Hi there! Some of you may have noticed mention of a special promotion that the publishers of The Faerie Path series are working on right now.
They have given me the following URL, so you might like to check it out:
Also, there’s more stuff on: http://seaofpages.blogspot.com
The seaofpages blog suggests that the book being given as a prize will be a signed copy - but I’m not sure that’s correct - Harper Collins the publishers certainly haven’t asked me to sign any for them. Anyway - if any of you guys win the book, get in touch with me by sending a message from the Contact page, and I’ll arrange for you to send me the book for signing.
i just found out that tania’s name means fairy queen and zara’s name means princess. edric’s name means prosperous ruler and gabriel means God is my strength. oddly connor’s means wolf lover. awesome and awesome to the publishers advocating your book!
how did you find that out???
Thats interesting! Did you plan it that way Allan?
AFJ. I didn’t plan it that way at all - but I love it! Connor means wolf lover, huh? I have a good mind to give Connor a werewolf girlfriend, now!
Hahaha, so hysterical!
wow. that’ll be so cool! how did you find that out addie?
I wonder what Bryn’s story is, how he came to live with the unicorns.
Im thinking he was an orphan and the unicorns took care of him after he accidently found his way to were they lived, when he was young.
what do you think Mr.Jones?
and are any of the animals in Faerie immortal too?
oh ya and did Gabriel love Tania, ever , maybe before he started to mess with the dark arts? In the end of the first book he said very clearly he didnt want to even be with Rathina.
I dont think Tania loved him, somehow I think her faerie spirit would have keep that love through the years in the mortal world since faerie love never dies.
AFJ. Mandy - I’ve never heard Bryn’s full story of how he came to be with the wild unicorns - maybe that would be a good one for some fan fiction some time? I’ve not heard tell that any of the animals in Faerie are immortal - but you never know.
I don’t think Gabriel was capable of loving anyone at all once he got corrupted and ruined by the Dark Arts - he just used people for his own ends. I’m pretty sure Tania didn’t really love him at all - a person can fool themselves into thinking they’re in love with someone charismatic and attractive and powerful - and I think she just got swept along by him. But wouldn’t it be creepy if she had loved him a bit and if that love was still inside her, sleeping but able to be woken up?
yup very creepy. i still don’t get why rathina would love drake after all the trouble he has caused. But then again love never dies there. How come love doesnt die there allan?
On a baby names website, it says the meanings. I was researching what my main characters name means and I found that.
Your right! He said faerie love never dies, he never said you cant not still love another at the same time! -gasp- BUT that could also mean Rathina could fall in love with someone else! How cool would that be?!
Oh btw…I cant figure out how your going to tie everything up in the last book….so in that case you HAVE to write more. Ok? Ok good. Lol
AFJ. Oh, way to go with the tricky questions, there, Daniela! Why does love never die in Faerie? I guess I based it on the concept that swans mate for life (and some other animals, too). It’s really the idea that true love is such a huge thing that it burns away inside forever. It can occasionally be a bit like that in the Mortal World (like, I’m still crazy in love with my wife Claudia after 20 years!!!) and I thought it should be even stronger in Faerie.
hahahaha sorry allan!
I wonder if Titus loved Zara…:(
P.S so they only fall in love with one person???
AFJ. Mandy - I don’t think so, although I’m sure he would have done if Zara had not died.
Daniela - interesting question. I suspect that total pure love only happens once - but that something very strong but less than total love can happen more than once.
Just got The Enchanted Quest in the mail, can’t wait to read it!!! Have to wait a little while, I have class this afternoon…
Does Tania save the immortal faerie realm in the charmed return? Will Tania get married and have kids.
You do write good books.
P.S sorry for all the questions i sent you. but what if a man falls in love with a woman but the woman doest feel the same way. what happens then?
AFJ. Br Hansen - am I going to tell you what happens in The Charmed Return? I’m afraid I’m not.
Daniela - true love only happens if both parties are in there!
