Despite writer’s ennui (worse than writer’s block), characters refusing to cooperate multiple times (*cough* Toryn *cough*), and a couple of lost chapters (seriously, who loses TWO CHAPTERS of a work in progress) Book III is soon to be released! At long, long, long, long last there is a light at the end of the tunnel! The first book of this series, The Gauntlet Thrown, has been fully edited, cleaned up, and is available for free for the remainder of today if you would like to download and refresh your memory of events. The second book is getting the same editing treatment and the third book, yes, the final chapter of this long series, shall be released soon! I’m probably going to give all of you loyal readers a coupon for a freebie for waiting so long.
With that said, S should also be for Shevyn. I almost wrote “Shevyn and Sellaris” but then someone with a crown threatened to break every one of my fingers. Honestly, she has been hanging out with Toryn too long. Shevyn was an interesting character because multiple times during the first book I would completely forget that she was mute. “Seriously?” she would ask and Toryn would smirk and Brydon would give me that knowing look and I would grumble many bad words and rewrite the scene. I’ve always liked her as a character because she had to make some tough choices and always took the harder path, even when it would have been easier to just give up and give in. I also feel for her because, even if it isn’t even mentioned in the book, she is a person that quickly grew past her childhood friends. It happens to most people, but in her case it was a rapid and searing wound completely lost in the rest of the trauma that surrounded her. One moment she was laughing and giggling with her friends about what to wear to their next party (and, seriously, I wish this was the biggest worry everyone had to deal with), and the next she was completely alone and running for her life. I feel for her so much.
When things return to “normal” she can no longer relate to any of the people she left behind. Her experiences have changed her so drastically that she can barely remember the person she had been. Can you relate? It’s simultaneously heartbreaking and empowering. Isn’t life weird that way?
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