Today I have the privilege of being the next stop on the Dragonswood blog tour. If you’re a fan of fantasy books you cannot miss this one! I was able to submit a few questions for the characters to answer AND we have a giveaway! How great is that?!? First, the questions (Thanks to Janet Lee Carey for transcribing the interview with her characters ;))
1. Wilde Island is in a bit of a rough spot. What do you think the best way to deal with it is? How would you recommend bringing peace?
Tess: I don’t understand why folk can’t leave Dragonswood alone. It’s a wild place set aside for Dragons and Fairies, a place full of magic. The dragons and fey have not attacked us or harmed us. For the most part they leave us alone, though the fairies steal milk and food now and then. What’s to be done about the land war I don’t know. I cannot see a way to bring about peace the way things are now.
2. Your thoughts on the issues between the dragons, faeries, and humans?
Tess: My father the blacksmith says, “I’d kill all the fey and the dragons if I could. The forest should be ours. A man needs his meat and good timber for his fire. And I’m not the only one who thinks so!”
I argued with him and he smacked me hard. The man won’t see sense. Where would the dragons and the fey go without the sanctuary? They had nearly died out before good Queen Rosalind set aside Dragonswood for them. I would not want to live in a world without any magic in it. A new king is about to be crowned. I am afraid now because he does not seem to care about the promise Queen Rosalind made. He might well break down the boundary walls and let men in to pillage. The fey have their magic, the dragons their fire. If the walls go down, I know what side I will fight on.
3. You have one whole day to do as you please… no limits, no responsibilities, no consequences. What do you do?
Prince Bion Pendragon: I would spend the day on Dragon’s Keep with my little sister who is just four years old. She was shunned by my family on the day she was born. When they saw the dragon scales on her face and her golden dragon eyes they sent her away. But I love her. I would teach her to ride dragonback and together we would fly over Dragon’s Keep. There is a place high in the mountains there where you can see the wild coastline and view the island surrounded by the sea. I would build a fire up there as night came on and watch the stars come out.
4. If you could change one thing about your life as it is what would you want to change?
Tess: At one time I would have said I wished only for freedom to live alone just as I please. I would stay near Dragonswood so I could watch the dragons and the magical fey folk. I would live without the help of any man and make my living as a painter. But now I have met Garth Huntsman that dream is all askew! Secretly I long to be with him, and that frightens me. I am not sure he wants the same.
5. If you could make the people of Wilde Island understand one truth what would you want it to be?
Tess: I would have the people honor life in its many forms and be glad Wilde Island offers a woodland sanctuary to the endangered dragons and the fey. Our island is magical.
A bit about Dragonswood:
Painful, cathartic and cautiously hopeful; a fairy tale for those who have given up on believing in them, but still yearn for happily ever after. — Kirkus starred review
A bit about Dragonswood:
In a dark time when girls with powers are called witches, Tess escapes the witch hunter and hides with a mysterious huntsman until magical voices draw her deeper into Dragonswood where she learns the secret of her birth. Caught between love and loyalty, Tess chooses the hardest path of all – her own. ~
Painful, cathartic and cautiously hopeful; a fairy tale for those who have given up on believing in them, but still yearn for happily ever after. — Kirkus starred review
And now for the giveaway! I have a signed copy of Dragonswood as well as a signed paperback of Dragon’s Keep (set in the same world as Dragonswood but years earlier.) Both books will go to one winner. US only. Must be 13 years or older to enter. Ends 1/11/12. To enter fill out the form below. Since I am not running the tour myself I need all your information in the form so I can forward your address on ASAP. I will not save or share any of the information.
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