Hello readers and faithful followers! Things have been a little quiet here on my page, but I’m still here, still writing, still reading and discovering the work of other talented authors here on Inkshares. (If you would like for me to read your chapters and give you some inline comments/critiques, drop me a line. I’m more than happy to do it!)
School started this week, and as I homeschool my two older kids that means a bit of a schedule adjustment. I’m trying to find the quiet edges to my day where I can sit at the computer and give Fae Child the attention it deserves. It’s a work in progress.
I have great news that I’ll get to share officially in the middle of the month, but if you’re curious, check out the Rite of Passage Syndicate’s page. It’s a syndicate dedicated to supporting "Unpublished and Unknown Authors on Inkshares. Our ultimate goal is to lend our voice to underappreciated and unknown projects that have yet to receive exposure." And, if that interests you, I welcome you to join! There are only 8 members so far, but with more we could make a real difference to some of the new authors on Inkshares.
I am also going to Rose City Comic Con this Saturday - I will be wearing an eyecatching dress and handing out Fae Child bookmarks! IN THEORY, anyway, the bookmarks haven’t been delivered yet, and I was up until 3 am last night cutting out the fabric for the dress. Sewing is tonight after work! (This week has been a little... busy.)
ADDITIONALLY I have started a new blog, taking advantage of an old domain I’ve been sitting on for a few years. http://jainhollie.com I promise to update it at least twice...this year. Well, we’ll see what happens. You can also follow me on Twitter @hanejolly
Have a great week/weekend!
Jane-Holly
Happy Monday, dear readers!
We are sitting at 38 copies sold, which is amazing, and we’re (as best as I can figure) right in 25th place in the Geek & Sundry contest. This is great - but we can do better! Spread the word about Fae Child, and email a friend you know likes books, or share it on Facebook. Every little bit helps. If you’re following the project and haven’t ordered your own copy, it would mean the world to me if you did.
The meat of this update is an exclusive scene where Dan, Abbie’s father, is meeting with the mysterious Cat. He called her at the end of Chapter 3, and gets a face to face with her later on in the book.
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The Cat sat sideways in her chair as Dan approached, legs crossed and toes artfully pointed. A pair of lime green heels lay haphazardly on the wood floor where they’d fallen. “I have to say, I did not expect to hear from you.” Her voice was a throaty purr, and she tossed her long purple hair over her shoulder as she sat up.
“You know why I’m here.” He stood firm a few feet away from her chair. One could better describe the piece of furniture the Cat reclined upon as a ‘throne,’ but he didn’t want to give her the satisfaction.
“Indeed I do. My secretary is quite good,” the Cat said, amber eyes focusing on him. The pupils were vertical slits, and she smiled suddenly. “You should see your face, Wodan. Imagine, you, so worried about a mere child. I never thought I’d see the day that you cared about something more than yourself. Or that there existed something the Hunter could not find.”
She lifted a manicured hand, and a file folder floated off of a side table toward her. Plucking it from the air, the Cat flipped it open. “And a wife as well.” The female made a noise in her throat that Dan realized belatedly was a chuckle. “To risk your exile by exposing,” that rancid laugh again, “yourself like this - your time here in the world has changed you more than I thought possible.”
“I’m not here to talk about me.” Dan crossed his arms across his broad chest, his legs a pace apart for balance. “I want to know what you’ve heard about my daughter.”
“No need to be rude,” the Cat said sharply. “You are the one here for a favor. It costs you nothing to indulge me, and yet you want to push past all the fun.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Felines tend to play with their food. Forgive me if I refuse to be toyed with.”
“Wonderful creatures, aren’t they,” the Cat mused, ignoring the latter part of his comment.
“A little smaller than a dragon,” he said, staring at her, and she laughed.
“One makes their allowances to live among the humans. You have hidden your ears, and apparently your spine, while I…” the Cat gestured down at her slim, feminine body. “Your girl is not the first who’s found themselves in the Otherworld, and she won’t be the last. I don’t do housecalls anymore, though, if you want her out, you’re going to have to get her yourself.”
He clung to hope. “So she’s alive?”
The Cat smiled, an ugly expression on her beautiful face. “I have my people looking into it. With Gate travel outlawed, you understand it takes more than a wish on a star to discover what it is you want to know.”
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Hope you enjoyed this sneak peek! Until next time!
Jane-Holly