Everybody in Dilly’s world wants her, but no one wants her more than Morlan, a Dark Warlock who has started a civil war in her realm.
Why? Because she is the key that can open the Chamber of Dark Spells!
She winds up in Zelda’s world—in Zelda’s attic to be precise.
There is a hitch. What happens to Dilly’s realm, will effect the Human Realm and the Fae World as well. Enter Kallem, a Fae prince whose mission is to keep Dilly out of Morlan’s sights.
Dilly is not the sort of witch that can sit still in an attic.
While hidden away in Zelda’s world, she exposes herself when Zelda and her friends are attacked by vengeful vampires.
Morlan has already brutally murdered her father and now means to find and take Dilly’s mother hostage.
Everyone will pull Dilly in a different direction? Dilly has a mind of her own.
Rating 5 out of 5 Hearts Love this magical read! This is an Amazing story by Claudy Conn. What I liked the most about 'Witch in the Attic' is how descriptive the characters are and how they interact with each other. Miss Conn has a way with words that reel me in and keep me there.
Dilly Cresent is a young white witch who finds herself in a dilemma that she is determined to get out of... one way or another. Enter Kallem, a Daoine Fae Prince, into the works and it takes off on an intriguing and magical journey. Dolly's inner thoughts are of mixed emotions... Kallem is hell bent in keeping her safe and away from Morlan's dark, evil, and greedy hands.
The witty one liners had me laughing. I thoroughly enjoyed this story... More Please?
Stewart Manor had a mystery. Children went missing, but Matt and his little brother Toby didn’t know that when they moved there. When Toby disappears, along with two other children from the small town, Matt and his new friends find themselves thrust into battle with an ancient evil that seeks to destroy not only the magic in the parallel dimension of Green Isle, but all magic, even that on Earth. “The Forgotten Spell” is the first book in the Legends of Green Isle series. Join the adventure as the legendary four friends mark their own place in the annuals of Green Isle.
Constance Wallace is a graduate student attending Clemson University, absorbing history, as she researches collections of WWI and WWII letters. Calling home for the moment the Mountains of North Georgia, she writes in her spare time when she is not researching for a history paper or article. Recently, her horror story, “Vengeance” and a poem “The Death of Me” won a literary award from Young Harris College in Georgia. She has collaborated on a romance/mystery book called "Small Town America" (chapter 12) published by Chainbooks Publishing and is in the midst of creating a middle grades series which centers on the First World War and Interwar period, along with the Young Adult Fantasy Series, Legends of Green Isle.
I have the amazing Andrea Norwich here with us. Welcome Andrea!! So nice to have you here. Andrea has graciously agreed to answer my questions. Thank you taking the time out of your busy schedule to be with us today. Before we get to the Interview I wanted to introduce you to Andrea and her debut release Turn of the Lykoi.
Andrea Norwich is a freelance writer who has always been a fan of werewolves. After reading story after story of the beasts and feeling more and more let down on how most stories portrayed the werewolves, she decided to write her own "short story". Andrea has found it difficult to stop writing.
In addition to writing, Andrea is a photographer and a graphic artist. She is also a wife and a mother.
Sam Harris thought her life couldn't get any worse when she lost her parents at age five, but she never realized how wrong she could be. Sam drifted into adulthood and life finally seemed to settle down. That was until the nightmares began. Secrets that had been kept for so many years are finally revealed as they will be the ultimate key to her survival.
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The Interview
1. When did you start writing?
I have always written poems and short stories. It has been a hobby (or rather an escape) since I was a teen.
As for Turn of the Lykoi, I started writing the story back in 2004. I shelved the story for about 6 years, with only 3 chapters left to go. I just couldn't find the proper ending to the story. I couldn't decide whether I wanted to continue the saga in another installment, or if I wanted to have an actual ending.
2. What inspired you to do it?
It started with the love of Laurell K Hamilton's "Anita Blake" series. She's an amazing writer. Her AB series focuses on vampires, werewolves, necromancers and s-e-x and gore. I couldn't stop reading her novels. One after another, it continued to feed my addiction. I did find, however, that how I thought about werewolves and how she wrote about werewolves, were just..........different. It got to the point where it really bothered me that our views were so different. (Yes, I understand that I was having an imaginary disagreement with an author I have only met a couple of times at various book signing). I just couldn't seem to let it go. I talked about it to friends and family (well, really anyone who would listen), about my view of werewolves. I guess people around me got tired of hearing me moan and gripe because I was suddenly flooded with request to "just write the visions down." Oh gosh. Really? WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
I started to write a short story about a woman, who was a werewolf, and well-the rest is history!
