My Stories and Writing Tips. Copyright 2020-2022 by Robert Plamondon
Category: Silver Buckshot
Does being able to see the future give you more than the chance to write the last chapter of your autobiography? A young adult fantasy novel in progress.
In Silver Buckshot, Episode 5: Room Service, Flavia awakens to find three new letters she doesn’t remember writing: one to Frank, one to the king, and one to herself. It’s been hours since anyone tried to kill or kidnap them, so this episode is going to be uneventful, right? Don’t bet on it.
All 39 episodes of my banter-packed serial novel, Silver Buckshot: Magic, Mystery, and a Most Aggravating Boyfriend, are available for your reading pleasure. Read the first three episodes for free. The second volume is coming soon!
Thirteen-year-old Princess Flavia has endured a lot recently. Polio crippled her legs and killed her mother, her father is sunk in grief, and her servants veer between negligence and cruelty. She takes refuge in her books and never complains. But she draws the line at being murdered. Fourteen-year-old Frank Barron conceals her when the shooting starts. This is no accident: a letter told him what to do. It’s signed, “Love, Flavia.” She has no memory of it. And she can’t tell the future! Can she?
This uses the new Kindle Vella platform, which is specially designed for episodic stories. The first three episodes of every story are free. After that, you pay, but they hand you hundreds of free”tokens” just for showing up, so that’ll keeps you busy for a while.
I leverage my own experiences in this book for that extra realism in spite of the fantasy elements. Flavia’s polio is based on my father’s, for instance.
I’m publishing my fantasy adventure/romance story, Silver Buckshot: Magic, Mystery, and a Most Aggravating Boyfriend as a serial, with four episodes available now and new ones posting every Sunday starting June 12, 2022. There are 39 episodes so far (think of it as Season One), and I’ve made a start on Season Two.
Description
Thirteen-year-old Princess Flavia has endured a lot recently. Polio crippled her legs and killed her mother, her father is sunk in grief, and her servants veer between negligence and cruelty. She takes refuge in her books and never complains. But she draws the line at being murdered. Fourteen-year-old Frank Barron conceals her when the shooting starts. This is no accident: a letter told him what to do. It’s signed, “Love, Flavia.” She has no memory of it. And she can’t tell the future! Can she?
How To Get Your Mitts On It
Read it on the Kindle Vella platform. The first three episodes are free and Amazon will give you enough free tokens to keep you reading for free for 20,000 words or so. After that, you buy more tokens. They’re pretty cheap.
I’ll be posting an update for every new episode here and also on my Facebook PlamondonFiction page and my Twitter page. Feel free to give me feedback in any or all of these places. I’d love to hear from you!