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Guest - Alexis Morgan
Good morning! As of today, there are 19 days until Spring! While we wait, let's enjoy a visit from Alexis Morgan.
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Living in a Fantasy
World
If I had to describe the path
I've followed through my twenty-year plus career as an author, I'd have to say
it's been one full of twists and turns. Often, I can see only a short distance
ahead and the ultimate destination is a mystery. It all began when a friend
dared me to write a book of my own. After a couple of failed attempts, I
finally succeeded in completing my first manuscript.
In my mind, I started off to
write a fantasy set on another world in a rough-and-tumble mining town. However,
when I submitted that story to contests, the feedback from the judges made it
pretty clear that my fantasy read more like a western.
Deciding they were right, I
rewrote the entire manuscript as a western set in Colorado after the Civil
war--but kept the alien warriors! Back then there wasn't a market for books
that crossed genres, but I loved the combination of elements in that story.
Still do, as a matter of fact. And the success of Firefly and the movie Cowboys
and Aliens showed I wasn't the only one who feels that way about!
So after years of writing
westerns and then paranormal romances, that twisting path I mentioned did an
about turn and led me right back to the desire to write a fantasy again. It has
been a wonderful experience, one that has stretched both my writing muscles
and my creativity. You see, different genres have their own characteristics
especially in word choice and the rhythm of the language used in the story. As
a beginning writer, that I hadn't learned that lesson was obvious since my
fantasy ended up reading like a western.
But when I started writing the
first book in the WARRIORS OF THE MIST, I was very conscious of word choice. I
had to be on constant guard to avoid using words and phrases that were too
modern for the world I was building. On the other hand, it was liberating to be
able to use such a different vocabulary and ways of describing things. For
example, in a contemporary story, I would describe the hero's hair as brunette.
In a western, I might say it was jet black. But in my fantasy, I describe the
warrior's hair as "an
unrelenting black, a shadow too powerful for mere sunlight to overcome." I
love that.
This time my story is set in a
medieval-type world, but with centuries-old warriors who were cursed by the
gods. I could just picture five warriors sleeping beneath a river, waiting to
be called forth to do battle once again. For the Warriors of the Mist, the
world changes while they sleep, the only constant is the evil that preys upon
the weak and defenseless.
The Warriors are closer than
brothers but very different in personality. I chose to play up those differences in a variety
of ways. Clothing was part of it, but I learned far more about them from
figuring out what kind of animal avatar each of the warriors would have bonded
with. Gideon, their captain, has a huge raptor named Scim. The bird is a hunter
by nature, strong and lethal. Murdoch is the quiet one. He has a mountain cat,
a fictional type of feline with long fangs that prefers to hunt from the
shadows. Duncan, the hero in my new release, HER KNIGHT'S QUEST, has an owl. It
just fit Duncan's image of a scholar/warrior. The youngest of the knights,
Averel, bonded with a pair of battle dogs that can be playful like their
master, but deadly when the moment calls for it. And finally, the darkest of
the warriors, Lord Kane, has a gargoyle named Hob. They are both the last of
their bloodlines, and solitary by nature.
I went through the same process
when I decided that the horses in this world can choose their own riders. The
stallion that picked Gideon was very different from the one who picked Kane.
And after I felt like I knew the warriors, I turned my attention to the
heroines in the stories. That was just as much of an adventure!
My newest release is HER
KNIGHT'S QUEST, the second book in the series.
It focuses on Duncan, the scholar/warrior as he seeks answers in the
secret library rumored to exist at a distant abbey. What he finds is far more precious--the love
of his life.
Alexis Morgan
Website: www.alexismorgan.com
Twitter: @Alexis_Morgan
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMorganAuthor
They
are cursed by the gods, and war is their salvation. Love is their deliverance.
For centuries, five legendary warriors have braved battles shoulder to shoulder. But now they must divide and conquer as lone champions against evil.
Duncan, a scholar at heart, is drawn to an isolated abbey rumored to hold the answers to countering the terror unleashed by Duke Keirthan. Inside the cloistered walls lies the hidden collection of forbidden lore on dark magic. But the real key to the salvation Duncan seeks—both for the people of Agathia and his soul—is the abbess herself, Lady Lavinia. Hunted by the duke, who seeks to harvest her powers, Lavinia knows Duncan wants to help her. But can she trust the tortured warrior with her secrets?
In the end, it is only by joining forces that they can save not only those they are sworn to protect but each other.
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-- Lynda Again,
Wow, looks like I might have to add some books to my TBR. These books sound terrific...but then who can resist a warrior?
Have a Blessed Day!
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Hi Alexis! Thanks for visiting us today. We all have to learn the vernacular of the worlds and genres we work in, don't we? Good post!
Thank you for having me! I love that there's always something new to learn when it comes to writing!
Crossing genres can be exhilarating and liberating, and I'm so happy you write that way, Alexis!
Congrats on the new release Alexis. Glad to see more Fantasy Romance out there. Can't wait to read this one.
Hi, Eilis and Beth! I do love writing across genres. I think adding in the fantasy or paranormal or even sci-fi elements can really enrich the story.
Alexis548
Your novels sound very imaginative. I too like crossing genres. Wishing you much success.
Jacqueline Seewald
TEA LEAVES AND TAROT CARDS--now in all ebook formats
Thanks, Jacqueline! Thank you for stopping by today--
Alexis
I'm off to Amazon to find your fantasies, they sound great!
Good luck with the new series!
Hi, Karin! I hope you enjoy the books if you give them a try.
Alexis
As well as I know you, I have every confidence that Lord Kane will get his HEA, but what about Hob? You can't drop a bombshell like that and not say!
On preorder. Love this series and can't wait for Duncan's story. I hoped I would get it early, but I can wait.
Maybe ;)
I have loved everything I read by Alexis Morgan. Can not wait until Her Knight's Quest. Read My Lady Mage in a night.
Elizabeth Gray
elizabethgr@sbcglobal.net
Hi, Nightmusic and Elizabeth! Glad you stopped by--and about Hob, who knows what will happen with him!
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