3. What projects have you done?
Beyond some short stories and poems (and the occasional term paper for pals, lol), Turn of the Lykoi is the first published work that I have. Well, actually, there is a published short story about a Kender, on the Kencyclopedia website. I had a run with the Dragon Lance series and Dungeons and Dragons genre. I still enjoy the fantasy world and might continue the character I wrote about at that time. But for now, I'm sticking to my beasties.
4. Any new projects coming up?
I'm working on the second installment to the Lykoi Series, called "Chains of the Turned". It's the continuation of the story. There will be one more after Chains of the Turned, that will finish the story, though I might actually do a few spin off stories about some of the flavorful characters I've introduced to everyone.
5. Are you an independent artist or are you represented by an agency?
I am an independent artist. In more than one way. I'm also a freelance photographer and graphic designer. I even designed my own book cover! Talk about a money saver. Between that and all of the promotional materials that I have created for the novel, I have saved tons!
6. Any favorite bands? Do you use music to inspire you as you write?
OH WOW! I LOVE ALL TYPES OF MUSIC! Right now, some of my favs to listen to are The Black Keys, Adele, Skrillex, The Prodigy, Snow Patrol, and Alabama Shakes. Some of my all-time faves are: Sarah McLachlan, Tool, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Neil Diamond (hey, don't judge. LOL), Bob Seger, Norah Jones, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Marilyn Manson, and AC/DC. But I also listen to classical, jazz, new age/meditation music, and country music from the late 70's to the mid-90's.
7. What advice would you give to someone just starting out in your field?
Anyone can write a book, but not everyone can write a book. Simple as that. I have seen them all / read only a few. To be even halfway successful at it, you have to stay dedicated and focused. You need pre-readers and reviewers as well as a good editor. And either have the patience and the resilience to deal with multiple rejections by agents and/or publishers, or be able to work as hard as an agent and/or publisher would for you if you were accepted by them. Just writing the story doesn't automatically gain you some respect in the writing community.
8. Anything you would like to share with readers on a personal note that would allow them to get to know you better?
I'm an open book. I went through a lot during my childhood, and survived. I am on my second pacemaker and am currently living with Sjogren's (which is a strain of Lupus). I am on my second marriage. The first one might not have worked as I had hoped, but the second one is a bit magical. I met him on facebook, over the Mafia Wars game. We will be married 3 years in January! I have an 8 year old son who is my world. I'm a lefty. I'm a girl, as in I'm a big sap. I can cry at commercials, if they are sweet enough (damn you Sarah McLachlan and your animal rescue commercial! damn you!). I'm still a tomboy, which makes my relationship with my son that much more enjoyable. We can sit on the sofa and have a farting/belching contest, or talk about poop and boogers. I hope our relationship will continue to be as close once he's older. I am a big dreamer. I daydream all of the time. I think because of that, I have been able to write such an expressive story!
9. Do you find it hard to share your work with others?
Not anymore. I used to. I was always self-conscious about my work. I always feared someone finding a mistake, or finding a better way of wording something I wrote. Well, duh, of course they will. BUT why is that a bad thing? OK sure, too many mistakes (grammatically speaking) would kill any book, but even books that have gone through publishers have mistakes. My story, my mistakes, they are all me. My story wouldn't be the same without them.
10. Did your writing come from just a need to express yourself or a particular experience that you had?
I believe that I was writing about my own transformation at the time, and didn't know it. And no, I do NOT believe that I'm a werewolf. But the message of my story is that there is no monster greater than your own and that if you can conquer that beast, there isn't anything you can't do. The message read loud and clear once the story was finished.
I feel that everyone has a bit of themselves in the story(ies) that they write. At least the good ones do.
I am so excited to have Claudy Conn on the blog again, she is one of the friendliest, giving, and caring people I know. I absolutely LOVE her writing style! I am SOOO loving this series... Claudy's writings inspire me to write.
One was from another world and the other from another time…
In a failed attempt to turn him into an ageless lover, the evil, not-quite-a-vampire Lamia DuLaine poisoned hunky Druid high priest Julian Talbot on his wedding day. The Seelie Fae transported Julian to their realm for treatment and captured DuLaine, but not before she brutally murdered his new wife, Maxine.
