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I finished reading The Dreamer's Thread last night. It was quite good.
(Oh, and here's the official website, which I forgot to include before for some reason. Hmm, it looks like that page isn't valid anymore, but here is the author's page itself, which is just as good.)
Copy/paste of the Amazon blurb:
"Everyone Dreams. But what would you do if you suddenly found out that you were one of the few who creates dreams for the whole world? Would you use your power to harness the light and weave it into beautiful tapestries of magic and wonder, or would you fall prey to the seductive siren song of darkness and nightmares? For tattoo artist Aura Mayville, this becomes a reality as she is ripped from her life of art and music and thrust into a realm where good and evil struggle for control over the minds and hearts of men. With a sarcastic sorcerer, a mercenary, and her Spirit Guide as her only companions, Aura must journey through the dream realm to discover both her power and where her heart truly lies. In a place where anything is possible, can she find the strength to hold on to herself, or will she be lost to the shadows forever?"
Oh, and Aura happens to live in Seattle. It's not a major plot point or anything, aside from mention of Pike's Place Market early on, but I thought I'd point it out as it's of particular interest to me.
Despite this being the author's first published novel (as far as I am aware anyway), I think it's still as good as anything from more established Big Name™ authors, be it Harry Potter or something by Stephen King or whatever. She's working on a second book now as well, which is something on which I'll definitely be keeping an eye.
Oh, and for those of you who were in the OtakuWars!, you might recognize the name of the author, as she was the writer for Amara Alexander. I saw echoes of Amara in Aura as I read the novel, which was pretty cool I thought.
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Copy/paste of the Amazon blurb:
"Everyone Dreams. But what would you do if you suddenly found out that you were one of the few who creates dreams for the whole world? Would you use your power to harness the light and weave it into beautiful tapestries of magic and wonder, or would you fall prey to the seductive siren song of darkness and nightmares? For tattoo artist Aura Mayville, this becomes a reality as she is ripped from her life of art and music and thrust into a realm where good and evil struggle for control over the minds and hearts of men. With a sarcastic sorcerer, a mercenary, and her Spirit Guide as her only companions, Aura must journey through the dream realm to discover both her power and where her heart truly lies. In a place where anything is possible, can she find the strength to hold on to herself, or will she be lost to the shadows forever?"
Oh, and Aura happens to live in Seattle. It's not a major plot point or anything, aside from mention of Pike's Place Market early on, but I thought I'd point it out as it's of particular interest to me.
Despite this being the author's first published novel (as far as I am aware anyway), I think it's still as good as anything from more established Big Name™ authors, be it Harry Potter or something by Stephen King or whatever. She's working on a second book now as well, which is something on which I'll definitely be keeping an eye.
Oh, and for those of you who were in the OtakuWars!, you might recognize the name of the author, as she was the writer for Amara Alexander. I saw echoes of Amara in Aura as I read the novel, which was pretty cool I thought.
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Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 05:42 am (UTC)From:But thank you sincerely for the plug. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!!
Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 06:16 am (UTC)From:I added you as a friend on LJ, by the way, even if there's not too much point in it since it looks like you haven't actually used it in over five years. ^^;
Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 06:35 am (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 06:36 am (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 06:42 am (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 06:56 am (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 10:33 am (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 01:03 pm (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 08:35 pm (UTC)From:And, screw it, might as well go all the way, so here's SD-KM's first WG (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.sailor-moon/msg/cd97d1687fbcbf06?hl=en), in which I blatantly ripped off NC-Janitor.
Ahhh... memories... >_> (Has it really been 12 years since then? Really?)
Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 08:40 pm (UTC)From:Re: Yikes.
Date: 2010-08-26 08:54 pm (UTC)From:(Man, how I wish that w--- were still true. It's more like w or w+ nowadays. ^^;)