it a clear picture for the reader. I hear the story much more clearer in my own head.

KR
 

Muddle Writing

  This has been a lazy weekend. The weather is shit, with sub zero temps and plenty of snow. You know, the kind of weather that makes you want to curl up in bed and not leave it for three more months. Good ole upstate NY. 
  The lover and I went outside very briefly to brush the snow off our cars and to shovel a path from our back door to the front. (Even though it's unlikely that we will ever need a second escape route, I feel better if we are able to exit through the back. Just in case.) And holy shit, it was nasty out there.I wish it was a bit warmer out, because I would have totally made an awesome snow fort. 
   However, with the shit weather outside, it should make for great writing weather. I expected to have a great writing day, but I've been muddling through it. I have finished the first couple of scenes that already were played out in my head, so now I'm trying to figure out the next bunch of scenes.
   I'm going to go take a break and make a salad. 
 K 

Let Me Tell You A Story....

Getting this new book cover made me think back over as to how I first came up with the idea for this book. 
  I know I've touched on this in previous entries, but the first vampire-thing-a bit before that Twilight crap- that got my engines revving was the first Underworld movie.
  There. The seed planted. 
The next thing was a memory that surfaced of the pre-teen series The Animorphs. Remember that series? The kids that could transform into a certain animal? 
And the final bit that slid into place: the trilogy The Golden Compass. I LOVED that goddamned series! That was an awesome escape as a kid. 

Calissa and Kaellina Dorr are twin sisters who are at odds from day 1. They are Morgins, born to human parents. Meaning, that Calissa came out with a peregrin falcon chic, and Kaellina came out with a black panther cub. Yeah, that's right-Came out with. Morgins have a long history, and only show up when chaos is about to kick off. Morgins usually only come one person at a time....what do you think twins signify?
 They both get mixed up with some bad ass vampires shortly after their 19th birthday, and yadda yadda, there's going to be a second book.
How do you like that?
 Pick up your copy of Broken Bloodlines, Book 1: The Awakening here.
K

Writing Update

    Beautiful Sunday! Beautiful steaming cup of coffee on my left, and all my materials for working on Book 2 of the Broken Bloodlines series on my right. Those include my laptop (which I'm using to write this before I really dive in for the day), my Kishi Kishi binder(left hand picture)

full of sections of colored paper devoted to certain subjects, like character details, location details, etc. and a wonderfully designed composition book (right hand picture) (thank you VG!) that I use for chapter starts, writing out plot/character issues, and general writer's block breakthrough. I often find that if I start a chapter by hand it will start to plan itself out enough so that I can switch to the laptop. 

    I had quite a non-writing lull after I published Book 1. I don't know if it was just due to the career transition I was doing around the same time, or if I'll always need a break like that before starting the next. I hope to jump back into the fray sooner. I published Book 1 on Thanksgiving, and I didn't really dive back into Book 2 until about 2 weeks ago. 
  I'm giving myself a full 10 months to write this one, and a month for editing so I'm tentatively planning on getting this one out for Christmas. 
  Book 1: The Awakening has been well-received, and I already have people asking about the second one. If you haven't downloaded your copy yet, you can find it on Amazon here.
   Thank you all, 

  K

Happy Sunday!

Good morning, all you lovelies out there! I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend, maybe with some reading? Of the paranormal type? Hmm?

 I am dealing with a bit of a headache right now, that I believe is caused by the amount of alcohol I might have consumed last night. A strong cup of coffee will probably take care of it, after copious amounts of water.

We had A's company Christmas party last night at the casino, plenty of shmoozing and good food. I thought my hooker heels would have been too much (Guess 5"ers, love them!) but then every bitch there had sky high heels on so I felt a little dumpy in my flats.

Two wardrobe facts that I have discovered along my journey of Full Time Adult Work Schedule, is
a) I might wear a size 8 in jeans, but with dress pants I wear a size 6, so that the pants sit above my hips and saggy butt is eliminated,
and
b) when buying pumps and any leather/leatherette shoes, buy 1/2 size smaller than you normally wear, cuz them dem babies are going to stretch like a bitch. I now have a pair of dress flats and a pair of pumps that are too big. Awesome.

I've been having a small creative dilemma the last couple of weeks. A few days after I published The Awakening, it occurred to me that while yes, Book 2 needs to be worked on, but technically, I've got a little bit of freedom to explore my other creative desires.
I would still love to make my own clothing line, and I heard that a certain mother-in-law might have purchased me a mannequin to help that along.
  I would also like to get back into painting, something I did when I was a teenager and I wasn't too bad, if I do say so myself.
  I just haven't been feeling the writing bug lately; I've got the first couple of chapters of Book 2 of The Broken Bloodlines series sketched out, but the urge isn't there. I'm still looking for it.

Any of you out there that read The Awakening, would you please leave me a review? Even just a short comment, I want your feedback!!
Love yall,
KelBel

Did you order your copy yet?

Have you ordered your copy of The Awakening, book 1 of my Broken Bloodlines series? It's only .99 and it's officially released on Thanksgiving, which is less than 3 days away!Order it HERE :D

 I LOVE Thanksgiving. It's all my favorite foods, and so comforting. Mmmmm turkey and gravy and football. Fuck yeah.
 So here's the deal: get your pre-order in, and on Thanksgiving, you can stuff your face with deliciousness, then settle on the couch with your technology (cuz you will probably need a break from the relations) and dive into an exciting story.

The Awakening introduces a new kind of paranormal being, and is the story of a battle between twin sisters. The sisters have extraordinary powers, and will face off against one another to gain control of a sleepy little town named Nashel. Nashel has something that both girls desperately want, but they have much different intentions. 

Order your copy today! If you don't have a Kindle, you can download the app on your smartphone.

Much Love, 
 KelBel

E-Book release!!

                                                                                       

So this happened yesterday....

Meet my baby of almost 10 years in the making (yes, I got distracted a lot over those 10 years!) 

The Awakening, Book 1 of the Broken Bloodlines series. 

It's official e-book release is Thanksgiving Day, but you can preorder it here!

Here are the deets: 

One cold November night, a very special pair of twin girls were born. Little did those screaming, red-faced infants know that on their 19th birthday, they would both be plunged into the middle of a battle between ancient beings ...
Nashel is a large town with a special history. There are different kinds of beings that watch over it, and guard its precious cargo. Calissa and Kaellina Dorr grew up as outcasts on the edge of Nashel and are now sworn enemies. Both want control over Nashel and what its hiding under its many layers. Calissa, with help of the other ancient beings that inhabit Nashel, is trying to keep Kaellina from finding that which she so desperately seeks. Each sister has dangerous, new powers that no one in Nashel has seen before and the future will be decided by the winner of the war between beings.
In this first book of the Broken Bloodlines series, meet the main characters and learn the prestory of the Morgins.