Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
About Me
- Kelley Heckart
- Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, August 31, 2015
Monday Musings: AZ cloud formation pics #10
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite fantasy TV show
Favorite fantasy TV
show: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
With magic long
since lost to England, two men are destined to bring it back; the reclusive Mr.
Norrell and daring novice Jonathan Strange. So begins a dangerous battle
between two great minds.
Stars: Bertie
Carvel, Eddie Marsan, Marc Warren
This is set during
the Napoleonic Wars in an alternate England where magic exists. I like stories
that mix history with fantasy and this one has my interest so far. It’s based
on a book series by Susanna Clarke.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
Bignonia
noun big·no·nia \big-ˈnō-nē-ə\
Definition of
BIGNONIA
: a woody evergreen vine (Bignonia capreolata
of the family Bignoniaceae, the bignonia family) of the southern and central
United States that has compound leaves and tubular flowers
Origin of BIGNONIA
New Latin, genus
name, from J. P. Bignon †1743 French royal librarian
First Known Use: 1785
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Monday Musings: More backyard wildlife, A lizard hitched a ride
I came back inside the house from
doing some evening chores like adding chlorine tabs to the pool and emptying
the kitchen trash when I felt something crawling on my head. On instinct, I
brushed my hand through my hair and something fell out and landed on the
kitchen floor. It was a baby lizard that immediately crawled under the stove. I
couldn’t let it stay there because it would die if stranded in the house. Fortunately,
my husband was home. I had him move the stove while I scooped the little guy
into a plastic container and set him free outside. I have no idea how the lizard
ended up hitching a ride on my head. I seem to attract wildlife in strange ways
and this is one of them.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
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| This is the little hitchhiker. |
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, August 21, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite new Sci-Fi TV show
Favorite new TV
show—The Whispers
An unseen force is
manipulating society's most innocent-our children-to act in favor of its cause.
As the kids unwittingly help this unknown enemy, the clock counts down in this
suspenseful race to save humanity.
Creator: Soo Hugh
Stars: Milo
Ventimiglia, Barry Sloane, Lily Rabe
This show gives me the
chills because the children involved are Children of the Corn creepy. It’s not
as fast paced as most of the shows now, but if you like your Sci-Fi
spine-chilling, this is it.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
Bight
noun \ˈbīt\
: a curve in a coast or the bay formed by such a curve
Full Definition of BIGHT
1
: a bend in a coast
forming an open bay; also : a bay formed
by such a bend
2
: a slack part or
loop in a rope
Examples of BIGHT
Origin of BIGHT
Middle English, from Old English byht bend, bay; akin to Old
English būgan to bend — more at bow
First Known Use: 15th century
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Monday Musings: Retelling the Greek myth of Callisto
There are a couple of different versions of the Greek myth
about Callisto, the nymph who betrayed Artemis, but ancient writers seemed to
agree on some facts: Zeus seduced Callisto, she was changed into a bear and
bore a son named Arcas, was hunted down as a beast and then placed among the
stars as the constellation Ursa Major. In some stories she is the daughter of
King Lycaon while in other, older versions she is simply another incarnation of
Artemis as the bear.
I came into this with an open mind, using what I knew from
the various myths and what I discovered from other sources on Greek mythology
and history. Since I was writing a series set in Arcadia, Artemis’s realm,
Callisto’s story had to be part of that series, but I had to figure out how to
make this myth into my own story. I focused on the one common thread of the
myth—Callisto betrayed Artemis whether she meant to or not. Who can say that
when you fall in love you can fight those feelings? I wanted to make Callisto
flawed like a human with real problems—even though she was a nymph, like the
rest of us she wasn’t perfect.
The next thing I decided was that my nymphs were not going
to be innocent and vulnerable. I did discover that the Oreades, the mountain
nymphs, were known as great huntresses, they were tall and fierce. So my nymphs
were going to be dangerous and quite capable of defending their goddess’s
forest. I created The Guardians, an elite group of nymphs who could fight as
good as any male warrior.
I also created an honored station among the nymphs, the Bear
Goddess, who would act in Artemis’s stead when she wasn’t present and keep the
barriers around the goddess’s forest strong. Only the Bear Goddess could take
the form of a bear and the other nymphs could take the shape of other forest
animals.
I actually ended up changing quite a bit. Zeus doesn’t
seduce Callisto, but one of his followers does—a centaur who can take human
shape. I had this idea of a forbidden love theme since the original versions
hint at this. In my version she is the daughter of Lycaon and the nymph Maia.
While my story may differ from the original myths, it stays true to the main
theme—betrayal. And despite Callisto’s flaws, she possesses bravery and
conviction, two traits I admire and hopefully readers will too.
****************
Kasin
stared at the line of nymphs, a formidable wall of gold and black leather-clad
Guardians flanked by brown-clad nymphs and satyrs. Artemis’s powerful symbol of
a full moon and crossed arrows taunted him from the unyielding line of small
round shields his opponents held in steady grips.
He
waited for the nymphs to make the first move. He would give them a chance to
negotiate his terms and, if fortune favored him, avoid a battle.
Davona
stepped into place next to him. “That is their merciless leader, Maia, the one
who called for my death. She is also Callisto’s mother.”
Kasin
looked closer at the nymph at the head of their army. She had dark red hair
that almost looked black, an unusual color among the brown and fair hair of the
other nymphs, and she had been among those that captured him.
“Callisto’s
mother is a fire nymph. They are a particularly nasty kind of nymph.” He felt a
twinge of sympathy for Callisto for it seemed her mother was as difficult as
was his armor-hearted father.
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, August 14, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite fantasy book
Favorite book—Clash
of Kings, Book Two in the Song of Ice & Fire series. This is the book
behind season two of Game of Thrones on HBO. Highly recommended for fans of
this series. The books expand on the characters and intricate storylines.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
Biggety
adjective
big·ge·ty \ˈbi-gə-tē\
Definition of BIGGETY
1
Southern & Midland :
conceited, vain
2
Southern & Midland :
rudely self-important : impudent
Variants of BIGGETY
big·ge·ty or big·gi·ty \ˈbi-gə-tē\
Examples of BIGGETY
Origin of BIGGETY
big + -ety (as in persnickety)
First Known Use: 1880
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Monday Musings: AZ Sunset pics #9
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Friday, August 07, 2015
Favorite Friday: Sharing a favorite kitchen item
Favorite kitchen
tool—wooden chopping bowl from Alaska. I've had this for years. I use it more than anything else in my
kitchen to chop chicken or vegetables. It’s easy to use and clean. Highly
recommended.
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
Weird Word Wednesday
Bigeminy
noun bi·gem·i·ny
\bī-ˈje-mə-nē\
Definition of BIGEMINY
: the state of having
a pulse characterized by two beats close together with a pause following each
pair of beats
— bi·gem·i·nal \-mə-nəl\ adjective
Origin of BIGEMINY
bigeminal (double, paired), from Late Latin bigeminus, from
bi- + geminus twin
First Known Use: circa 1923
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
Interview with Kelley Heckart- Coffee Time Romance & More
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
Monday, August 03, 2015
Monday Musings: AZ Cloud Formations pics #9
Kelley Heckart, Historical fantasy romance author
Captivating...Sensual...Otherworldly
http://www.kelleyheckart.com
My author page at amazon.com with all my books listed
Writing means different things to me. I'm a storyteller, a book editor, and a songwriter. For me, it's like breathing.
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