Idyll Dreams & Nonsensical Things

The random thoughts and whimsical writings of Cari Lyn Jones

The winter solstice is bringing a kiss of cold with it this year, which for Florida means we will see temperatures in the 50s, maybe even a quick dip into the 40s! 😀 Sadly, no snow (as only someone who has never lived in snow would say :D) Lately, I have been working on The …

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Actually, I guess I should really say “works in progress” because there is rarely just one. My writing process usually consists of a main project (currently the third book in my Stolen Away series), a secondary project (the second book in An Affinity for the Dead series), and a “fun” project that is sort of …

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Given my Stolen Away series is about fairies, it should be no surprise that I did more than a few web searches about them. No, the surprise was just how far down the rabbit hole I fell for just a few paragraphs. Yep, the writing of those couple of paragraphs set my feet on the …

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Excerpt from The Broken Court, book 2 in the fantasy series Stolen Away. This scene is very much a nod to a book I read and loved as a young girl, “A Net To Catch The Wind” by Margaret Greaves. It was a library book, and I wanted to own a copy so much. Of …

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One story’s ending is just another’s beginning… The Fairy Queen has fallen, doomed with a mortal heart, and the eld woman’s two dearest friends, the Lady of the Glade and the Goblin King, are now wed, whole and happy.  But even happy endings come with consequences, and for the eld woman, life has changed irrevocably. …

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“Thom sat amidst the frigid beauty, barefooted and without a coat, singing to the wind and laughing at jokes only he could hear.” – excerpt from The Broken Court, Chapter 5 – The Lost Ones Changlings, Kilmeny, Rhys ap Morgan, True Thomas, Tamlin – many a tale has been told about those who were spirited …

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After the prologue, this is the first chapter of The Broken Court, the novella directly following Lumina and the Goblin King. It has not seen my editor yet and so is subject to all the warnings that come with such. Still, I hope enjoy reading it! Chapter 1 – A Summer Crown for Winter’s Head …

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There are very few things that can compare to the feeling you get when you open your kindle to find the story you wrote there looking back at you. I can tell you, however, that holding the physical book in your hands takes that feeling to a whole other level. Lumina and the Goblin King …

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For my tenth birthday, my aunt and uncle gave me several interesting books, one of which was A White Horse with Wings by Anthea Davis. Printed in 1968, it is a collection of stories, most of which are retellings of fairy tales and myths. I read them many times through out my childhood. And one …

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