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Patricia Reding
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Oathtaker
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Author Insight
Inspiration
Now and again in the course of writing, an author will come to a "what next?" moment. Sometimes it comes about when her creative juices run low. Occasionally when this happens to me, I consider whether there is something more to learn about a character. Dropping into a person's memories can provide critical background information, flush out personality quirks and details, and open new paths for future discovery. This is in part what is happening in this portion of the story. In the end, the information Nina shares with Mara becomes critical to the coming story. The best part of doing this, from an author's perspective, is that once she is engaged in the character's memories, the particulars play out as they they are happening in real time. So buckle up and dig in as Nina's background story will soon unfold!
Book Excerpt
Oathtaker
The Oathtaker picked the fliers back up, then slapped them back down again. She didn’t think Dixon had engaged in any wrongdoing. She’d seen his reaction upon Rowena’s death. He was devastated.
She remembered the look on his face, the slump of his shoulders, his near incoherence, the way he’d spoken his final farewell to his charge. She didn’t know much about his history with Rowena, but she was certain he was innocent of any wrongdoing relating to the woman’s death. Still, if she went to the City of Light, she couldn’t approach the Council or assist him in any meaningful way without disclosing the facts about the girls—and the fewer who knew of their existence, the safer they’d remain.
“Sometimes staying out of things is the hardest,” Nina said.
Mara nodded.
“When I was in Chiran, there were many times I wanted to take action, but I couldn’t because of the danger it could bring to others. In the end I left, but my daughter paid for that. She paid with her life.”
“Will you tell me about Chiran, Nina?”
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