LizMarr

I am this -|  |- close to publishing. I have it all finished in Word, made into a PDF, made into a Kindle. All I am waiting for is a friend to finish reading the last printed proof to see if she finds anything I really need to change (drums fingers impatiently). I have text files from when I started Ethaia dated 7 August 2010. I'm almost giddy that it is near printing. In case any are wondering, Ethaia is my novel that Aleyne is the prequel to. Here is the description I put on announcements and such:

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What would happen if you went for a ride and never returned? Aleyne Agrurova did just that. Aleyne was a pleasant teenager, nearly an adult, when she saddled her horse to take a long ride one day. Aleyne planned to journey just a few days and then return, but each day brought another adventure that lead her further and further away from her simple life - and into a life she never knew she was part of, into a person she never knew she was.

Aleyne Agrurova only knew that her parents had loved her and that when they died unexpectedly she came to live with her uncle Raul.  She didn't know who they really were. When she was twelve her uncle gave her a present that her parents had left for to have when she was ready.  The elven made blade carried runes and etchings that hinted at a part of her past that she had never learned.  The day she left on a horse ride on a sunny day four years later  it would start the events rolling that would bring present and past crashing together. Aleyne's life would never be the same.

Aleyne's adventure opens for her a world outside of her frontier life. A world whose borders were beyond her imagination.  A world of bandits, dragons, elves, and thieves. A world where an unknown girl would lead an army and two kingdoms would welcome an heir.

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I think I used it on Deviant for the excerpt of Aleyne.