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Sunday, March 05, 2017
Seven Tears into the Sea: Celtic Magic on the Incoming Tide I've yearned for the moody beach and unsettling characters of SEVEN TEARS INTO THE SEA ever since I wrote "The End."  In the last few weeks readers who love the story as much as I do have taken me back to Mirage Beach, to Jesse and Gwen and the small town where the ancient Celtic legend of the selkie comes ashore for love, mystery and midsummer madness. I met author Jackie Smith at the Teen Bookfest by the Bay and it turns out she's a fan of the story! This week in Quinter, Kansas, I get to talk about the appeal of shape-shifting characters and THEN  I discovered this YouTube book review by Lacy  FYI : Q: What is a selkie, really? A: Ancient tales say they are faery folk who can shift shapes between human and seal, But there's much more to the story. Here's one of my favorite selkie websites about Selkie Folk Q: What is scrying? A: Originally, it meant "seeing from afar" and in SEVEN TEARS, Gwen's grandmother has the gift of seeing deeply into the present and future by gazing into an antique mirror, but crystal balls and still waters have presented others, over the ages, as a way to see and know the unknown.
Q: SEVEN TEARS' cover is kind of dreamlike, what is it supposed to show? Want to dive into this book? Visit your local library, bookstore or Amazon.com Labels: beach, Celtic, faery, folklore, Jackie Smith, legend, midsummer, Mirage Beach, scrying, selkie, seven tears into the sea, Teen Bookfest by the Bay Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 8:16 AM 0 comments  
Friday, March 25, 2016 Sleepwalking into the Sea  "This is what it's like to be crazy..."Gwen in "Seven Tears into the Sea" is a sleepwalking child when she encounters a selkie boy. But that's hard to believe. After all, she lives in a California beach town, not in a past when shapeshifters were more than Celtic mythology. Besides, the adults in her life fear the midnight meeting was something sinister. By the time Gwen's a teenager, she's not sure what happened to her -- or him. This is the only YA novel I've written, the only one missing a horse (thought there is a sea horse!) and it haunts me. When I wrote SEVEN TEARS, I was lucky enough to see two covers under consideration for my book. I loved them both and I was always thankful that I didn't have to make the choice! Take a look. Especially if you have read the book: Which cover would be your choice?Happy Spring! Please make this time of new beginnings COUNT! Terri Read more about this book & selkies here
Labels: Celtic, crying, fable, folklore, LeUyen Pham, sea lions, selkies, sequel, seven tears into the sea, sleepwalking, terri farley Permalink to this blog post Posted by Terri Farley @ 11:56 AM 3 comments
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