Mazeweaver, page 25
And then, there was a wedding.
Noon on Midwinter’s Day, with a light dusting of frost turning the meadow grass into a crystal carpet. Juna and Lannen standing before her with their hands clasped as she knotted a rope around their united grip, crowning them with garlands of heather and winter-flowering jasmine for fertility and health.
She could feel Linden’s inquisitive gaze on her, sensing the full import of the ceremony as she drew the power of the earth into the knotted cord to make the handfasting strong.
She could feel Kai’s dark eyes, never leaving her even as the ceremony ended and the new couple were carried back into the heart of the village by many uplifted hands.
She could feel Quantum there, even in his absence, a cord around her own heart.
She could feel everything: her land, her people. Earth, water, air, and fire enfolding her, like she was dancing in the eye of a storm with her head thrown back to drink the rain.
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I am interested in reading – and writing – books that have some meaning, some impact; that do not just entertain, but make us into better people. Fiction has great power to change us: we take the hero’s journey with them, and so stories can lead us deeper into the truth of who we are.
I have always loved fantasy, but as a born cynic I would ask myself, ‘Isn’t this unrealistic? Why does good always triumph over evil?’ But I have learnt to find this truth in fantasy: good always triumphs over evil because this is an inevitability. The story follows our inner journey, the one each of us must take over our lifetime: a journey from darkness and struggle that always holds the potential for light. Each one of us has that potential to conquer our inner demons and find our own enlightenment; that potential is indestructible, and the darkness within our mind is only a temporary obstruction. So, good will always triumph over evil, in the end.
The novels I write will, I hope, be one little spark to illuminate and encourage that inner journey.
I live in a Buddhist community in the middle of nowhere. I walk in the woods every day, and would probably be happy never to go into a city again (as long as I have access to online shopping).
There is a lot of insight I have gained through meditation in my writing – but my books aren’t Buddhist books. I just try to inspire everyone to be good and kind and happy.
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