Hi readers,
Sorry for the long awaited blogs but the focus has shited to marketing our Emily over the last few months SO:
Buy it online at http://shopping.ispirato.co.za or www.scrollofseven.com or kalahari.net or get it at selected Exclusive Book stores or......
Both teens, young adults and even parents seem to be loving it! Now, we're taking a break and are going to do our best to finish the first yucky draft of the second in the series, currently titled EMILY AND THE SPRITES OF LIGHT.
May y'all have a blesssed silly season and a surprising New Year!
Karen
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Character Sketch: Pugly and Elvis
Pugly and Elvis are Emily's companion adventurers from Aurana.
Pugly has been taught from a very early age in the mystical arts, by the Elder and even though he is still young in Auranian standards, he is one of the few creatures from that land that can fly. Pugly is about the size of a small dog and has soft padded feet so he is able to also climb trees. Pugly is the more serious of the two, as he feels he needs to maintain some sort of social respect for the mystical arts, Emily and the journey they are on.
Elivis on the other hand is excitment himself. He jiggles, wiggles and giggles all the time in his strange way of talking. Elivs is about the size of our one hand. Elvis has been teased most of his life by the dwellers that live around him because of his size - but it is this that makes him perfect to be Pugly's companion.
Elvis becomes the first Auranian that is allowed to cross the veil (the ugly beak-faced monkey, Elgeba found a way to aspirate through but it is this action that alerts the Auranian's that something is happening and the Emily's time to wake up has come.
Elvis and Pugly are almost inseperable and you know that where the one is, the other will be sure to follow. Both of them really enjoy helping Emily and they are proud to be able to help her, along with saving their fellow Auranians.
Pugly has been taught from a very early age in the mystical arts, by the Elder and even though he is still young in Auranian standards, he is one of the few creatures from that land that can fly. Pugly is about the size of a small dog and has soft padded feet so he is able to also climb trees. Pugly is the more serious of the two, as he feels he needs to maintain some sort of social respect for the mystical arts, Emily and the journey they are on.
Elivis on the other hand is excitment himself. He jiggles, wiggles and giggles all the time in his strange way of talking. Elivs is about the size of our one hand. Elvis has been teased most of his life by the dwellers that live around him because of his size - but it is this that makes him perfect to be Pugly's companion.
Elvis becomes the first Auranian that is allowed to cross the veil (the ugly beak-faced monkey, Elgeba found a way to aspirate through but it is this action that alerts the Auranian's that something is happening and the Emily's time to wake up has come.
Elvis and Pugly are almost inseperable and you know that where the one is, the other will be sure to follow. Both of them really enjoy helping Emily and they are proud to be able to help her, along with saving their fellow Auranians.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Character Sketch: Sam
Sam is Emily's best friend.
Both Sam and Emily have grown up in Paradise Beach. Together, they are known by the old ladies in the village as those two since they have been inseperable since birth. Both of them also have something physically different - where Emily has her Eight, her infinity symbol, at the back of her neck under her hair, Sam was born with a 'bum-thumb'.
Sam's thumb had a second digit springing from the top of her thumb with it's own little nail so that it looked like a heart. Sam's parents, however, had this operated on when she was still very young as they didn't want her to be teased by the children or adults as she grew up. This difference has made Sam conscious of being herself from an early age and her confidence comes from this place where she knows she is different but the same and loved regardless.
Where Emily is still tentative, prefering her books to new company, Sam is the outgoing, sporty, gregarious one who knows everyone in town. She is Emily's protector and sister when it comes to other people and constantly tries to draw Emily out of her shell, always saying things like 'Life's an adventure!'
Sam is light to Emily's dark. Sam is blond, full of fun and laughter and rarely takes anything seriously. She definately needs to see to beleive but does beleive in her crazy best friend, Emily.
Sam learns that there is another side to life as the story unveils, because she beleives in her friend and if Emily say's somethings happening - somethings got to be happening! Eventually, Sam comes to know something that Emily doesn't and this scares her into being the someone that she is not - a cautious, scared soul.
But Sam being Sam.....always bounces back!
