- C.S. Lewis
Feed your soul with books
Do you love books? I do. I've always felt that they nurture me, and feed my soul as well as my mind.
Books are a big part of what helped me survive my childhood. They gave me things I desperately needed. Fantasy fiction gave me a way to escape, and helped me to dream. Realistic fiction helped me feel validated and understood, even though my experiences weren't the same as the characters in the books. Books gave me such good feeling, while passing long hours. They gave me hope, let me know that people could be kind, and helped me feel less alone. That's part of why I write--to reach others. I also write because I love to--just as I love to read.
I write both fantasy fiction and realistic fiction, because I love to read both. I try to write what I'd love to read, and to put passion and soul into my writing. I write about painful things, because teens need to know that they're not alone, and I write fantasy, because it's important to dream.
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If you want to find some great books, read reviews I've written of some of my favorite picture books and teen books.
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my books:
Dragon Speaker: The Last Dragon, my hi-lo (high interest, low vocabulary) fantasy comes out in Sept 2009 from HIP Books, with my name as C. A. Rainfield.
Brom has telepathy with birds, but he's put down because of his weak leg. Yet he is the only one who can save the last dragon from an evil wizard and lord.
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SCARS, my realistic fiction teen book, comes out in 2010.
15-year-old Kendra was sexually abused as a kid. She doesn't remember who her abuser is, and she doesn't want to. When her memories get too painful, Kendra cuts herself to escape. But then her abuser, through notes, threatens to hurt her if she names him. Kendra must remember who abused her before it's too late.
my short stories:
My paranormal-suspense story The Healer is published in an anthology by Red Deer Press (The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two).
Read an excerpt from The Healer.
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The Horrors Terrifying Tales: Book Two
Available at: Amazon.com
Peter Carver (ed),Toronto: Red Deer Press, 2006.
ISBN 0889953384.
Paperback.
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and many local independent bookstores and libraries.
My edgy realistic short story 'Comfort Food' is published in an anthology by Graveside Tales (Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths).
Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths
by Colleen Morris and Joel A. Sutherland (Ed), Graveside Tales, 2007.
ISBN-13: 978-0980133806
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