It is June FIRST, time for the FIRST Blog Tour! (Join our alliance! Click the button!) The FIRST day of every month we will feature an author and his/her latest book's FIRST chapter!The feature author is:
Donita K. Paul
Donita K. Paul
and her book
:
WaterBrook Press (June 17, 2008)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donita K. Paul is a retired teacher and award-winning author of seven novels, including DragonSpell, DragonQuest, DragonKnight, and DragonFire. When not writing, she is often engaged in mentoring writers of all ages. Donita lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado where she is learning to paint-walls and furniture! Visit her website at http://www.dragonkeeper.us. The Books of the DragonKeeper Series:DragonSpell, DragonQuest DragonKnight, DragonFire DragonLight. Visit her website.
AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:
AND NOW...THE FIRST CHAPTER:
Castle Passages
Kale wrinkled her nose at the dank air drifting up from the stone staircase. Below, utter darkness created a formidable barrier.
Toopka stood close to her knee. Sparks skittered across the donee*l child's furry hand where she clasped the flowing, soft material of Kale's wizard robe. Kale frowned down at her ward. The little doneel spent too much time attached to her skirts to be captivated by the light show. Instead, Toopka glowered into the forbidding corridor. "What's down there?"
Kale sighed. "I'm not sure."
"Is it the dungeon?"
"I don't think we have a dungeon."
Toopka furrowed her brow in confusion. "Don't you know? It's your castle."
"A castle built by committee." Kale's face grimaced at the memory of weeks of creative chaos. She put her hand on Toopka's soft head.
The doneel dragged her gaze away from the stairway, tilted her head back, and frowned at her guardian. "What's 'by committee'?"
"You remember, don't you? It was just five years ago."
"I remember the wizards coming and the pretty tents in the meadow." Toopka pursed her lips. "And shouting. I remember shouting."
"They were shouting because no one was listening. Twenty-one wizards came for the castle raising. Each had their own idea about what we needed. So they each constructed their frgment of the castle structure according to their whims."
Toopka giggled.
"I don't think it's funny. The chunks of castle were erected, juxtaposed with the others, but not as a whole unit."
Continue hear to read the entire first chapter.
*Doneels- one of the seven high races. These people are furry with bulging eyes, thin black lips, and ears at the top and front of their skulls. Generally are musical and given to wearing flamboyant clothing.
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