... where the words take you.: May 2013

Here is my first Featured Friday posted on Xchyler's Blog. Just a simple blog post about how I get through a first draft and beyond.

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Works of Fiction

Vivatera
(Everstar Series, #1)

Award: LUW Diamond Award Winner Novel of the Year 2013
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Xchyler Publishing
Release Date: April 13, 2013

Conjectrix (Everstar Series #2)
Genre: YA Fantasy
Publisher: Xchyler Publishing
Release Date: April 28, 2014

The Hawkweed

Sci-fi/Fantasy Anthology
Genre: YA Sci-Fi, Dystopia
Pubisher: Xchyler Publishing
Release Date: January 31, 2014

Philosophies of an Undead Hypochondriac
Genre: Contemporary Vampire Satire

Award: Oquirrh Writers Writing Contest Adult Fiction 1st Place
Current Progress: Content edit
Current Word Count: 62,758
Release Date: Sept. 2014

Current Goodreads Review

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It was, in no other expression, delicious!

As an author I admire the craft and wordplay used throughout, swelled with its own music and harmonies, and so visual and sensual, that I could feel the silk fabric, or smell the sweet popcorn. The characters were rich, lively, complicated - and oh... the romance, forbidden and delightful, a perfect balance.

But there are two interesting details that I specifically loved, and something I have to commend...

Bravo Double Day!! for how the book was organized. I loved the NO CHAPTERS, instead filling it with dates and situations, jumping back and forth in time, made me an active participant. I had to pay attention to little details. Smart, clever details are peppers throughout, each a symbol or clue of the deep romance cloaked in the Night Circus. And you, yes YOU, participate as a character, experiencing the circus cleverly placed between the splendorous romance and enchantment. I felt that I lived it... that I was there experiencing it, and loved it as they did.

Bravo Morgenstern! for creating the Night Circus as a character. This is SO important when world building and a detail that many writers forget - to include your world, its history and mythology, and make a living vessel propelled by its own momentum. It was the heartbeat of the story. The ever-present notion placed in every dialogue or situation that the Night Circus was still in motion, hidden in the backdrop. Nothing made me more curious than the Night Circus itself, and that mystical force bound me to the book, much like the binding of Marco and Celia.

Milk and honey... I loved this book!!!

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

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