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WeWriWa 1/4/15

1/4/2015

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Hello, friends and readers.  Welcome to my first WeWriWa post of 2015!
It's great to be back...again.  Tonight wraps up my birthday week, and I have to say that I highly recommend both the movie "Into The Woods" and chocolate-cherry cake.

Two weeks ago, Lord Everard Carlisle got seriously dissed by Count Marcel DuClerque (and trust me, the guy totally deserved it).  This weekend I must choose between posting the very next eight sentences, or going back to my signature "random scrolling method."  *cue theme from Jeopardy!*

Going way back in time to Chapter 12, we have our first tragedy of the novel.  A poisoned arrow meant for the Crown Prince has instead struck a member of the royal party named Andrew Boyd.  His wife Eleanor is there, as is a healer who has explained that there is nothing to be done.  Eleanor knows there isn't much time left.


          She strained to hear his voice. “Don’t want you… see me this way.  Go.”
          “I will not!” she cried, pressing a kiss to his hand, her tears the only warmth she felt as his pulse began to weaken.  His breath was coming harder now.  She looked in his eyes and saw fear that made her weep even more.  Andrew had never feared anything.
          He whispered “Mercy…oh Lord” and was still.


Andrew didn't even learn before dying that Eleanor was with child again.  It still breaks me up to read this scene, years after writing it.

I'll see you all around the web, and I promise to post something less depressing next week, should the scrolling cooperate.

Kate


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Patricia Preston link
1/3/2015 11:37:42 pm

I loved it. Then again I'm a sucker for tearjerkers. I love writing such scenes, too.

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Kate Warre
1/4/2015 06:33:50 am

Thanks, Pat!

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Carrie-Anne link
1/4/2015 01:47:36 am

That's such a sad way to say goodbye. You know you've done your job right as a writer if a scene can choke you up, even years after you've written it.

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Kate Warren
1/4/2015 06:34:08 am

Thank you, Carrie-Anne.

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Alexis Duran link
1/4/2015 04:02:46 am

A very poignant, emotional scene. You do a great job of portraying the moment in a few short lines.

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Kate Warren
1/4/2015 06:34:39 am

Thanks, Alexis.

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charmaine gordon link
1/4/2015 04:16:12 am

Well done, Kate. Just enough to tear our hearts out.

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Kate Warren
1/4/2015 06:35:06 am

Aw, now I feel bad about making you feel bad too!

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Sarah W link
1/4/2015 05:19:27 am

At least he wasn't alone . . .

I'm with Charmaine, Kate: well done and owww, my heart!

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Kate Warren
1/4/2015 06:35:54 am

Thanks, Sarah. The only good thing was that their little girl wasn't there for it. She was thankfully in another part of the castle.

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veronica scott link
1/4/2015 02:20:20 pm

Ooh, so sad and I don't even know these characters yet! Well done excerpt...

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Kate Warren
1/5/2015 07:06:59 am

Thank you, Veronica.

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Neva Squires-Rodriguez link
1/6/2015 11:31:54 am

Oh my Gosh! How sad-but I loved it. Great writing! Depressing is good! ;)

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Kate Warren
1/7/2015 07:58:48 am

Thanks, Neva!

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