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That stuffed animal above is my first possession. Her name is Brumma, and she has been with me since I was little. I got her from my parents. Whenever I feel sad about losing my mother at six years old, I hug Brumma. She makes me feel connected to my mother.
This picture was taken in October 2014.
I guess an explanation is in order?
I’m starting up a monthly post for my site. The first of every month I’ll post a picture I took. Sometimes it’ll be a picture I took that day or a few days before, other times it might be a picture taken years before. Now, on to the picture:
This picture is taken in the front yard of the Historic Anchor Inn in Lincoln City, Oregon, USA. Taken in late February, 2015, when I visited the inn for the first time.
The inn is a fantastically homy place that is shock full of items—pictures, surf boards, mirrors, tchotchkes, and all manner of other things. One of the items is displayed above. The owners are super friendly and takes good care of you (Hi, Kip and Kandi!). I stayed there for a month, and then another week this spring when I spent two months in the USA.
I already know I’ll be back this fall. Perhaps I’ll take another picture then! 😉
One of my strangest titles (so far) have been released. Both the content and the title stands out from other things I write.
You Can’t Walk Your Rabbit Without a Leash is a humorous fairy tale. While I say fairy tale, I don’t mean children’s tale. This one is aimed at adults, although the content should be alright for teenagers too (at least in my opinion).
Here’s the description:
In a kingdom where knights woo pretty ladies, and fantastical creatures tell riddles and demand tolls, the princess of the royal family disappears!
The king fears the worst and sends his knights to find the kidnapped princess. He sends them to the east, to the west, to the south, and to the north. Of Sir Lucas, the most skilled knight of them all, the king demands that he find the princess or not come back to the castle for one whole year.
Sir Lucas needs to find the princess or pine for his home and the king for a whole year.
I haven’t written anything like this since I finished this one. However, I recently got some ideas for another humor story, but don’t expect it anytime soon. It needs to percolate before I’ll be ready to tackle it. Plus I have other projects that need to come to fruition soon.
For buy links, check the book page.
PS. That gorgeous cover was done by Ravven.
The second story in the Sorceress Islands series is now released (ebook only). Burning Bright is a short story set six years after Heedless and follows Marii and Mikolas through more trouble.
The description is:
Magic only brings trouble.
When natural healer Marii sees fire in the sky, she knows trouble comes for her father, bridge guardian Mikolas. The bridge he guards leads to the island which welcomes mages, and someone no longer hides their magic.
Mikolas and Marii must work together to save the mage and the mage’s family, while keeping their own family from being exposed as traitors to the temple.
No matter what they do, someone will die.
For buy links, check out my page about Burning Bright.
I’m happy to be able to say that Heedless is now published. It is the short story that starts the Sorceress Islands series.
It was conceived over a year ago. I really enjoyed writing it. It is fantasy, which is the genre that has been my home in reading and writing, although I am spreading my wings nowadays into other genres.
Here’s the description of Heedless:
On a nice spring day, bridge guardian Mikolas relaxes with his daughter while on duty. No one wants to cross the magical bridge because anyone from the other side who crosses will be executed on the grounds of being a mage. That day a mage boy waddles onto the bridge before Mikolas can stop him.
Now he must convince the boy’s father to give up his child or they will all be executed.
You can find it in most ebook stores eventually. Right now it is live at Amazon, Kobo, Smashwords, and a couple of more places.
To find links go to the dedicated page for Heedless; I will update with more links there as it goes live in all places. However, just search for Heedless or Felicia Fredlund in your favorite store and you should find it. (At time of posting it is live at: Amazon, Scribd, Kobo, Inktera, and Smashwords.)
Contact me if you have any problems.
Enjoy!
PS. The beautiful cover is made by Ravven.
I’m published! Yippii!
My story, Holly’s Opportunity (now titled Snowstorm Delivery), is in the anthology Gifts for Holly brought to you by the moderators at Holly Lisle’s forum for writers (of which I am one).
My story is about a flying courier Kora Leon. When I say flying, I mean she uses magic to fly herself around. She’s out on the last delivery for the day, fighting through a snowstorm to reach her destination.
The official blurb of the anthology:
Nine characters named Holly.
Nine stories.
Not two of them alike…
… but many with dragons.
Blurb written by Katharina Gerlach
Katharina described my story like this: “Flying deliveries in the darker areas of town is dangerous at best, but getting injured is a nightmare that might cost more than a broken bone or two.”
Previous I told you how to buy it here, but the anthology isn’t available any longer. You can still buy the story, all info here.
Thanks in advance!