[Continuing the theme of my Epic
Fantasy, ‘The Daighacaer’ ('Day-gar-care'); Book I, Escape From Mount
Vilipend]
I’ve written all my life but mostly
poetry and children’s stories with a few career and industry articles thrown in
for good measure. Although I read Tolkien (didn’t we all?) it was only in the
half-hearted manner of a child. I found it laborious and the imagery went way
over my head. I much preferred Shakespeare (whom I studied avidly in school and
still consider to be the best playwright and storyteller ever). I can hear the
groans resounding through the Blogosphere but honestly, I was a serious child
who took life oh-so-very seriously. My poetry was sad or angry with one or two
happy anomalies which seemed to happen entirely on their own. I’m glad that in
my ‘very advanced’ years, I’ve at last grown up a little and can enjoy life as
it is meant to be enjoyed…
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FANTASY: For me to have even started writing fantasy was a surprise
to everyone I know but mostly to me.
I began my story even before reading any
(other than Lord of the Rings) fantasy at all. In fact, when I started writing,
the story was going to be a children’s story about Mongooses and Meerkats. That
story made it to about page three and was tossed. The Daighacaer was a tale
waiting to be told and my typing fingers were available to tell it.
FAERÉ: ['Fair-ay'] Why Faeré? It seemed like a good name for an
entire Realm and fitted in quite nicely with the phonetics of Daighacaer –
close enough to ‘fairy’ yet different enough to be quite unique.
The Realm of Faeré is under the
control of two opposing forces – those of The Lighte and those of The Darke
with a Universal Author (Tauan [‘Tau-æn’) overseeing but not interfering in the
whole. Faeré has existed since the beginning of Time and Times and everything
which occurs in the Realm is recorded in The Knowledge of Ages to which only
certain mortals have access. Access to The Knowledge of Ages is restricted to
The Lighte who initiated it and certain very specific proponents for The
Lighte. Access to this knowledge is one of the reasons for The Darke’s
continual attacks on The Lighte. The one who owns The Knowledge owns Faeré.
FORTHCOMING: Escape from Mount Vilipend (95% complete) is Book I in the
series. Book II, Raeldysce (‘Ræl-dis’) is well on its way and is about 65%
complete. The other books are in various stages of completion but none is more
than 50% complete so will remain under the radar at the moment.
What I’ve done is to use Book I to
introduce the proponents for The Darke; Book II will introduce you to the
proponents for The Lighte; Book III will expand on The Darke; and Book IV will
do the same for The Lighte. As this is an Epic series, I’ve found this to be
the easiest way to proceed in all respects – from a reader’s understanding of
the plots and sub-plots to keeping logical aspects together. I don’t know if it
will all work out as I envisage but I hope so…
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