Longing for something just out of reach is in the heart of most of us. And for many, the magic, the essence of freedom and fulfilment that the sea in all its forms seems to offer is like a siren song, irresistible, even if it is just to gaze out at the horizon and feel that inexplicable heart-yearning for something.
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Mermaid Wars
Digital and made-to-order bookshelves are crammed to overflowing with fantasy stories set in a world of sea mythology. Mermaids are more popular then ever, and many authors have merged mermaid mythology with vampires, with sirens, with witches and with Gods and monsters. Not just YA but adult and erotica writers have pitched their best efforts into the fray. I feel like an idiot! And my series, even with its dark aspects and sorrow blended in with the growing love story, is so gentle when compared to the worlds many of my fellow writers have created.
Drawn to Water – Arthur Rackham’s Rhinemaidens
I have often felt as if a pool of ideas floats around the globe, waiting for us to draw on it, and every now and then lucky creatives will reach out with their souls or hearts or minds and pluck an idea from the flow
Managing the clouds
People need people, and I’m finding that although we all must shoulder our own burdens, there is a sense of real community in the forums we creatives are using to find audience.
Light spilling through water
One of the best things about reading fiction is the incredible way words, together with our imaginations, become our experiences, become part of us, part of our DNA. It’s also one of the best things about being a fiction writer. Fiction, especially YA magical realism fiction, can take our hearts, minds and emotions beyond the boundaries of our regular existence.
People make the difference
They say it takes a village to raise a book. In my case, the village had a bunch of de Jongs in it: Lisette, Daphne, Maureen Crisp (de Jong by marriage) and Maureen’s daughter Rhia. By far the biggest impact on my story Find Me was from Lisette de Jong, bestie and editor extraordinaire. Lisette… Continue reading People make the difference
A look inside Find Me
It felt the most natural thing in the world now to reach out, to touch her fingertip gently to the silvery trail on his cheek. He caught his breath, his eyelids flickering.
A ship in motion is easier to steer
what I’m wanting to share with you today is encouragement to keep a heart that hopes for better, and anticipates more. That lets you look forward to glimpse other possibilities than the crisis or heartache you may currently be sinking under.