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Some spoilers below! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Stories tend to be a mix of the uncanny and the canny, or the unhomely and the homely. If we start things entirely in medias res, we are likely to confound the reader who is not yet acclimatised to the writer’s world. The assumption that the reader knows what’s going on in the author’s head is a failing of bad literature. LT Lindberg starts her engaging tale in the rather unsettling yet familiar environment of a mental health facility on Earth before the focus shifts with a flight from this world to a fantasy realm replete with spires and castles and sorcery and talking animals. The set-up impresses because we can follow along with Cayla as she learns the history and myths surrounding this new world. The reader may wonder, though, if this is a world created entirely by heroine Cayla’s schizophrenic musings. Or is it a genuine dimension where an evil villain has cast a long shadow across the land, turning the living into undead servants to do his bidd...

Larysia Woropay is a Canadian writer, currently seeking an agent for her fantasy novel Lucidity . You can check out her blog here . 1. Firstly, your poetry is super. I was struck by how much thought must go into your word choice. Thank you kindly!   For the compliment and the interview. I’m honoured to be featured on your blog. The thought that goes into my word choice varies. Sometimes I spend days trying to go about my verses cerebrally, researching and exploring ideas, word play, and rhymes.   Then there are other times when a verse pops into my mind and inspiration puts me under literary trance. When that happens, I can finish a poem in next to no time. Either way, I aim to write from an evocative place within me. And I think if a poet writes with sincerity, the diction evokes the same response within the reader as it does the writer. 2. I think too reader interpretation plays a part, and reader reactions will differ. Some readers might see stuff and others will see other ...

Hidden by Serina Hartwell kicks off with the death of a grandfather in what appear to be two realms, Earth and another world, and - in this one - introduces us to his granddaughter Bronte, the novel's heroine. A YA fantasy with a nostalgic essence, echoing Spielberg's warmer movies, and perhaps other pop culture touchstones (ahem) over the last century, appears to be set in more contemporary times than both, around the turn of the millennium. A distributor that might support a movie of this book The fantasy world is an element that is not believed by some of Bronte's family members. This can be read as a corollary into real world aspects of social and family life, like arguments about religious belief and faith.  But if you knew of a world beyond ours that you've traveled to, and you're telling your children or parents about it, the chances are high that they will be concerned for your sanity and remain incredulous. The religious faith analogy has a wonderful subtl...

Charlize (Charlie) starts high school in a new hometown with not one but two hot guys after her. Tru seems the decent sort, of Native American stock. Tru's mother Avani works at an antiques store, and she lays down the novel's mythos through Charlie's encounter with her, and a chat about a stone Charlie finds in the store. Jace - the offspring of friends of the family from long ago - has preternatural power over Charlie's lustful thoughts, and she tries to call him out on this power.  The high school and gender dynamics are rendered by Clayton with some serious skill in A Spark of Magic , the tone that of a funny, quirky teen narrator who checks guys out from head to toe with a laddettishly lascivious enthusiasm. She covets girls' wardrobes too, or regards them as poor, sartorially speaking. But Charlie is clumsy, carrying as far to her first-person description. The versatility of the dialogue occasionally includes passages of interior monologuing, breaking up line...

JL Clayton's Chosen Saga comprises A Spark of Magic , A Blaze of Magic and A Ghost of Magic . A planned fourth book and a number of short stories will round out the series. She has a strong - and frequently funny - social media presence on Facebook and Twitter . In keeping with her generosity in supporting colleagues, she recently held an interesting Facebook event for the third book in her series, A Ghost of Magic, book-ending the launch of The Chosen Saga between a number of other authors, who also promoted their work via the live social media event over a number of hours. First, some biography: Tell us about yourself. I love my family, my husband Robert and my daughter Shyla: They are my rock.  I love the color blue: I have ever since I saw my eyes, I don't think that's conceited it's just the truth... I was like five years old, so I'm sure you can't really be considered conceited that young.  I love to read: Any and all books except nonfiction, b...