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WeWriWa 9

3/30/2013

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Welcome to this special Easter edition of Weekend Writing Warriors.  Don't know if I'll be getting my visits done today, may have to go into Monday.  No special Easter scene for you, so I'll use the random method again.  I'd like to take this moment to thank everyone who visits me each week and offers their support of my writing.  You guys rock!

This coming month, I'll be participating in Camp NaNoWriMo.  It's my hope that I can (finally) finish the first draft of The DeFord Chronicles, Part II during Camp.  This means I will not be posting for WeWriWa during the month of April, but I will be back after the event ends or I finish the draft--whichever comes first.

And now, on to the excerpt!  From Chapter 12...we join Queen Allyn of Frandia as she is contemplating what to do about her seventeen year old daughter's romantic distress.  

***SPOILER ALERT***  This excerpt covers part of the plot of The DeFord Chronicles, Part I  via the queen's remembrance of events that took place when she was her daughter Therese's age.


          "Had she been this much of a trial to her parents at ten and seven? She thought back to that year and realized that the answer might not be comforting.  That had been the year of the revolution.  The year she had forged friendships with Moreen DeFord and Isabelle St. Robert, though she had been Isabelle DuClerque at the time.  The year she had defied her father once to free those friends from wrongful imprisonment, sneaked away from the palace after dark to tell William DeFord of his son’s birth, and been reunited with the man to whom she had lost her heart months before in Paris.  The fact that her beloved was leading the rebellion had wounded her but when her errand into the rebels’ forest camp had been discovered she had refused to implicate him.  She had been confined to her chambers for her disobedience and feared a harsher punishment, but the battle had reached the palace that night and she had been set free only to witness her father’s murder by an angry nobleman who wished revenge for his own father’s death.
          Perhaps comparing Therese to herself was not the best idea."  


That's my eight for the week.  Hope you enjoyed it.  I'll be around the blogs this weekend, and will see you all again in May.

Kate
 

55 Comments
Heather Boyd link
3/30/2013 10:27:49 pm

Great snippet. Thanks for sharing.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:07:45 am

Thank you, Heather. :o)

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charmaine gordon link
3/31/2013 12:34:44 am

You swept me along with her recollections. Wonderful!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:09:36 am

Thanks, Charmaine!

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India link
3/31/2013 01:30:44 am

Great snippet, Kate. What mother hasn't experienced this very dilema. Could I possibly have given my parents as hard a time as my child is giving me? Um..yeah. Mommy karma. It always comes back to us eventually.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:10:35 am

Thank you, India. The funny thing is, this daughter isn't half the trouble that the youngest one is going to be.

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sara barnard link
3/31/2013 02:10:01 am

Beautiful recollection. I simply love this series! Your review is coming soon!!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:11:10 am

Thank you, Sara! I'm starting your book next and really looking forward to it. :o)

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Frank Fisher link
3/31/2013 02:40:25 am

A very nice, detailed recollection. Sad that she had to witness her father being murdered though. All the best in April!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:12:05 am

Thanks, Frank. For the comment and for the good wishes. :o)

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Veronica Scott link
3/31/2013 03:13:21 am

Loved this excerpt, even with the sad memories she has, it's so true to life that we can't really talk about what WE did at their age LOL. Great snippet!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:12:33 am

Thank you, Veronica.

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Donna Cummings link
3/31/2013 03:22:29 am

Wonderful snippet! I love how it gives all the backstory, but while she's contemplating what she was like at her daughter's age. The last line is great. :)

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:15:30 am

Thank you, Donna. It's almost cruel what happens next. She goes from Therese who is heartbroken to Katarina who is...how to put this without giving it away...high-spirited.

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Ann Swann link
3/31/2013 03:31:07 am

Great recollection. Think we've all had that ah-ha moment when our kids get big enough.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:16:39 am

Thanks, Ann. I don't even want to think about my daughter's teen years. She's only five. I have time, right?

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sue link
3/31/2013 04:13:18 am

Sounds like the mother was in more trouble than the daughter. Maybe she should go lighter on her. Will miss you in april. I'll be doing A-Z and see how that goes.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:19:32 am

Yes, Allyn was much more trouble than Therese. The tricky part is that Allyn isn't being hard on her at all. Therese wants to marry the man she loves. Allyn is hoping to find a way to make this happen for her daughter. But it won't be easy with betrothal negotiations and foreign princes involved.

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Susan Stuckey link
3/31/2013 04:33:55 am

Excellent snippet - and something that every mother probably experiences and can identify with. Nicely done. Good choice.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 04:44:32 am

Thank you, Susan. :o)

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sjwesson@live.com link
3/31/2013 05:35:09 am

There are trials and trials, and kids never seem to choose to be the ones their parents are prepared to handle . . .

