Welcome to another round of Weekend Writing Warriors. Today I get to announce the release of the next book in the Masters and Mages series! Blood of Salar is set to release on March 3rd, 2015. To celebrate I’m going to share a snippet from the first chapter. Things are getting dangerous in the land of Rakkan and M’lan the monk and Jamil the assassin are challenged to maintain their relationship while a rebellion swirls around them. After months apart, they find themselves at odds regarding Jamil’s work.
M’lan is the first to speak:
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“Kings and lords always claim to have the ear of at least one god.”
“Much like monks.”
M’lan’s cheeks burned. He sensed Jamil slipping away from him, back into his previous enslavement to the court and its devious methods.
“The king’s sorcerers still have a dark hook in your heart,” he pronounced. He regretted it when he saw the affect of his words.
Jamil’s eyes narrowed and his face achieved a hardness M’lan hadn’t seen since before the monk healed him.
“If anyone has hooks in me, it’s you, Headmaster M’lan.”
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Alexis Duran 
You’ve created this other world and I’m transported to a place and time so unfamiliar yet I sense a love and caring between them. Good eight.
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They’re definitely at odds with each other. I like the last line (having hooks in me). Hope they’ll resolve their differences soon.
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Nice exchange. Jamil could draw blood with his tongue, couldn’t he?
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Yep, that went well.
It’s difficult sometimes, to express concern in a way that doesn’t sound judgmental. Especially if the other person doesn’t really want to listen.
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I LOVED the first book so I can’t wait for more! Excellent excerpt today, they do have some heavy things to work through…
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I loved the first book–but, but, but MARCH???
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That’s an emotionally intense exchange. Congratulations on your release!
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That is a very intense emotional scene. You can tell they care for one another, but all the words are coming out wrong…
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Bummer, they love each other, but none of the words are coming out right today. You drew me right in.
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Each comes across frustrated with the other. Their conversation rings true.
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Sometimes you try to say the right thing, but the other person takes it the wrong way. Hopefully they can work through this and focus on the intent, not the actual words.
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Congratulations on the upcoming release! Fabulous news!
The tension and the connection between them leaps off the page. Amazing snippet.
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Congratulations on the upcoming release! This world is unfamiliar to me, but the dialogue took me right there. It sounds very dark and intriguing; I love the undercurrent between the characters!
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There is a undercurrent of personal conflict…of speaking of your ideas and feeling it cost you…great snippet
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