Cant one person fall in love, and the other person not? I mean….look at Rathina!
wish me a happy birthday!!!! 2-13-00!!!! =D =D =D
AFJ. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELA! HOPE YOU GET ALL THE THINGS YOU WISH FOR.
AFJ. Amy - the problem with Rathina’s love for Gabriel is that it was at least partly created by him putting her under Dark Arts spells. It’s not “true” love for sure, but it’s really hard to shake those Dark Arts spells, and it might take her forever to be rid of her feelings for him, even though they were sparked by sorcery!
allan-oh ya huh. poor rathina…
So who did Gabriel Drake love?
How long untill The Charmed Return is supposed to be published?
AFJ. Gabrial Drake’s great true love was probably Gabriel Drake. The Charmed Return should be published in Jan or Feb 2011.
i thought his true love was the dark arts
AFJ. Daniela - Drake does (um…did) like the Dark Arts, for sure - but they are always only a means to and end - and that end is gathering power for himself. He loves himself best, I think.
But what about Edric?
conceited drake lol =D if drake was good who do you think he would have married? my guess is tania and probably Rathina would try and kill her. allan r your characters based on real pple u know or do u make them up?????
AFJ. Aimee - do you mean Edric and the Dark Arts? Well, the jury is still out on what happens there!
Daniela - I don’t know what Drake might have done if he was good - he might have loved Tania if she hadn’t vanished, and for sure his father would have liked the idea of him marrying into the Royal Family. I don’t very often base characters on real people - but I will use characteristics of real people in the way they behave.
How many chapter going to be in the next book? What do you do when you write? Do you write long or short sentences all the time?
AFJ. Br Hansen - I think there are 33 chapters in The Charmed Return. When I write, I often listen to music - and quite often I have to go and feed the cat! I usually work in the morning until lunch time at the computer - then spend the afternoon thinking about what I’m going to write the next day. I use both long and short sentences depending on the impact I want the particular piece of writing to have. Long is good for descriptions. Short is good for action.
Allan- do u write in the morning evening or during the day?
=O hows your cat allan? i love cats!=D when do u think book 7 will come out?
AFJ. Aimee - I ususally get up about 7:30 to 8:00 am, feed the cat, open the computer and deal with fanmail for about half an hour to an hour. Then I will re-read the last 20 or so pages of the previous day’s writing, and then get going on new stuff. I usually work at the computer for about 4 hours or so. Then in the afternoon, I will be thinking about what I’m going to write the next morning. I need to write about 2000 words a day, but if I try to write more, it often comes out really bad - and that means I have to rewrite it the next day. I do this six days a week.
AFJ. Daniela - the cat is fine! She’s lying asleep in my chair right now at the side of the computer desk - and I’m sitting on an old amplifier with a couple of blankets thrown over it! The cat rules the house!
BOOK 7? Uh…there is no such thing as book 7 at the moment. Whether book 7 ever gets written will depend on whether the publishers WANT a book 7. I’ll write it if they ask - but I can’t afford to write it if they don’t want to publish it.
wow Alan………. thats A LOT of writng!!!!!
Allan
sorry i meant the charmed return! wait isnt the charmed return 7???? aw well. i love cats =D i really like siamese! =D
AFJ. Daniela - the Charmed Return is the third book of the second trilogy - thus book 6. Book seven is what I get to write if the publishers ask for more - which I hope they do, because I have some nifty ideas.
allan-DONT STOP WRITTING!!!!!!!!!!
yeah Allan! DONT STOP WRITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AFJ. That’s my plan, guys! It’s all down to sales now - I’ve just heard from the German publishers that they’re not going to publish books 5 and 6 over there - sales of the first four books have not been good enough! Sad news for German fans! But these days unless you sell heaps of books, the publishers just move on to other things. Probably things with vampires in them!!!!
i rather be a faerie than a vampire….
me 2 Daniela me 2…
Allan! U CALLED US GUYS!!!!! IM A GIRL! AND SO IS DANIELA! (right?) lol
AFJ. OOPS! I thought “guys” kind of covered everyone. Sorry about that. I shall say “people” from now on - how would that work?