Those of you who write, or have close friends who write,
will probably be able to relate to this post with somewhat more ease that
others. But, Rainy Day is very, very excited! Rainy Day has finished her
fantasy novel, Jibutu: Daughter of the Desert! Well, she has finished it to
the point in time when she can now call for First Readers, and she is very,
very happy.
The desert is a beautiful and exacting place, but no place
for a lone woman to birth a child. By chance, Jib, leader of his tribe, came
upon the mother shortly after she gave birth to a daughter. The mother died as
she handed the baby, wearing only a net of stars and moons, to Jib who took her
and with his wife Saba, adopted and raiseed her.
When Jibutu drinks the fermented juice of the Death Cactus
as part of the ritual to become a Healer, she has visions of her birth mother,
and hears her calling her by a different name that she can neither completely hear,
nor understand. How does someone find her birth mother when her name isn't
known, her tribe isn't known, her country isn't known?
While on her quest for answers, the Healer Jibutu discovers
she is also a Shaman, and a member of the Family Nah. Before she can discover
where she fits into the Family Nah, who her mother was, who she really is, she
is taken into slavery, and loses everything and everyone she knows and loves.
Jibutu: Daughter of the Desert is 82,000 words, and if any of
you, Dearest and Gentlest of Readers, would like to read an electronic copy as
First Reader, and comment on where it works or doesn't work, why it doesn't
work, where it is inconsistent, etc. and let Rainy Day know, please, contact
her at lrgood68 (at) gmail.com (only
put it all together like it's supposed to be;-)
Rainy Day has another novel, of Ancient China in the time of
Genghis Khan that is almost ready for First Readers, Jiang Li: Fall of the
Jinn. Rainy Day is a very happy person, and is about to 'retire' to the Quilt
Room and leave writing novels for a much needed break!
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