Both Sam and Emily have grown up in Paradise Beach. Together, they are known by the old ladies in the village as those two since they have been inseperable since birth. Both of them also have something physically different - where Emily has her Eight, her infinity symbol, at the back of her neck under her hair, Sam was born with a 'bum-thumb'.
Sam's thumb had a second digit springing from the top of her thumb with it's own little nail so that it looked like a heart. Sam's parents, however, had this operated on when she was still very young as they didn't want her to be teased by the children or adults as she grew up. This difference has made Sam conscious of being herself from an early age and her confidence comes from this place where she knows she is different but the same and loved regardless.
Where Emily is still tentative, prefering her books to new company, Sam is the outgoing, sporty, gregarious one who knows everyone in town. She is Emily's protector and sister when it comes to other people and constantly tries to draw Emily out of her shell, always saying things like 'Life's an adventure!'
Sam is light to Emily's dark. Sam is blond, full of fun and laughter and rarely takes anything seriously. She definately needs to see to beleive but does beleive in her crazy best friend, Emily.
Sam learns that there is another side to life as the story unveils, because she beleives in her friend and if Emily say's somethings happening - somethings got to be happening! Eventually, Sam comes to know something that Emily doesn't and this scares her into being the someone that she is not - a cautious, scared soul.
But Sam being Sam.....always bounces back!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Paradise Beach
Paradise Beach is Emily's home. She has grown up here with her Gran and Gran's helper-friend Mamasita, along with her best friend Sam.
Emily loves the seaside village, with houses of so many different styles and materials, built in different centuries, some with plumbed toilets, others still with long drops! What embarasses Emily the most about her little village is the honey cart: a great big, yellow, round cement like looking truck that sucks up all their wee and poo from the septic tanks. On days that the honey cart comes to empty their tank, Emily makes sure she is far away, as the stench is anthing but honey-like!
Emily's favourite place in the village is the face brick library on the village common since her head is always stuck in one book or another. She also likes the smell, quiet and calm that can be found in the one roomed library. Next to the library, to it's left, are the swings where she will often meet Sam, even though they are too big to use them. It is here that she first saw the ugliest beak faced monkey thing that aspirated in a puff!
The village is accessed from the main road, many kilometers away. A single tarred road goes all the way down to the parking lot at the Tea room. The tea room is the heavenly place where ice creams, sweets by the dozen, magazines, bits, bobs, bread and milk, meat and mustard, tea and coffee - the basics - can be found. People on day trips will sometimes stumble into the village and almost always end up staying for lunch at the tea room, looking out over the rock pool and large white lipped ocean.
Paradise Beach, according to Emily, is heaven!
Emily loves the seaside village, with houses of so many different styles and materials, built in different centuries, some with plumbed toilets, others still with long drops! What embarasses Emily the most about her little village is the honey cart: a great big, yellow, round cement like looking truck that sucks up all their wee and poo from the septic tanks. On days that the honey cart comes to empty their tank, Emily makes sure she is far away, as the stench is anthing but honey-like!
Emily's favourite place in the village is the face brick library on the village common since her head is always stuck in one book or another. She also likes the smell, quiet and calm that can be found in the one roomed library. Next to the library, to it's left, are the swings where she will often meet Sam, even though they are too big to use them. It is here that she first saw the ugliest beak faced monkey thing that aspirated in a puff!
The village is accessed from the main road, many kilometers away. A single tarred road goes all the way down to the parking lot at the Tea room. The tea room is the heavenly place where ice creams, sweets by the dozen, magazines, bits, bobs, bread and milk, meat and mustard, tea and coffee - the basics - can be found. People on day trips will sometimes stumble into the village and almost always end up staying for lunch at the tea room, looking out over the rock pool and large white lipped ocean.
Paradise Beach, according to Emily, is heaven!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Character Sketch: Josh
Emily meets up with Josh when she moves into Kingstown to boarding school, but it is Josh who finds and sees her first.
Josh lives with his parents around the corner from the courthouse, in a corner that is strangely hidden from view. Josh is a sassy streetkid, with dark spikey hair and an intuition that exceeds anyone's knowledge. Josh knows most things before anyone else - and keeps Emily on her toes, as he seems to be able to read her mind.
