Today’s special guest is fantasy novelist C.M. Sage and we’re chatting about The Chronicles of Antecede: Lost and Found.
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Bio:
Lost and Found is author C.M. Sage’s first book in the Chronicles of Antecede fantasy adventure trilogy. She loves writing, reading, and traveling. Most of all she loves spending time with her beloved family and friends…and yes, that includes her furry friends. Life would have been much less sunny without them.
Welcome, C.M. Please tell us a bit about your new release.
Sometimes things are lost for a very long time…and then they are found.
Take Gracie for example, a woman who lost everything, her life, her family, even her name, but now she is a Cathalian warrior of Antecede blessed with powers, which aren’t yet fully realized. Her elder and nemesis, Donavan, finally granted the former professor an opportunity to train a new warrior. Her joy turns to shock when she meets her great, great, great, great grandson, Henry, accompanied by his wisecracking best friend, Milo. Henry recognizes his long dead ancestor right away, and it doesn’t take the Cathalians long to realize that this meeting was no accident.
Gracie and the warriors of Antecede soon discover that they aren’t the only ones laying a claim on their new charges. Menacing enemies from the South and their hired mercenary assassin, Revilan, the Bowman, have also taken an interest. Come along with Gracie, Donavan, and their fellow warriors on a perilous quest to protect all that is good and right from the evil that threatens it, and along the way discover what else was lost.
Excerpt from The Chronicles of Antecede: Lost and Found:
Donovan looked her up and down with an expression that might have been disdain, but more intense and personal. His examination puzzled her, but again being singled out by him wasn’t unusual. He said nothing at all for quite some time. It took all of Gracie’s strength not to fidget under his stare. At last the force that was Donovan burst wide open, and his fire rained down on her head.
“How dare you act without any care for yourself or your brothers and sisters-in-arms and needlessly put yourself in harm’s way? Everything went exactly according to plan before you put yourself within that monster’s reach. Why? Do you realize how close his arrow came to you? And how close he came to breaking your neck? Do you have a death wish? You want to spend eternity on that bow? Join Emmie and Shinto? Is that your desire? You are still the same senseless, selfish woman who stepped onto the pier the day I met you. You have learned nothing.” Donovan closed the gap between them and was now yelling an inch from her face. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her like a rag doll, but Gracie was no longer his whipping girl.
She wrenched herself out of his grasp and slapped him hard across the face. She held nothing back, and the stinging blow left a small but mighty handprint on his cheek. The entire world grew quiet, as if holding its breath, waiting for something dire to happen. Her seven protectors, who had remained close to their mistress during the battle, surrounded her, growling, ready to come to her defense if her elder so much as touched her again.
How do you develop your plot and characters?
The plot just comes to me…usually in the middle of the night, which is why I keep a notepad and pen on my nightstand. This is crazy, but the characters sort of speak to me, almost like they are auditioning lol.
Please describe your writing space.
I write in a few places, but I love writing in my home office. I’m surrounded by pictures on the wall…my rug and couch…my wardrobe that was handmade for me…books everywhere.
What is the first book you remember making an indelible impression on you?
Charlotte’s Web. To this day, it is one of my favorites.
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Strawberry. My siblings used to be so mad because I always asked for strawberry cake and ice cream on my birthday. They wanted chocolate.
Which mythological creature are you most like?
I think the phoenix. I think many times I’ve been, or I’ve thought myself out, but I always come back a little older, a little wiser, a little stronger.
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Thanks for hosting!
Thank you so much for hosting Lost and Found Lisa…everything looks so beautiful.
Sounds like a great book.
Thank you Rita! Writing those little synopses is surprisingly hard lol, so I’m really glad it works.
Lisa – thanks again for hosting Lost and Found on your site!