bleeding sun preview.

This is a preview to the fifth book in my book series, The Tarterrior Series. The book, called Bleeding Sun
is probably my personal favorite because of the interactions bewtween the two characters of Kala Roote and Alsenoth Ongeller. This scene is one of the first in the book, so please enjoy!

Bleeding Sun Excerpt
By Adam Gonzales

“Are you sure you want to do this?” Alsenoth was trying to convince Kala otherwise.
“Yes, Alsey.”
“And are you sure that your room filled with light after you woke up from your nightmare?”
Kala gave him a look. The look, rather. It was funny how she was able to unexpectedly demand control with her eyes. She was two years younger than Alsenoth—thirty-three—and yet she was still able to make him feel smaller than her in every way. He knew he was fighting in an argument that he could not win.
“I just want to make sure, Kala. Stimdärt abilities are difficult to control. It’s tiring and you’re going to have to be under extreme agitation while you train. So….” He paused.
Kala gave him a curious look. “So, what?”
Alsenoth looked distractedly to his side. “So I’m going to have to hit you.”
Kala’s eyes widened. “What!?”
“Yes, err…. See? I told you this wasn’t a great idea!”
“Right. To agitate me you have to hit me? You can’t yell at me or something?”
“That’s not how it works, Kala. And I’m not going to yell at you.”
“But you’ll hit me.”
Alsenoth growled in irritation. “Kala, we can do this another time. I mean you can even just wait until we do your regular sword training, if you want.”
Kala smile. “Ugh! Fine! Hit me, then!” She bent her knees, folded her wings across her back, and stuck her neck forward. A big grin on her face, she tapped her cheek with her left hand. “Come on, Alsey! Right here!”
Alsenoth shook his head, his eyes narrowed. “I’m not going to hit you now, Kala. I’m not dumb enough to just—”
“No, come on! Seriously, hit me!”
“Kala if this is some sort of joke—”
“Hit me!”
Alsenoth threw his fist against Kala’s cheek. She flipped around and snarled, placing her claw against her face. When she turned back around to face Alsenoth, her eyes and pupils were a deep shade of ruby; a clear sign of Stimdärt power. Her cheek was cut from the impact of the punch and blood was trickling down her face.
“What did you do that for?”
Alsenoth was flustered, taken completely off-guard. He widened his eyes in fear—horrified that he had actually hurt his best friend. “But you asked me to hit you! Insisted, if I rightly recollect! Are you okay? I mean, I didn’t mean to hit you that hard!”
He bent down and knelt at her side. She had an angry look on her face. “I know I told you to, but I didn’t think that you’d actually do it; I was trying to prove a point!”
“I’m sorry Kala. I was just trying to help you tap into your Stimdärt abilities.”
Kala sighed. “I know. I’m not mad. I’m just…shocked at how much it hurt.”
Alsenoth raised his brow. “Oh, is that all? I thought you were mad at me?”
“I can be if you’d like,” she pouted with her face and gave Alsenoth the look.
Alsenoth just chuckled. “I’m sorry Kala, but it was either that or cutting you.”
Kala lifted her claw off of her face to reveal her bleeding cheek. She flashed him a sarcastic smile. “Oh we wouldn’t want that now, would we?”
Alsenoth grinned. “No, of course not. But either way it still worked.”
“What do you mean?”
Alsenoth stood up and looked at her. “Well for one thing, your eyes are all ruby—which, might I add, makes you look very pretty,” Kala shifted at this remark, “And secondly, if you look at your claws you’ll see that they’re shining.”
Kala looked down. Alsenoth was right: bright yellow light was swimming lazily around her claws, twinkling in the sun’s rays. She looked up happily to Alsenoth, a giant grin on her face—the same smile that had always reminded him of the sun. “See, Alsey? I told you I wasn’t joking! Now do you believe me?”
Alsenoth smiled; more to himself than to Kala. “I never said that I didn’t believe you, Kala. There’s no way that I could never believe you.”

-@alsenoth

the courting of the sun and the moon.

This poem was for a project in my Creative Writing Class that turned into something a little bit more. I enjoyed writing this poem SO much. It is reflective on two characters from The Tarterrior Series, which I am currently writing, and I hope to be able to make it into a song on my Finding the 88 Keys on How to Write Piano Music blog. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks!


The Courting of the Sun and Moon
By Adam Gonzales

Why is it that when the Sun goes down
All the lights in the sky don’t stay around
Well the Moon is there and wears his white clothes
And he shares her light that much he knows

And why is it that the Sun returns to the sky
But the foolish Moon decides some nights to hide
The Sun never fails to shine her light on the earth
So why does the Moon chose to hide from her

Well the Sun never sets it just shines elsewhere
But it’s true that the Moon might just disappear
And the Sun won’t complain she’ll just lend him her light
So if he comes out he can shine bright at night

Yes it’s true that the Moon wears pure white clothes
For the Sun cleans them well so that he can show
How much he loves life even if he is scared
So he shows her his love and the life he’s prepared

Now the Moon has stepped up, he shines bright all month long
And all because he lives off her sweet song
Her rays warm him all through the day and the night
And he vows to forever be her true satellite

-@alsenoth

adam's bio.

Writing is Adam's life. He loves only two things more than he loves writing. Adam's life's goal is to get his epic fantasy, The Tarterrior Series out on the shelves soon and watch as its popularity spreads and grows. Unlike other authors he is in it to simply pass on a good story. The art, the fame, the money means nothing in comparison. Adam's inspiration comes from his best friend who wisely told him he was wasting his talent if he wasn't writing, so here he is! Adam finds that nothing can compare to the thrill that he gets when writing. Often, when he is not writing, he can be found either reading, singing, playing piano, or drawing. Most of his spare time is spent in writing his book series.
The Tarterrior series is an eight part story in which the origin and the lives of dragons are related. The story follows-for the most part-Wreaknatter Drudlok and his two threats to power, Alsenoth Ongeller and Markus Lumengar. The story, told through a narrative switch style, is the rise and fall of Wreaknatter, the evil Lord of Carthraith and how his actions effect the world of Tarterrior. Told in the span of 112 years, the story is split into three parts: The Overture of Wreaknatter (2 years), the Rise of Wreaknatter (95 years), and the Struggle and Fall of Wreaknatter (15 years).
Other than the Tarterrior Series, Adam is writing two musicals including The Merry Crew of Captain Kidd, as well as posting his written piano pieces on his blog, Finding the 88 Keys on How to Write Piano Music. Other than that the only MAJOR project he is working on is the book he is writing with his cousin Kit called The Boundless.
Founder of, and currently leading side-by-side with JC Carlson and Kevin McChesney, the improv group called the Reject Llamas, Adam is also well versed in the art of calligraphy and cartography, and has written nine languages all for his main book series. He owns a pet lovebird named Skittles and a pompous white Chihuahua named Holly. He loves to go camping, hiking, and spelunking, he's awesome at archery, and he LOVES Disneyland. If you'd like to follow him via twitter, he can be found at @alsenoth, and he hopes to be constantly posting for viewer's benefit!
He would like to thank all the people that have helped him in his endeavors to become a writer, especially Kaitlin Booth. He feels so lucky to have all the support that he has, and he gives his thanks!

-@alsenoth