This is a fun, light book for young teens about the dangers of too many thirteens, fairy summer camp, a purring blue crab, and the problems of getting merit.
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The Triskaidek
But it is also the setting of countless adventures in which the fairies who follow the Fairy Ideal are pitted against abusive fairies out for their own personal gain, or even worse, fairies who want to conquer the world and subdue it through their magic. Our first adventure, The Triskaidek , begins with young Alley Willowwood, who was up until quite recently a somewhat ordinary teenage girl.
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The Triskaidek is now available Buy Now at Amazon. When she returns home, her mom tells her that she has signed Alley up for Camp Fae. Only when Alley gets there does she discover that it is a camp for fairies. Alley must learn what it means to be a fairy while trying to complete her mission to save the Blue Blimey from the evil Durka Knaf. The Triskaidek is a light and whimsical story.
The plot is interesting, and the hows and whys of magic are well thought-out. There is also a question about her friend Munchkin. He is attending camp right next to Camp Fae and, like Alley, undergoes a great deal of self discovery throughout the story.
First of all I did have a successful summer visiting several book stores and meeting fairy lovers at FaerieWorlds in Eugene Oregon. I had a successful autumn working on the sequel to The Triskaidek. I'm almost done with it now, and expect to finish the first complete draft by the end of the year. I've made a lot of friends with literary and artistic interests.
I've been encouraged to make a short film using characters from The Triskaidek and I'm hard at work filming that right now, and entering the film editing stages. I've been getting some great reviews from various places, but not very many accumulating all in one place quite yet. I'm hoping to get more reviews on Amazon. You CAN order a copy of it at any bookstore, but it will not be printed up and sitting in any book stores anytime in the near future.
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But I've actually had my greatest success at small, out of the way, book stores. Most authors won't visit them, and I don't mind - a sale is a sale: You guys have been great to me! I suggest checking out my facebook page if you want the very latest information on everything. I've now got my own "proper" page address on facebook: Amazon , review , status , update.
The Triskaidek review by "The U. Review or Books" was published today: I really hated this review when I got my advanced copy of it.
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Sure, they say nice things like "Sprig weaves the magical and real worlds together, leaping from discussions of diamonds as conduits for time travel to the computer search engine fgoogle that mixes human and fairy knowledge, in an entertaining way Obviously I didn't like their suggestion that the book wasn't carefully edited. Perhaps it wasn't carefully read? These book review companies like The US Review of books seem to churn out book reviews like a factory.
Anyway, enjoy the review, but more importantly, enjoy the book! Posted by Basil The Wandering Fool at 2: Sunday, August 1, Faerieworlds. Here's a little camp Fae update for you. Basil had no idea what to expect and has never opened a "store" in a festival booth before. It has been a lot of fun.
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We've sold a bunch of books. Most importantly we've made some new fans, who have already read the book in the couple of days since the festival started. Basil is posting photos live each day straight from the fairy-grounds to Facebook. Here's a link to the Camp Fae Facebook page so you can check it all out: Check out the facebook page for live photos throughout the day of Basil and other fairies who have gathered from throughout the world in all their amazing costumes, plus a few fairy tales to go with the pix.