Comments on: REVIEW: The Fire Within by Joely Sue Burkhart

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Joely Sue Burkhart » Blog Archive » Plotting: Come Full Circle — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:53:46 +0000

[...] also allows me to explore the original devalki, as requested by Jayne at Dear Author when she reviewed both novellas, tying all three novellas up with a lovely tidy bow. It’s only fitting [...]

By: Joely

Joely — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:22:04 +0000

Patricia, I can’t think of anything to say that doesn’t make me sound like a Mercy fan girl–which is true!–so I’ll just say THANK YOU and I hope you enjoy them! A huge thank you to Lynn Viehl, aka Paperback Writer, for holding the free e-book challenge. Ever since, I’ve tried to give away a few short stories each year.

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The Fire Within | Interact — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:14:23 +0000

[...] Read the rest of the review here. An excerpt of The Fire Within is available here. [...]

By: Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:59:29 +0000

I am proof that sometimes free stories do exactly what you want them to . I tottled over to Joely’s free story and thought . . .hey, this is fun. So I continued over to to the Drollerie press site and bought the rest of her books. Very fun stuff.

By: Joely

Joely — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:26:54 +0000

Deena, my brilliant editor, thanks for clarifying the timeline. Bethanie, you're a doll! Jessica, thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the free read. It's still on my website if anyone else is interested (direct link to pdf): The Horse Master. Other free reads are also listed on the Free Reads page.

By: Jessica Russell

Jessica Russell — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:10:51 +0000

I can’t WAIT to get this series in print. I very recently fell in love with her Keldari via a free read she’d done in Paperback Writer’s ebook challenge. It was the Horse Master, I believe.

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Joely Sue Burkhart » Blog Archive » The Fire Within Review — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:12:57 +0000

[...] at Dear Author gave The Fire Within a great review here. About Keldar, she says: There’s nothing gentle, sweet or kind about this story or the people [...]

By: Bethanie

Bethanie — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:24:38 +0000

THRILLED to hear the Keldari stories will be printed!! I’ll be purchasing a copy when they are. Yahoo!

By: Deena

Deena — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:55:18 +0000

I might try to find the first at the library.

Livania, it’s not available at the library yet. They’re only out in ebook, but the ebook combination of this one, the first, and an upcoming one will be available in ebook from the library soon (if your library supports ebook checkout) and they’re all scheduled to be printed together next year.

By: Joely

Joely — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:13:32 +0000

Jayne, thanks so much for the review! The exact sin that brought the curse to Keldar has not been stated explicitly in the two novellas yet. It’s ancient backstory, but definitely on the list of things to write.

I’m also glad the dictionary page has proven helpful. I try to show/explain the words and culture without explicitly infodumping in the story, and only use special words when there is no other “normal” word that works in that culture, but it is a fine line to walk.

You also make an interesting point about the Keldari leaving the desert to invade a more plentiful land. It just so happens the next Keldari novel(la) (not sure of length yet) will not actually take place in Keldar. Perhaps I can get into the devalki too.

Darius makes me squirm too. ;-) Given enough time, he’d be as bad as Commodus. That’s why Eleni knew she had to escape while she could.

Thanks again!