Sue Whalen, grew up in a natural wilderness park in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Her mother and father, at that time ended up the caretakers of the park and ran a shop, a foodstuff concession, and a gift shop for the 1000’s of site visitors who enjoyed the park every yr. A rainforest of giant one particular-hundred year old Douglas-fir, hemlock, and red cedars, surrounded the family’s home. Twin snowy mountain peaks, a deep canyon and a entire world well-known suspension bridge had been the see from the image window of their property. The cable suspension bridge swayed twenty stories previously mentioned the raging Lynn Creek. Sue liked to hike the mountain trails, swim and fish in the creek. Reflecting again, Sue, says it was these early years that motivated her storytelling and really like of character. Sue now life in Drop River, Nova Scotia, with her husband Ken and her grownup kids and grandchildren reside in close proximity to by.
Miss out on Vickie, Sue’s granddaughter was the author’s helper. She was the spark and the continued light-weight of the story. Skip Vickie was Sue’s link to the creativeness of a youthful reader-most importantly, Miss Vickie had to like it, or it was re-composed.
Tyler: Welcome, Sue I’m glad you and Skip Vickie could join me these days. What a great fantasy journey story you have created. To begin out, will you notify us about the primary character, Margery Mutters?
Sue: Well, Margery is a center-aged schoolteacher. The story begins with Margery living in a home at the prime of Old Oak Hill in Canyon metropolis. She lives by yourself, a quiet humdrum, dull lifestyle, genuinely. She enjoys character and her backyard garden far more than anything at all else. Margery is very an remarkable lady, but that part is a secret she keeps below her hat, virtually, underneath her hat. 1 of Margery’s quirks is she always wears a hat on her head. As it transpires, the hat gets quite important-a little Observed-Whet owl of only four.five” substantial gets Margery’s consistent companion and rides in the centerfolds of her hat.
Margery is a granola girl, a combination of every little thing, never the exact same. She always has higher strength, as effectively as becoming a kind, and caring man or woman. Nevertheless, frequently her ideas and inner thoughts don’t match her steps. Usually the optimist through each and every impediment and danger, she never presents up and has religion that all will be effectively. There is an internal toughness that retains her likely no subject how frightened she is, never ever does she present her fears on her confront. Usually she functions or speaks before she thinks she becomes annoyed very effortlessly, judges people much way too speedily, stares at men and women when she should not, and she usually exhibits negative manners at the table. To prime it off, she considers herself relatively a proper lady-you know the variety, a teetotaler and peaceful tea sipper. She is a girl who is aware of proper manners and is aware the difference. Margery gets to be embarrassed, flustered, and places herself into a tizzy when her conscience wakes up and she realizes how rude her actions are.
www.propheticinsights4u.com/request-prophetic-word Tyler: Why did you really feel this kind of a character as Margery, with the distinct strengths and weaknesses you’ve just pointed out, was suitable or even entertaining for the plot of your novel?
Sue: Margery’s character is an daily believable women, neither a magical particular person, nor a tremendous star, nor a stereotype, or a cookie cutter character. Perhaps she is like a grandmother, a excellent aunt, or the person down the street. Why did it work? Due to the fact the reader could discover with her, and be component of her magical journey. She just isn’t dull, as even the smallest imperfection I have exaggerated. The younger kid may well giggle at her, a teen may well enjoy her energy, her fears and her uncertainties. More mature and even elderly men and women may possibly see them selves.
The plot, the, situations, the owls, the scenes have been constantly composed very first in draft form and then I would publish in Margery. I identified her three-dimensional character, her strengths, her flaws and her few ghastly habits gave her a lot more depth. This created it less difficult for me to give her a extensive selection of fascinating conflicts and adventures exactly where the results have been not predetermined and, not predicable. At the identical time I permit Margery grow by means of the process of the novel just like a actual journey.
Tyler: Who does Margery inherit the island from? What takes place that provides her to Rooke’s Island?
Sue: She learns she has inherited an island from her prolonged dropped uncle when a mysterious letter arrives beneath uncommon circumstances. Her existence modifications the instant she touches the letter it truly is as if the letter grabs her, controls her and turns her total planet upside down. Her journey to Rooke’s Island starts that minute.
Tyler: Just before she reaches the island, Margery stops in Alwyn’s Village the place she satisfies some intriguing men and women. Will you tell us who they are?
Sue: The characters of Alwyn’s Village are a comical solid such as: the repulsive Sydney Snog, the chatty Gabriella (Gabbi) Mooley and her hideous Purple Inn. Of program there are the lazy excellent-for-nothings Messrs Dicky Doolittle, Messrs Hector Dodge and we mustn’t fail to remember the macaroni and cheese coloured cat Mr. Dinky. There is a storekeeper, the best Peter Puddley, and the house owners of Kettle’s Kafe, the carpenter Mugs Kettle and his at any time so lovely gossipy fat spouse Snippy Lippy.
Tyler: What do the men and women of Alwyn’s Village think about Rooke’s Island? Do they make Margery curious or anxious about likely there?
Sue: Tyler, for hundreds of several years Margery’s reclusive uncle and excellent uncles guard the island. With guns on their shoulders making sure no trespasser action a single foot on the island. The village people are just simple tired of the secrecy rumors and speculations operate wild. On Margery’s journey to the island, she also has a nuts outdated owl that has dropped his wits pursuing her and an owl totally made of shells showing in her goals. With all this going on she is very anxious the dread of the unidentified presents her a constant abdomen ache. I have to say she is far more curious than anxious and she pushes herself on to the island. The tale is prepared so you know her curiosity received.
Tyler: Is Rooke’s Island magical and fully like yet another fantasy entire world, or does it nevertheless bear some similarity to the daily globe?
Sue: Rooke’s Island on the area appears like any other island in the actual planet. The fantasy world is deep beneath the island. The island is divided into 3 stages known as: the Upper Earth, Reduced Earth and Interior Earth. The Higher Earth is the floor of the island home of the earthling owls, the Lower Earth the kingdom of the folklore owl, troll, fairy, elf, and gnomish owls. The Internal Earth is miles into the main deep into the center of the island exactly where hundreds and hundreds of historic owls dwell. The king of all the owls, his mate Queen of the Ocean, the hundreds of soldier owls the Ings, the hundreds of Indigos the owls that gentle the earth. As well as the golden owl who retains the scroll, which is the prophecy for the long term of the owls.