Update On The Morgana Trilogy

Dearest Readers,

I know I have been remiss in giving you any kind of update lately, but I'm making up for that now!

The last few months were spent pouring over books, but the wrong kind of books--the ones required to study for a major exam that I just took last weekend. It was very challenging for me to put my writing aside for these studies, but it only convinced me all the more that I simply cannot live without writing (it also made me wish fervently that I could be more like Hermione and a little less like Ron, or even Harry for that matter...).

Now that the Terrible Test is over, I have been working hard at finishing book 3 of the Morgana Trilogy: Curse of the Fey!

Art by Ilya Kuvshinov

The book cover should be ready in a few months, and I can't wait to see what it's going to look like. As for when you will finally get to read the end of Morgan's adventures, my current (soft) target for publication is beginning of December 2016. There will be a book signing, of course, with extra goodies to win as well.

I will keep everyone posted (seriously!) when things become more concrete. Of course, don't hesitate to contact me or comment if you have questions in the meantime :)

Have a jolly great second half of June! I'll be hard at work on my writing (thankfully, I'm more like Hermione in this instance ^.^). 

Alessa

PS: I know, there are way too many references to HP here, but there's a HP exhibit out all summer over here, and I know the new play's coming out (The Cursed Child which, btw, is already booked till end of May 2017!), so I can't help it :p

Plants And The Fey Folk

As is taught in Miss Linette Pelletier's Botanics class (1), there is a very tight-knit relationship between the flora and the Fey. Transcribing the teacher's notes would take too long here, but I can give you a brief look at a couple of Morgan's notes (in no specific order besides alphabetical):

• Four-Leafed Clover: To use to see the Fey folk when they are trying to make themselves invisible to you (by manipulating the electromagnetic field and light around them--it's not like they do become invisible).
• Lily of the Valley: To be avoided at all costs for the Fey use this flower to entice the unwary. But its sweet scent is but a disguise for the poison that lies beneath it and is sure to kill you within three days.
• Saint John's Wort: Excellent Fey-repellent, though doesn't work against the higher-order Sidhe (but it may give the a rash or make them prone to intense sneezing bouts).
• Water Lily: may help reduce or even heal a particular sickness given to you by the Fey folk that turns one to stone (aka paralyzes them completely). To be used with moderation, or you may find your body melting off your bones instead.

As you, I'm sure, in no way doubt, there are many other plants which can be just as dangerous, while others prove to be very useful or even beneficial. It is why Miss Pelletier works so closely with Dr. Cockleburr, the later being always in search of the latest anti-poisons and other remedies against the Fey and their enchantments.

The best would be, of course, to avoid the Fey altogether (they are fickle by nature and quite resentful of our having taken the Earth back from their control, so are prone to helping us find our demise...as long as there is no knight around, of course). So should you see any flowers that presage their presence (1), simply turn around and walk back the way you came from. Better be safe than sorry, right?

Notes:
(1) See Rise of the Fey

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