Josh loves Kingstown as much as Emily first hated it. He knows all the back streets where beauty and surprises can be found. He is Emily's link to the all important Edwina, and her store, that outwardly could look like a store (albeit with a scary, wierd door) but is more than a store. Josh laughs out loud at Emily and makes her crazy with his secretiveness, but he is always there, watching over her and things gives Emily strength.
Josh, in the words of a poet, is a mensch!
Josh lives with his parents around the corner from the courthouse, in a corner that is strangely hidden from view. Josh is a sassy streetkid, with dark spikey hair and an intuition that exceeds anyone's knowledge. Josh knows most things before anyone else - and keeps Emily on her toes, as he seems to be able to read her mind.
Josh loves Kingstown as much as Emily first hated it. He knows all the back streets where beauty and surprises can be found. He is Emily's link to the all important Edwina, and her store, that outwardly could look like a store (albeit with a scary, wierd door) but is more than a store. Josh laughs out loud at Emily and makes her crazy with his secretiveness, but he is always there, watching over her and things gives Emily strength.
Josh, in the words of a poet, is a mensch!
Monday, August 4, 2008
Character Sketch: Emily May Harrison
Emily May Harrison is the key character in the Scroll of Seven Series.
Emily is a reluctant warrior and hero, who often feels that she does not have the confidence to deal with what life - and the universe - throws at her. However, there is an inner core, an inner strength that is slowly appearing and that she is learning to trust.
She has long, brown hair which is often braided into a plait hanging down her back. She has long slim legs, eyes that see things that other don't and a teenagers strong heart. At the base of her neck, hiding under her plait, is her Eight - a sideways infinity symbol that appeared straight after her birth.
She is about twelve years old, so is finding herself as her gangly legs become more shaped and strong, along with her body transforming into something beautiful to behold. She has lost some key people, both her Mom and Dad (one to death, the other just dissapeared) and because of this, questions her life and those around her, even as she feels the love of her Gran and her Gran's sidekick, Mamasita.
Her home is in Paradise Beach, a seaside village, where she has the freedom to walk around and play with her friends. Her best friend is Sam, another girl, who has the confidence and outspokeness that Emily often envy's. Emily loves the library at Paradise Beach and is a voracious reader. She doesn't wear glasses.
She is starting to notice the boys around her and is sometimes embarrased by her awareness and them noticing her. When she moves to boarding school she meets up with Josh, a street boy, who can almost read her mind - and he makes sure to let her know when he feels her looking at him!
She goes through stages when she feels really confident and knows that she can do things, so takes the lead and charges ahead, to other times when all she wants to do is shove her head under a pillow and make it all go away.
She ultimately has many, many questions and is searching for their answers, while still trying to be a 'normal' person finding her way in the world.
Emily is a reluctant warrior and hero, who often feels that she does not have the confidence to deal with what life - and the universe - throws at her. However, there is an inner core, an inner strength that is slowly appearing and that she is learning to trust.
She has long, brown hair which is often braided into a plait hanging down her back. She has long slim legs, eyes that see things that other don't and a teenagers strong heart. At the base of her neck, hiding under her plait, is her Eight - a sideways infinity symbol that appeared straight after her birth.
She is about twelve years old, so is finding herself as her gangly legs become more shaped and strong, along with her body transforming into something beautiful to behold. She has lost some key people, both her Mom and Dad (one to death, the other just dissapeared) and because of this, questions her life and those around her, even as she feels the love of her Gran and her Gran's sidekick, Mamasita.
Her home is in Paradise Beach, a seaside village, where she has the freedom to walk around and play with her friends. Her best friend is Sam, another girl, who has the confidence and outspokeness that Emily often envy's. Emily loves the library at Paradise Beach and is a voracious reader. She doesn't wear glasses.
She is starting to notice the boys around her and is sometimes embarrased by her awareness and them noticing her. When she moves to boarding school she meets up with Josh, a street boy, who can almost read her mind - and he makes sure to let her know when he feels her looking at him!
