Today, I have the honor of hosting the wonderful Jaleta Clegg.
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Writing a Great Adventure Story
Take some quirky characters, throw in some nasty villains, add
spaceships and monsters, shake around until it explodes. Comb through the
explosion multiple times, fixing plot holes and rewriting scenes that just
don't work. Find a way to get it out there for people to read and enjoy. That's
my basic recipe.
Let me bring you up to speed.
Book one, Nexus Point, is really the nexus point for the series.
It's the beginning, ground zero, where all the dominos start falling. Take one
recent Patrol Academy graduate, Dace, who has her heart set on owning her own
trading ship, add two crewmembers who work for rival crime syndicates, and let
the fun begin. The ship reactor overloads. They have to abandon ship. But the
lifepods are old and the guidance systems defective. Dace crashes on a planet
where she's attacked by the resident bovine population. That's chapter one.
I love action, lots of it. My books are packed with explosions,
chases, fights, and lots of trouble. In the latest release, book four - Kumadai
Run, Dace and her crew (not the ones who betrayed her in Nexus Point) get
caught a five-hundred-year-old trap deep in a dangerous area of space.
Check out the books. If you're looking for fun, fast-paced action
adventure, these books deliver it by the freighter load.
BONUS: Nexus Point is FREE from Smashwords with coupon AA47G
Exceprt from Kumadai Run:
The ship lurched to the side and started
sliding towards the planet. Clark muttered under his breath as he checked the
ship. I turned back to my own boards. The engines whined as they tried to hold
us to the course Clark had set. Something was pulling us down to the planet.
Clark pushed the engines to maximum, fighting whatever it was.
Something in the controls gave with a
bang and flash of light. Sparks flew across the controls. The smell of burned
components filled the cockpit. The scanning screens flashed pure white, then
went dark. Completely. She tried to reboot them, but the systems were dead.
“Where are we going?” Clark asked over
the growing sound of the engine rumble. He fought his controls, trying to keep
us steady.
“Your guess is as good as mine,” Jasyn
answered.
It was my turn to swear. I’d made several
blind landings, the worst in a defective emergency pod. I hated not knowing
where I was going. I hated not being in control.
“We’re going down,” Clark said,
unnecessarily. All of us could hear the sound of thin atmosphere tearing past
the hull.
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