Featured Interview With R.L.Holmes
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was raised in Palmerston North, New Zealand and now I live in a small rural town, Ashhurst, New Zealand. I have one cat that came with house. By that I mean he was living under the house, skinny and timid and now he’s fat and happy.
I work as a Medical Herbalist and have my own thriving clinic using herbs as the main source of medicine.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I was a big reader from a very young age and assumed I would be a writer when I grew up. I won writing awards as a child, studied English Literature and Fiction in my early twenties and continued to collect books I read, which is a gigantic pain in the arse whenever I had to shift house.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I don’t have a fave genre as I have no problem reading in most.
Fave authors – Joanne Harris, Katharine McMahon, Katherine Mansfield, Phillipa Gregory, Tolkien, Rowling, Oscar Wilde, George R R Martin(until his books got too violent)
Tell us a little about your latest book?
The adventure continues on from Little Wings: The Outbounders of Segais – Book One of Two.
The Outbounding Clan:
Arum faerie, Madar Guirmean, the storyteller, and Seer of the Lost Ones. Ulmarian elf cousins; dark and moody Piper Cruith(cover), and clever, practical Hefin Meannt. Together they are swift, agile, and fiercely accurate with the aim of their arrows. Lastly, goat-riding Cocklebur gnome, Sobhrag Feantag, who is crassly hilarious and slightly tumultuous, yet will fight to the death for ale and broth.
Part One
The Three Jewels of Vulgare –
Gathering her fighting clan together to destroy the Lost Ones, faerie Madar Guirmean, tells the story of their journey to hunt down the Lost One leader, Crios the Black. At the beginning of this journey, they are given a jewel containing the bloodline of the Gnome King, and are told there are two more jewels hidden in Segais, holding the bloodlines of the Elf Queen and Faerie Queen. Once all three are found, they become a formidable force against Crios the Black.
Part Two
The Library of Souls –
Words spoken out of the mouth of a sleep-talking faerie tells of a special place, created by a Myddvai, or magician. A place where pieces of soul have been stolen and stored in books for safe keeping and protection from the Lost Ones. The books contain stories of Segais folk, even the stories of Lost Ones and Crios the Black. “The end is at the beginning.” If the Outbounding Clan can follow Crios the Black’s history perhaps they can find the answer to how to eliminate him for good.
The Library of Souls is hidden somewhere in Hedgerows and they must find it quickly before more Outbounders in the human world are stung by the Lost Ones.
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