Yeah, so that’s kinda my first novel (translation: totally is, not just kinda) and I’m a little bit excited (translation: ohmyfrickinggod). Okay, okay- I’m super excited, totally anxious and feeling really exposed. As in, the second I clicked ‘submit’, I wanted to throw up. The only thing that would be more scary than a total fail, is any kind of success. Not that I’d turn it down, mind you.
Anyhow, so this is a book whose first line in Chapter One: “The moment she stepped through the door, she knew an adventure was about to begin…” was a sentence I woke up with one late summer morning. Right then, I knew I was beginning a book. From then on, the story consumed almost every spare moment of my time. I had no idea where the story was going, who was in it, even what it was going to be about. It told itself to me, and I just obliged by writing it down.
What it told me was a story about two teens who discover a magic door in a forest, and commence on an epic adventure in a strange and magical land. It features strong female leads and a great moral undertone throughout, and of course has touches of danger and romance, as well. Something for everyone, as they say!
Listen, it’s not C.S. Lewis. It’s not even J.K. Rowling. But, it is influenced by every great fairy tale & fantasy novel I’ve ever read, including those two geniuses. It’s part homage, part childhood dreams, part reality, and wholly mine with lots of little nods to my literary Gods. Even the great Stephen King gets some love. (If you haven’t read The Talisman, you are profoundly missing some serious magic).
So, bare with me for a while, I’m going to be pushing this baby around for a bit. More importantly, read it/buy it/share it! Please and thank you 🙂
Exerpt:
PROLOGUE
THE VAGUE
One thousand years or one hundred, or one single day. It was no matter to the Vague. What was time, but an irrelevance? It waited, indifferent to all. Until- until…the girl. Girl. It. Her. Human. These words that had no place, no meaning before, now meant.
The Vague didn’t know what was happening, why it was changing. All it knew was consciousness. Perhaps it was absorbing from those it collected. It was feeding on them, and in doing so, it was evolving. It was learning… it was thinking. And what it thought repeatedly was, ‘More’…
Yup, that’s all you get. But, hey, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you read it for free!! Ebook version available NOW, paperback coming soon! Click on image to go to Amazon to buy/download your copy:
