{"id":8102,"date":"2013-02-19T00:15:40","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T07:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2013-02-19T00:15:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T07:15:40","slug":"book-teasers-are-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/book-teasers-are-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Book teasers are HARD&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;but I think I&#8217;m on to something with this one.\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE LAST FREE STARS NOW LIES ON THE PATH OF BLOOD AND GLORY.<\/p>\n<p>The princess of Shinihon could not have picked a worse time to run away. The galaxy is at war, and the massive Hameji battle fleets threaten to overrun the last of the free stars. Only the boy emperor Katsuichi dares to stand against them, but with his sister gone missing, the burden of command may be too much for him to bear.<\/p>\n<p>The job falls on Captain Danica Nova and her band of mercenaries to bring the princess safely home. Among them, Master Sergeant Roman is one of the few still old enough to remember the homeworld. But he&#8217;s an old cyborg, and his humanity is fading. Death is a mercy he doesn&#8217;t expect to find on this mission.<\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t the only ones after the princess, however. Sholpan&#8217;s son Abaqa is eager to win honor and glory by making the girl his slave. Though only a boy, he&#8217;ll stop at nothing to prove himself to his Hameji brethren.<\/p>\n<p>With the Federation in disarray, the bloody end of the war may come too soon for some of them. But one thing is certain\u2014not all of them will live to see it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is, of course, for my upcoming novel <strong>Stars of Blood and Glory<\/strong>.\u00a0 I just got back the first round of edits from my editor, and it looks pretty good.\u00a0 There&#8217;s just one scene we agree needs some extra work, and that shouldn&#8217;t take longer than a week.\u00a0 The cover art might take a little longer, but if the book&#8217;s not published this month it definitely will be in the next.<\/p>\n<p>But first, I&#8217;ve got to really nail the teaser.\u00a0 So what do you guys think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;but I think I&#8217;m on to something with this one.\u00a0 What do you think? THE ONLY HOPE FOR THE LAST FREE STARS NOW LIES ON THE PATH OF BLOOD AND GLORY. The princess of Shinihon could not have picked a worse time to run away. The galaxy is at war, and the massive Hameji battle&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/book-teasers-are-hard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book teasers are HARD&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Here's the book teaser for STARS OF BLOOD AND GLORY. What do you think? 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