She goes through stages when she feels really confident and knows that she can do things, so takes the lead and charges ahead, to other times when all she wants to do is shove her head under a pillow and make it all go away.
She ultimately has many, many questions and is searching for their answers, while still trying to be a 'normal' person finding her way in the world.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Emily: Introduction to the Battle of the Veil
Emily May Harrison is the main character in the Scroll of Seven series, the first currently named Emily and the Battle of the Veil, written by Karen Michelle Brooks.
With change dramatically entering her life, Emily learns more about a different world, intruding into her own, and then has to explore the premise that ‘thoughts are things’ and how she has or hasn’t got control over them.
The novel introduces Emily May Harrison, her strange birth and mother’s death, her father’s disappearance, the experiences she has in Paradise Beach, where she has grown up with her Gran and friend Sam, and her move towards boarding school in Kingstown, where her access to the world of Aurana really begins.
It is in Kingstown that she meets up with various characters: the sassy, spiky-haired street-kid Josh and his mother Miriam, her friends in boarding school: Morgan and Sarah, who are at her side, supporting her as Emily gathers courage. It is the ‘newbie’ Jessica, who confuses and challenges Emily, that will come to her rescue in (what looks outwardly like) a bookstore that belongs to the mountainous, jolly, odd, long-nosed Edwina.
After meeting Edwina, and finding her book of poems, Emily finds a way through to Aurana where she meets up with what she has long called her Shimmers, characters that have touched her in her dreams and reality in her younger years: Pugly (a phenomenal flyer and teacher), Elvis (a jiggly, wiggly handful) and The Elder (a being of substance). She also becomes aware of the darker characters, those of Admonai (a shape-shifter who usually takes the form of Man, only because his original form is too frightening to reveal), Silenkis (a stuttering serious Snake) and Elgeba (an ugly, bones on the outside, beaked monkey). Admonai and his sidekick, Silenkis, have a way of linking back into the real world of Kingstown through various lost souls (Rupert, a real man that has dived into the darker world of drinking and gambling) via their Circles of Influence.
The plot moves towards the crux where a battle is fought between Emily (her friends and the Shimmers helping her as best they can) and the side-kick Silenkis, with Admonai directing but not engaging, along with the earthly shadows/lost souls intruding, in the bookstore that Edwina owns in Kingstown.
With change dramatically entering her life, Emily learns more about a different world, intruding into her own, and then has to explore the premise that ‘thoughts are things’ and how she has or hasn’t got control over them.
The novel introduces Emily May Harrison, her strange birth and mother’s death, her father’s disappearance, the experiences she has in Paradise Beach, where she has grown up with her Gran and friend Sam, and her move towards boarding school in Kingstown, where her access to the world of Aurana really begins.
It is in Kingstown that she meets up with various characters: the sassy, spiky-haired street-kid Josh and his mother Miriam, her friends in boarding school: Morgan and Sarah, who are at her side, supporting her as Emily gathers courage. It is the ‘newbie’ Jessica, who confuses and challenges Emily, that will come to her rescue in (what looks outwardly like) a bookstore that belongs to the mountainous, jolly, odd, long-nosed Edwina.
After meeting Edwina, and finding her book of poems, Emily finds a way through to Aurana where she meets up with what she has long called her Shimmers, characters that have touched her in her dreams and reality in her younger years: Pugly (a phenomenal flyer and teacher), Elvis (a jiggly, wiggly handful) and The Elder (a being of substance). She also becomes aware of the darker characters, those of Admonai (a shape-shifter who usually takes the form of Man, only because his original form is too frightening to reveal), Silenkis (a stuttering serious Snake) and Elgeba (an ugly, bones on the outside, beaked monkey). Admonai and his sidekick, Silenkis, have a way of linking back into the real world of Kingstown through various lost souls (Rupert, a real man that has dived into the darker world of drinking and gambling) via their Circles of Influence.
The plot moves towards the crux where a battle is fought between Emily (her friends and the Shimmers helping her as best they can) and the side-kick Silenkis, with Admonai directing but not engaging, along with the earthly shadows/lost souls intruding, in the bookstore that Edwina owns in Kingstown.
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