FINALLY!!! The action starts up :D Also, I do not get sea sick in real life, but I have known someone who does, and so I always think of them, even though I don't have the same problem. Shrug.
Chapter 4 also denotes some of the damage sexual abuse does. 1 in 2 girls have been sexually abused and 3 out of 5 boys. That is horrific, and I don't care if it is dark, it is the truth, and someone needs to show that it is wrong and can poison people's lives, even if that someone is little me. If you are a 1 in 2 or a 3 in 5, I send you hugs, and want you to know that there are people in the world who are on YOUR side and know that it harmed you in more ways than physical. I hope you can overcome someone else trying to steal away the good in you and be a good person yourself, for yourself, and your loved ones, even though someone was not a good person to you.
You are precious, no matter what anyone did to you. I am so sorry that they did.
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Chapter 3 demonstrates very well the main way I wanted this book to feel, and that is as if you are viewing the world from Lyl's viewpoint. You only notice things she notices. You only hear things she hears. I don't want to give the readers more details or information than Lyl herself has, and this chapter is full of examples of this.
It is much more obvious when she is looking at the world from the viewpoint of a pet, crouched down like a dog.
Also, up until this point in Lyl's life, she always was by herself, and always loved only being away from the village she grew up in, and only her drawings. This is her first experience with enjoying other people and other activities with people. It means so much to her.
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Chapter 2 introduces two things close to my heart.
When I was a kid, if something bad happened or hurt me or anything, I would run away. I either ran away physically, outside in the woods, and pretended I was a wild animal, or just a wild person, and didn't know the modern world existed, sometimes only taking something to draw with, or else mentally, to a fantasy world, often the world of the Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan.
So, you meet the fun of pretending to be wild, and you meet the Heldani. As you keep reading, yes, It is a nod at my fave author of all time, because the world he made, saved my life a couple of times, and the comfort he wrought for me will always be something I appreciate. I have several books with nods to him, in the way of powerful women, but they never use the One Power, always some tool or something to cause the elements to bend their will; in this case, runes that are attached to hoops on the belt by thin, silver chains, that can be very short, when the runes are stowed, or very long, if the runes are alight and floating, showing the Heldani is using the element of according color.
More about all that will occur later on in the book, and, though the Heldani feature in the book decently, they are not the point of the book in the least, so don't get all caught up in excitement about a Wheel of Time fanfic if you are a Robert Jordan fan. :D
I could never thank him enough for the precious world he gave me even if he were alive to hear me say it, so this is my attempt at a thank you. That his women of power inspired me to create my own, to be one myself, but not in the same way... ;)
I do not have the Gift, but I have a Gift, all the same.
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Chapter 1 of What a Wild Spirit Brings is not like most of my chapters in most of my books. Usually, I get right into action, or suspense or something. This one, I let it drag on a little, and didn't start with her running away, to reveal some history, some animosity, some of the reason for why she was running as a foundation so you could better understand her, because it will help you understand the reasons for her actions from here out. This is by far not the shortest book I ever wrote (it has 62 chapters), and introducing her a little was needed.
I actually made the book description when I put it up to publish "She grew up in a small village where each day was like the last; hard labor and an unfeeling family. If only she could run away. If only she could be somewhere else, anywhere else, with another life, any other life...
Her mother always said she had a wild spirit, and it was true.
What does a wild spirit bring? Adventure? Love? Torment? Excitement?
She would be happy if it just brings her escape..." which is basically the sum up of chapter 1. :D
Also, I drew the cover myself. I thought about adding more details to the dunes, or to her, but my gf loved it sooooo much, so I left it be :D
I do have a world map, and about the author and such in the book, as well as a dedication, that might befuddle a few. So, if you bought it for 4.99 and were like ??? about the dedication, yes, the book is dedicated vaguely to myself. Maybe I will explain more at the end of the book :)
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