Excerpt: He was making no attempt to hide the fact that he was studying Max in a thoroughly sexual fashion. He seemed to take it as his right. His bright eyes lit upon her full breasts, and he bit the corner of his bottom lip. Maxie felt his eyes peel away her black sweater, and she felt a wave of heat as she realized her nipples were reacting very perkily to his gaze. She felt herself burn right up into her cheeks, but she still couldn’t speak. She also couldn’t stop doing the very same look over, taking in every incredible inch of him. His dark blond hair was thick and shiny as it fell about his handsomely chiseled face and rested on his broad, tanned shoulders. Around his neck was a gold torque. Around his naked arm was a wide gold band, as well as a tattooed braid of Celtic knots and runes. His eyes, which at first she thought were a blast of colors, seemed to meld into silver. His smile tickled a response from her, made her want to reach out and touch his sensuous lips, as his mouth captivated her with its winsome curve.
His accent was Old World enchanting and sexy beyond belief. Maxie admitted silently to herself that when her eyes took in his firm, naked mid-section she wanted to devour him. Her eyes continued the journey and found his trim waist—and discovered that his dark brown leather pants held a bulge that would boggle any woman’s mind. Speak? Impossible! Breathe, she told herself—she had to keep on breathing or she would definitely pass out. The prince was grinning, and Maxie could see that he was pleased with her reaction to him. He came closer, and his dangerously sensual accent tickled her senses into high gear. “Ah, you do have her look, but you are not very much like her. Your name is the same, but I think I will call you Lia.” “Why?” Maxie squeaked. “Lia Fail is our Sacred Stone of Destiny. Destiny is what brought us together.” He moved, and in one fluid maneuver had Max tightly in his arms. “You … like she … are able to see through my Fae cloaking. You have her gifts, but yours are somehow different.” “Yes … different.” She sounded a fool even to herself. What would he think? Max was totally enthralled. She contemplated this, as she didn’t enthrall easily. Already twenty-one, and never before had she been enthralled! “And you are not given …” he said into her ear. She had a weak moment when she wanted him to do much more than whisper there. “No, nope—not given.” Her voice was hoarse as she idiotically shook her head. “You have not yet been properly tasted and satisfied, but, my beauty … I mean to correct the situation.” He bent his head as he gently molded her body to his. His mouth sweetly covered her full lips, and his tongue invited hers to a spellbinding waltz. He was sending sparks through her body, and she suddenly knew what it meant when they wrote about burning blood—oh yeah, burning all right. He raised his head, and she had a job looking up that high. He had to be well over six feet tall, and Max was not much more than five foot four. “I had to see you for myself,” the prince said quietly. “Our time is now,” he added with more feeling, and then he took her hand to lead her to the sofa. “Yes—our time.” Oh, I’m good, really good at spontaneous conversation.
Inspired by John Talbot's character
Adult-content rating: This book contains content considered unsuitable for young readers 17 and under, and which may be offensive to some readers of all ages.
My Thoughts
I was given an e-copy in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Claudy for bringing this amazing world to life. You truly are an inspiration to me. OMG!!! I Love this Claudy's writing style, as I was reading this story I was blown away by one of the characters within; John Talbot. After coming out of a 200 year coma to a world so different than the one he remembers. He had to be trained and taught about the world as it is now. All he can feel is numb as the memories of the past haunt him... numbness turn to guilt and pain; turns to anger; turns to revenge. Powerful emotions, especially when it comes to the loss of a loved one and the realization that they are forever gone. WOW! This story grabbed me at page one, and was so hard to put down as real life brought me back to the land of the present. .multilayered and brilliant. OMG BreslynA I want one. LOL The characters are so vivid and their backgrounds are poetic in their descriptions, at times, I had to stop and dry the tears that were falling as I experienced them. Maxie a young girl just coming into her own as she discovers who she really is and what it is she is called to do, can she deal with all these changes and having two HAWT DAYUM SEXY HUNKS in her life.... Oh My .. What is a girl to do? I'll never tell. Then there is the character that I LOVE TO HATE, she is pure evil and has intentions to reek havoc on all that get in her way by whatever means she deems appropriate. This is an 18+ Read and absolutely enthralling.... It is always FREE on Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon, so treat yourself to a very steamy, passionate and intriguing read.... 5 out of 5 Hearts Lovetiggi's Book Reviews http://lovetiggibookreviews.wordpress.com
