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A. L. Reynolds

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about me

I am a writer and photographer from North Wales - also a self-confessed Star Trek fan (and fan fiction writer), Old English addict, and armchair archaeologist. I read widely, and write fiction for adults and young adults. My one published novel - How Glass Becomes Sand (as A. L. Doughty) - is not aimed at children.

Of The Ninth Verse, The Myth of Wings, and a poetry collection called Drift, are available to buy on lulu.com http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/coffeebeancamelathotmaildotcom
Angelwings may be one day. I've realised just how badly it is written, and am trying to remedy that.

I'm not really active on here any more, but I still would be interested to hear comments.

Authonomy loves -
Literary fiction
Fantasy
Historial fiction
Well-written books.

Authonomy hates -
Badly written books
Chick lit
Loads of dialogue, slang and swearing
Cliched children's books
People calling me A.L. You don't address people by their initials! I mean, why would you?
People calling me Ann, Anne or Annie. That's not my name.
Messages demanding I read a book. There's no reason not to ask politely.
People commenting on my book to tell me they've backed/starred it. Please, if you comment, say something about the book, not just that you've backed it or that you want me to look at your book!
*rant over*
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Wonderful books not yet on the ED -

Bad Bishop by I Soldatos http://www.authonomy.com/books/26700/bad-bishop/

If It Rains - Elizabeth de Veer http://www.authonomy.com/books/11286/if-it-rains/

Across the Bridge of Straw & Fog - Okamoto http://www.authonomy.com/books/11727/across-the-bridge-of-straw-fog/

Bite Mark - James E. Coplin http://www.authonomy.com/books/16911/bite-mark/

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Email: blackimp at hotmail dot co dot uk

http://ofthreelittlethings.blogspot.com/

favourite books

The Abhorsen Trilogy - Garth Nix
Philip Pullman's books
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Thomas Hardy's novels
Mitchell & Robinson's Guide to Old English
Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Michael Ondaatje

my websites

https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-L-Reynolds/288752     http://aconitum-napellus.deviantart.com

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my books

Of The Ninth Verse

A L Reynolds

Anwen and Idwal are just two people who fall in love - except that Anwen is Idwal's sister...


Inspired by a true story, Of The Ninth Verse is a love story set in the Welsh hills. When Idwal is born Anwen sees him as an interloper in her contented childhood. But as the pair grow older, they also grow closer. Anwen is Idwal's protector, his guide and his idol - later she will become his lover.

A small glossary - Taid (pronounced 'tide') = Grandfather
Nain (pronounced 'nine') = Grandmother

Written for Nanowrimo), this is now complete, but not all uploaded. Available to buy at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/coffeebeancamelathotmaildotcom

 

The Myth of Wings

A. L. Reynolds

Cassandra, an artist from England. Ed, an American WWII veteran. Both find themselves together in the afterlife. It is up to Cassie to discover why.


Yesterday it began. Yesterday was the falling through the sky and then the ground below, deadly and level and made of earth and grass. The noise was a thrumming, a taut noise of hard air striking and shivering past wings that would no longer fly. It was a scream that had no lungs to pant and make it stop. The men in the aircraft were beyond screaming. They were focussed on pulling up, pulling up, trying to make it so that the aircraft touched the ground more softly than a spear.


From Nanowrimo 2011, complete but not all uploaded.

 

The Ash Gathering (Angelwings ....

Anna Reynolds

to be written...


to be written... This is a WIP, only uploaded for opinions.

 

Angelwings

Anna Reynolds

Abigail Swanhard has extraordinary powers in a world where magic is taboo- but her ability to manipulate the elements will save more than just herself....


Living on a farm in a Victorian-era alternate reality, Abigail Swanhard knows she is talented with magic, but little more than that. Her brother Tom isn’t talented with much of anything – but they are happy enough, until Tom is mistakenly identified as special, and as a result their father is murdered and the family is torn apart.

Unable to be supported at home, Abigail is sent to a convent, while it is up to Tom and his mother to keep the struggling farm alive. But fate is drawing them back together again, this time on different sides of the fight between the Church, and the magic it has condemned as evil.


Angelwings is complete, and a sequel is in progress.

 

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stearn37 wrote 23 days ago

Hi I apologise if I have asked you before, but I am looking for more....

Brian Bandell wrote 70 days ago

Hi A L, You previously commented on my novel Mute. I recently post....

LCF Quartet wrote 108 days ago

Hi Anna, You have four books on the site (one with a medal) and woul....

ubulord wrote 113 days ago

I'm sorry to bother you but as you've had my book "The Prince and the....

Cherry G. wrote 118 days ago

Hi Anna, Thank you so much for backing my book. Your support is gre....

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I wrote 337 days ago

I like this. It's well written and powerful. I particularly like the opening with the colours which change to black. If I picked this up in a bookshop I'd probably be intrigued and read on. view book

I wrote 722 days ago

A fascinating concept for a book. I was afraid this was going to be another special-academy-for-people-with-special-powers book, but it certainly stands out. The image of Marna's singing bursting out of her, the catastrophic results and the shattering glass at her shout was beautifully visual and so... view book

I wrote 775 days ago

Little bits of this shine out as beautiful - the mother's sentiment that every fish she gutted was special because it might have been caught by her husband, and Snorri's observations on the sight of aeroplanes and the lighthouse shining out across the sea and land. It's a great idea for a story, and... view book

I wrote 785 days ago

I enjoyed reading this from start to finish. Some bits reminded me of growing up with goats, so it touched a spot of nostalgia in me – but the exotic setting and descriptions were a wonderful taste of another life. I think this book would do very well for children of around age 6 to early teens. ... view book

I wrote 786 days ago

I read through two chapters of this without stopping. As a mother of a three-year-old it was very interesting reading about your difficulties with an adopted child of a similar age (it puts some of his behaviour into perspective!). It's also very interesting and illuminating about the adoption proce... view book

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