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Monday, March 5, 2018

Across a Sea of Stars by Michael Gonzales




Across a Sea of Stars by Michael E. Gonzales – February, 2018 #blogabookscene #Spaceopera #PrairieRosePub @PrairieRosePub #FireStarPress


I sat editing another story the other day when I stopped to consider just how many times I have read, reread, and read this story again and again (was that redundant? It was meant to be.) Then it dawned on me, I will never know what it is to read any of my stories for the first time. And no, I don’t count all the work that went into creating the story as the first time.
I have literally spent a week writing a single paragraph, to get it just the way I want it. A paragraph that a reader will gloss over in a second or two.
I’ll never know the reaction of hitting that first plot twist, never know the feeling of tension that I worked so hard to build.
And the climax, as well as the ending. What did if feel like for them?
Book sales and reviews are a measure of how well I’ve written, but I will never know the feeling of that first-time reader.
Makes me a little sad. What better way to judge your own work than to read it for the first time?


Across a Sea of Stars
From an inexplicable anomaly on the surface of the Moon, an astronaut, Captain Cris Salazar, is mysteriously conveyed to a distant planetary system halfway across the galaxy. At the insistence of a strange old man, he departs on a trek across the planet thinking he is seeking someone with the ability to send him home, but he is being manipulated, and soon his strange situation becomes immensely complicated.
His epic quest sees him ally with an alien woman, a near giant, and a robotic intelligence.
With these three he must face a vast army with no fear of pain or death, an enemy with supernatural powers, a madman with a vast armada, and a dark secret. How can Cris possibly hope to return home…Across a Sea of Stars?




EXCERPT:
Tattie simultaneously hit the launch button and the violent detonation threw Cris against the padded wall just under the hatch. The escape pod hurtled away from the ship. Instantly, Tattie saw that they were about to collide with the rear of the spinning ship. "Brace yourself!" she called back to Cris, and then fired her engine at full throttle. In her monitor, she saw the stern coming closer. The great ship appeared to be ablaze as the friction with the atmosphere increased. The G-forces on their bodies climbed to incredible proportions as Tattie pushed the little pod to get out of the way. It looked as if she were not going to make it. They had cleared the hull, but one of the extended engine housings was now headed right for them, a collision was inevitable. There were only seconds remaining. Tattie shouted over her shoulder, "I love you, Cris!"
The moment Tattie looked back at her monitor, the heat from the reentry melted through the engine's support, and the entire housing broke loose and was pulled down into the planet's atmosphere. The escape pod then bolted free and into open space.
"Cris—Cris, we are free!" Tattie screamed.
"We made it? We're still alive?"
Now Tattie's voice was much more serious, "Cris, come here and look at this."
Across a Sea of Stars is available on Amazon.




 
Images by Mike Gonzales.

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4 comments:

  1. Mike, I never thought about it like this--very interesting way to look at our writing. Though I must confess, as I have gotten older, I look back on some of the stuff I wrote long ago and think, "Well, I don't remember writing THIS." LOL

    Love your stories--you have such a gift for worldbuilding, and that is not easy to do and make it REAL for readers!

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  2. Thank you Cheryl. But this consideration weighed on me when I first started to write. It began with the question, "What will others think of this?" I'll wager every writer has asked themselves that question.

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  3. Mike,

    Pardon the tardiness of my response. Somehow I missed your article. I've had the same experience as Cheryl's in that I've gone back to read something I've written, and I have no recollection of writing it. And I agree with you that as writers, we do ask ourselves what others will think of our work.

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  4. Kay, yes. It's a funny thing. I reread a part of my first novel, Dark Moon Rising, and could not for the life of me recall writing that scene.
    I've spoken to some friends who have read my latest novel, Across a Sea of Stars. Their comments, and questions, really set me aback. Theirs was a perspective I had not considered. I have employed two beta readers on a novel in the wings. Their comments caused me to rewrite the entire first chapter, and alter several other parts. I believe in beta readers now, you just have to be careful who ya hire.
    Thank you for your comment.
    Mike

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