Excellent eight, as usual! :)

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 07:04:34 am

Thanks, Sarah!

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Clare Davidson link
3/31/2013 05:44:33 am

She obviously had a very dramatic life as a teenager. I like the contrast between her recollections and the touch of humour right at the end of the snippet.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 07:05:08 am

Thank you, Clare. Yes it was rather dramatic. At least that year was.

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Sue Ann Bowling link
3/31/2013 06:50:23 am

I suppose you could call it karma.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 07:06:53 am

LOL, Sue Ann. Actually karma shows up in the form of her youngest daughter. Therese is upset, but she's pliable. Katarina on the other hand, is impetuous, spontaneous, and very headstrong. Her mother all over again.

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cheryl link
3/31/2013 07:10:17 am

Awesome snippet! :) Such an intriguing character. Hope to read more of her tale someday.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 08:54:16 am

Thanks, Cheryl. Allyn's youth is covered in The DeFord Chronicles, Part I.

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Paula Martin link
3/31/2013 08:20:48 am

Wow, she certainly had an eventful time when she was 17!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 08:54:56 am

Yes, she did. Gets home from France and all hell breaks loose. Most of it wasn't her doing though. ;o)

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Jenna Jaxon link
3/31/2013 08:49:30 am

Given her past, I sure hope her daughter's not that bad. But Moms always have that thought. I know I did. LOL Good luck with your Camp project!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 08:55:45 am

Thank you, Jenna. No Therese isn't that bad. Just wants what she can't have. The youngest princess is the real trial, they just don't know it yet.

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Linda Morris link
3/31/2013 08:53:33 am

I've said it before, but you have a great voice for historical. And yes, it sounds like she was as much of a trial to her parents as Therese. Have a productive April off-line!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 08:56:23 am

Thanks so much, Linda! :o)

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Karen Y. Bynum link
3/31/2013 10:04:28 am

Enjoyed your 8! Good luck with Camp NaNoWriMo! Write those words! :D

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:32:30 am

Thank you, Karen!

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Evelyn Jules link
3/31/2013 10:04:45 am

Once again, I feel like I've been transported into another world with your writing. Another fabulous excerpt, Kate! :)

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:33:14 am

Thank you, Evelyn. That's one of the nicest compliments I've ever received.

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Goran Zidar link
3/31/2013 10:06:32 am

A parent should always be wary of comparisons lest they find themselves wanting :-) It sure sounds like Queen Allyn had a busy time that year, much like you're going to have with the writing camp. Good luck, and I hope there's a comfy bed waiting for you at the end.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:33:58 am

Thanks, Goran. The comfy bed is always around, I just hope there's a finished draft at the end of it. ;o)

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:34:44 am

I just realized I didn't mention it's an online camping event. I may pitch a tent in the living room though.

Karen Michelle Nutt link
3/31/2013 10:24:29 am

Sounds like she was more trouble than her daughter. Lol
Perhaps, she will be tad more understanding understanding.
What a sad memory.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:35:52 am

Indeed. This is usually the least troublesome daughter. She's going to try to fix the problem, but she can't tell Therese that because it might not work and she doesn't want her to be disappointed even more.

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Virginia Kelly link
3/31/2013 10:46:25 am

Ah, the old "just wait until YOU have a daughter" has come back to haunt her. Hope her daughter doesn't go through so much.

Good luck with your writing and see you back in a month.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:36:27 am

Thank you, Virginia!

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Joyce Scarbrough link
3/31/2013 10:55:46 am

Wow, lots of info in these eight! Love the sardonic humor too. Great snippet!

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:36:45 am

Thanks, Joyce!

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Joanne Stewart link
3/31/2013 11:18:08 am

Excellent excerpt. Sounds like her life is riddled with conflict. Nicely done.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 11:37:06 am

Thank you, Joanne!

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Claire Gillian link
3/31/2013 01:42:47 pm

Ha! That last sentence was just killer! I had to snicker.

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Kate Warren
3/31/2013 01:44:21 pm

Thanks, Claire.

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Carol Duff link
3/31/2013 04:25:24 pm

I hope that you tell us about the camp in May. I will miss the feedback that you have given me. You have detailed life well. Each child is different and each brings up memories from experience to help us deal with them. Sometimes we use those memories and sometimes we find different ways to help our children.

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Kate Warren
4/1/2013 03:15:32 am

Thank you, Carol. I will probably post about camp on good days, when I hit the daily wordcount early.

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Cynthia Hudson link
4/1/2013 10:48:58 am

Wonderful snippet, Kate! Beautifully detailed and rich description. I really enjoyed it!

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Kate Warren
4/1/2013 12:38:39 pm

Thanks, Cynthia!

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