Monday, June 29, 2009

Eolyn now available on authonomy


I’d like to invite you to preview the opening chapters of my first novel Eolyn, now available on the Harper-Collins website, authonomy.com

Embedded in the rich history of the Kingdom of Moisehen, Eolyn is a beautiful story about the enduring strength of friendship and magic in a world of intolerance, hatred and war.

To access the first chapters of the book, use the following link: http://www.authonomy.com/ViewBook.aspx?bookid=10035

When you read Eolyn, please register with authonomy.com. This will allow you to provide feedback on my book, as well as on any other novels you find on the site. If you like what you read, please help me spread the word about Eolyn by doing the following:


  • Put Eolyn on your authonomy.com bookshelf.

  • Tell your friends about Eolyn, so that they can visit the site, too!
Writing Eolyn has been an incredible journey, and I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the many people who have accompanied me on this adventure so far.

First, the people and places who inspired this story: All the amazing women who have touched my life (you know who you are!), and the forests of Talamanca, Osa and Braulio Carrillo.
To Rafael, without your love and support Eolyn would never have come to be.

To Suzanne, who absolutely loved the first, terrible draft of this book. Without your enthusiastic encouragement, there wouldn’t have been any rewrites.

To the Dead Horse Society, who helped me move this piece from an interesting idea to an entertaining read.

To everyone who at some point enjoyed (or suffered through) an earlier draft of the entire novel: Jerad Flood, Joe Baric, Tepring Cocker, Lisa Shephard, Maddie McFadden, Jennifer Weise, Helga Gastreich, Loren Whittaker, Sarah Mountford, Kattia Mendez. Your comments and suggestions were invaluable.

To everyone at thenextbigwriter.com who read and commented on many chapters, with a special thanks to Klaatu, Venator, and the Fantasy Writer’s Forum.


To those of you who haven’t yet – Read Eolyn! You won’t regret it. It’s a great story.