This month’s post from me is short and sweet. Why? Because
I’m neck deep in finishing the first draft of the third book in my Prophecy series,
Collision. This, by the way, is the perfect
way for me celebrate a certain milestone I reached two years ago on January 12th.
That was the day I achieved my life-long dream of becoming a published author
with the release of my first novel, Prophecy,
Book One of the Prophecy Series.
It took over thirty years to write the darn thing. No
joke. The premise of the story came to me in high school while day-dreaming
during a class when I probably shouldn’t have been. (Okay, I know I shouldn’t have been.) I didn’t
know back then that this would be the story that would launch my career. I was
too lost in the little world budding in my head. All I wanted to do was find
out what would happen to Alexis Bock, her brother Jason, and the blue-skinned
alien captain whose original name I can’t remember.
Eventually, I put the story aside only to pick it up
again nearly thirty years later after a fevered dream (my muse) told me that I must.
(My muse likes to speak to me through dreams.) I searched high and low for my
original hand-written notebooks containing the manuscript, but they seemed to
have vanished. So, I started over, rebuilding this amazing world scene by
scene. Ultimately, Alexis became Alexandra, Jason became Nick (Nicholaus. Yes,
it’s spelled correctly for this story), and the alien captain became Gryf
Helyg.
If you haven’t
read Prophecy yet—or book two, Salvation (Nick’s story)—now would be a
good time to start. The first draft of book three will be going to my editor by
the end of February. So, it won’t be much longer until it’s also available!
Here’s more about Prophecy:
A nightmare of galactic proportions...
One normal day turns into horror when Earth is attacked. Now ER nurse Alexandra
Bock is imprisoned aboard an alien slave ship with no way out. She deems all
aliens untrustworthy, including the handsome blue-skinned Matiran captain who
shares her cell.
A betrayal from within…
One night of treachery leaves Senior Captain Gryf Helyg a prisoner of his
enemies. Because of him, Earth’s inhabitants face extinction and his home world
is threatened. But his plans for escape are complicated by his inexplicable
draw to the Earth woman imprisoned with him.
A chance to save both their peoples…
One ancient prophecy holds the key to free Alexandra and Gryf’s war-ravaged
worlds. Can two wounded souls who have lost everything learn to trust and
forgive in order to fulfill the prophecy, and find a love that will last for
eternity?
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Bestselling Author, Lea Kirk, loves
to transport her readers to other worlds with her science fiction romance.
She's currently working on book three of her popular SFR Prophecy series. She
lives in California with her wonderful hubby, their five kids (aka, the nerd
herd), and her "baby", an adorable Dobie mix.
3 comments:
Lea, so sorry we had to drag you out of your "world" to write this post. LOL But I'm glad you mentioned this series. I read both Prophesy and Salvation and thoroughly enjoyed them. It will be great to return to that world. Looking forward to reading the 3rd book in the series.
Thank you, Diane! I'm feeling motivated now. Lol.
I love doing this blog! It's fun, and gives me the opportunity to take a break from my usual writing. Already have an idea percolating for February's blog. ;-)
Thanks for the inspiring comments. I believe every writer has lost some significant piece of writing and panicked over reproducing it. So glad you were forced to dig deeper, the results sound great!
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