Welcome to Snippet Sunday! I've decided to switch it up this week with a WIP called Two Worlds Collided.
This is a time travel tale where an obsessed fan has a chance to save her beloved rock star from ending his life. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll are a cocktail that is neither glamorous nor pretty for rock star, Bellamy Lovel, but in the dark of night when the shadows threaten to consume him, he finds the one shining light that may guide him home.
I'm finished with the story and is now in the hands of my editor. 🙂 Can't believe how fast I wrote this one, but the characters just spoke to me.
Remember this is still unedited material. 🙂
LOOKING FOR last week's SNIPPET: https://www.kmnbooks.com/two-worlds-collided-chapter-1-3/
Now for Chapter One, #4 snippet
Los Angeles, 2007
Disappear
This is in Evie's POV. Evie's connection to Bellamy is she'd been asked to be his assistant prior to the official date the band would go on tour, but she didn't accept the position. Kelsey wants to send her back in time to that moment for her to say she will take the job. Note: Evie would only be with Bellamy for three weeks to keep him on schedule for interviews and such and wouldn't be with the band when they started the tour or on the day Bellamy ends his life.
We're jumping ahead a few paragraphs. Evie asked why she can't be sent back in time to the day Bellamy commits suicide instead? Seems like a logical question, right?
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No," Kelsey again interrupted and appeared alarmed. "You can't tell him he's going to commit suicide. If you do, you'll be snapped right back here so fast your head will spin. You can only shift events, not shout on a soapbox as if you're a prophet. Bellamy, in the end, will still have to make the decision without you spelling it out for him. It's all about balances in the universe." She sighed. "He may still end up dying, but on the off chance, he was leaning the other way, your subtle influences like perhaps a conversation you'll have with him will be the factor that keeps him from making that fatal decision. We're all connected in some way, Evie. We never know who might be influenced by something we said or something we've done."
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Seems like a tough spot for Evie–to know what will happen and not be able to just tell him. Love to know what you think of the book cover?
Possible blurb for Two Worlds Collided:
Evie Reid on a whim agrees to travel back in time to change bad boy Bellamy Lovel's path of destruction. She's smart with a college degree, but she is still fan-girl crazy for the rock band, Civilized Heathens. Evie knows despite all Bellamy's smiles and enthusiasm on the stage, he's destined to end it all on one lonely night in a hotel room unless she can change his path.
Bellamy isn't keen on having Evie as his personal assistant, hired by his band mates to watch over him, and keep him on schedule. However, there is something about the woman that sparks his interest, despite his best to ignore her. When darkness threatens to consume him, he realizes she may be the only light that will chase the shadows away.
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That makes sense. He’d probably just think she’s a crazy person or her telling him might push him over the edge sooner. Great snippet. 🙂
Jennifer,
Yes, I’d think she was a crazy.
Oh that would be so hard. To know what’s coming and only be able to hint at it, to suggest a different direction. Great snippet, Karen, and the new tale sounds fantastic!
Siobhan,
Thanks so much. Glad it has you intrigued.
Kelsey has some really good points. As tempting as it would be to redo history the way we want it, it’s probably not a good idea to do it in a radical, sudden, obvious way.
Carrie-Anne,
There has to be some order. lol
I agree with Siobhan … it’d be hard to walk that fine line between being subtle and telling him. Interesting concept.
Subtle is best, especially in time travel!
The possibility of “do-overs” is both fascinating and scary like “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment.” So many threads of life could be altered with the “tweaking” of one incident.
Gem,
You are so right. Must walk that very fine line so not to upset the universe. 🙂
I love that explanation of how the universe works, and the post title reminds me of “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas. Great snippet!
Joyce,
Glad you enjoyed the snippet and liked the title. 🙂
I really like your rules of time travel here, excellent excerpt.
Evie must be getting so frustrated at this point…
Love the cover, by the way. It *makes* you look at it.
PT,
Thanks so much. Glad the cover draws your attention.
So interesting to imagine the difference even the most subtle push could make to destiny. Wonderful snippet! Wonderful cover!
Elizabeth,
Thanks so much.
Ah, the paradoxes of time travel!
Ed,
Can’t be easy or everyone would be doing it. lol Could you imagine the what the time line would look like then? Yikes!
So he might still die and she has no way to really know if she can help or not. That’s not fun. I wonder if she is going to make a mess about everything and tell him not to kill himself anyway.
Linda,
Hmm…you’ll just have to wait and see.