Memory's Wake (39 page)
Authors: Selina Fenech
Whatever else might still be wrong with me, wherever the lost parts of my broken soul are, for now at least I’m alive, can live, here with my family.
She stared over Eloryn’s shoulder, where daylight brightened the diamond cut glass window of the balcony doors. Outside a thorny vine grew around the balustrade. The silhouette of a wild young man perched on it in front of the sun. She smiled. “Besides, things never just disappear. They have to go somewhere, right?”
Eloryn’s eyes fluttered back open again. She looked both shocked and accusing. “You found out your name? When? What is it? What am I to call you now?”
Memory smiled and closed her eyes. “Memory. Just call me Memory.”
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Acknowledgements
I found an email from 2003 where a fan asked me why I removed all mention of “Memory’s Wake” from my website. I replied it was because I didn’t think it would ever be finished.
It lay untouched for a long time, poked at here and there, changed through many versions, and was finally completed in 2011. I have a lot of people to thank for helping it get there.
From the very beginning, I’d like to thank my obssession with comics and desire to create my own, for which the first ideas for this story started to form. I have to thank John Noble, who is dearly missed, for introducing me to the magic of fantasy role-playing games (Dungeons and Dragons V.2 to be specific). The adventure, the danger, and the most magical part of role-playing - the story telling.
I want to thank Steven Withrow, who helped my earliest concept form into something more substantial. He also gave Memory her name, and is still a master artist with words.
Dear thanks to my editor Sally Odgers, who provided encouragement along with the technical refinement I needed.
My thanks go to all my friends from the old forums of www.australianfantasyart.com who read through my first, short version of Memory’s Wake, and cheered me on despite how rubbish it was. And more recently, to my friends at sff.onlinewritingworkshop.com who read and critiqued my current version, teaching me how to write again. Specifically, Erica Lovell, Lydia Kurnia, Dy Loveday, Phillip Spencer and Ladonna Watkins. I hope to see all of your books in print soon!
My family were always there for me, and in particular my husband, David, who I’m sure I almost drove insane grilling him over every tiny plot point in my story over many versions.
And last, but not least, to all the fans of my artwork, who believed in me when I took the jump from visual art to writing, and encouraged me every step of the way. I wouldn’t have done it without you.
About the Author
Born in 1981 to Australian and Maltese parents, Selina lives in Australia with her husband, her baby girl, an unnamed cat, and a lorikeet who's far too clever.
During her life Selina has found ancient Roman treasure, survived cancer, had knights joust at her wedding, been mugged for doughnuts, made a living as an artist, eaten every bizarre and wonderful food put in front of her, and now enjoys writing novels.
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Also by Selina
Emotionally Charged- Young Adult Paranormal Romance
When an earthquake hits her hometown, teenage Livvy thinks this is her chance to make her dull life exciting and indulge her special skill of reading others' emotions. Amid the disaster, she is threatened by looters and fights back with a newfound quickness and strength. Livvy is aided by the arrival of Jake, a gorgeous boy who has an otherworldly ability to bend others to his will.
Jake sweeps Livvy into the world of the Empaths, paranormals who have everything she has ever wanted. She learns she shares their power of feeding on other's emotions; happiness energises them, fear makes them fast, anger makes them strong and lust makes them hypnotically charming.
When Livvy meets the Empaths' opposite, one with the ability to stop their powers from functioning, she is caught up in a supernatural battle. Livvy soon realises that judging on first appearances is a mistake and one that could cost her life.
A bite sized paranormal romance for young adults, Emotionally Charged is a novella of 26,000 words, or 120 pages, about a third the length of a normal novel.
Copyright Information
First Published by Fairies and Fantasy Pty Ltd 2011
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Memory’s Wake copyright © 2010 Selina Fenech
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