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(and I didn't know about the contents of the post below when I wrote this, I swear!)
Inspiring Worlds and Words
I have this friend who writes incredible fantasy stories. Ever
heard of Frances Pauli? *cheesy grin* She doesn't really call them that, but
that's what they are in my mind. She wrote a trilogy several years ago that
caught my imagination and wouldn't let go. I wanted and needed to write my own
version of her world.
A Moth in Darkness starts her Changeling Race trilogy. I love the
title. I fell in love with her fairy world to the point I threatened to write
fanfic about it. But I don't play well in other people's sandboxes. I tend to
change things. I tucked the ideas away and let them ferment while I worked on
other projects.
Then Frances wrote this new series that had me even more
entranced. Unlikely, the first book in Kingdoms Gone, creates a completely
different version of fairyland and magic. Yep, I was hooked. (Where is that
next book?!?!?!) I wanted to play in a magic world with elves and pixies and
fairies and airships and automatons (giant robots, oh yeah!). Wait, Frances didn't
do the whole steampunk tech thing in her books.
But that's the point of writing my own stories. I don't have to
fit it into anyone's rules. I create my own rules. I wanted airships. And elves
with pointy ears and slanted eyes and magic and god complexes. And giant robots
powered by magic and steam. And strange flying creatures that were not quite
dragons. And a pirate captain who could have been Errol Flynn's Sinbad, if he
were an elf in a wooden airship with a crew of elves, trolls, and pixies. I wrote
Dark Dancer because I fell in love with the characters and the ideas and the
world that grew in my head and I wanted to share it with you.
This is why I really write. It's because I want adventures and
magic. And airships. Since those don't exist in the real world and Hollywood's
versions irritate me, I have to find authors who write these stories if I want
to read them. Or I have to write them myself. Because I can.
You can find a complete list of all my work at
http://www.jaletac.com
Dark Dancer -
A strange prophecy haunts the Seligh lords, rulers of the Fey and
controllers of all magic in the Summerlands, a prophecy that foretells their
fall. At its heart, is a young human woman with no memory of her power or
potential to destroy their world.
Available in ebook
and print.
Smashwords (all
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Kindle - http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Dancer-Jaleta-Clegg-ebook/dp/B00MRANX5A
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