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I AM GETTING PUBLISHED!!!!!! :D

My debut novel, White Mountain - Book One Of The Darkling Chronicles, is being published by Safkhet Publishing for release in bookshops THIS YEAR!

Publication date: 30th SEPTEMBER 2012!!!!!

Available to PRE-ORDER...NOW!!!!!
Become a 'Dragon Friend' and get your name in print!

All you lovely Waterstones, WHSmiths, Blackwells and independent bookshops watch out...I'M COMING TO GET YOU!!!

Short Bio:
I have a BA (Hons) in Fine Art -painting, sculptural ceramics, photography, and a Post-Grad in teaching.
I have been a full-time teacher of young children for the past 14 years.

I have been writing since I could grapple with a pencil - mostly short stories as a child then poetry and novellas through my angst ridden teens and twenties.

Despite seemingly idyllic 'roses round the cottage door' surroundings, I have witnessed a lot of trauma and violence growing up and this has influenced my work.

The majority of my fiction tends to be pure fantasy escapism, my saviour in bad times. When you cannot claw your way out of your reality, you can grow wings and soar instead!

I am currently writing Book 2 'Darkling Rise' & Book 3 and have completed my illustrations. I also made it to the Quarterfinals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Award (ABNA) 2011 - (it's lovely to have been in the top 5%!).

White Mountain - Book 1 of The Darkling Chronicles, is a contemporary fantasy epic, the first book of my Darkling Trilogy!

A fantasy onion...multi-layered and prone to cause tears!!!

Agents wanting to contact me: caravaggiost@hotmail.com
Check out my blog: http://sophieetallis.wordpress.com/

favourite books

My tastes are wildly eclectic from Sophocles to Pratchett and Will Macmillan Jones!

My favourite fantasy authors are Pullman, McCaffrey, G.R.R Martin and Tolkien. My favourite sci-fi authors, Sagan, Clarke, Huxley, Orwell, Douglas Adams and Phillip K Dick.

I have a huge love of H P Lovecraft, JG Ballard and Will Self and love non-fiction titles on ancient history, geology, geography, natural history, archaeology, astronomy and art. Favourite books, The Mabinogion, Volsung Sagas, Catcher in the Rye...in fact anything by Salinger, Beowulf, The Cider House Rules, Conrad's Heart Of Darkness, Lord Of The Rings and Millennium People and Maya Angelou's Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now. Just wonderful!!!

**To check out my original artwork, most of it drawings and illustrations for my novel, on http://tollam.deviantart.com/

my websites

http://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Mountain-Volum     http://www.safkhetpublishing.com/books/fantasy/978

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my books

White Mountain - Volume One Of....

Sophie E. Tallis

Attacked by a changeling of terrifying strength, a dying magus must save himself and the fate of all, from an enemy intent on destroying humanity...


Remnants of a complex and pre-existing culture whose final exodus coincided with the last Ice Age, and whose incongruous presence is hidden from our ever-expanding human population, struggle to survive in a world they no longer rule over or understand.

An eccentric and scholarly sorcerer, Mr. Marval Agyk, with his lifelong companion, Gralen, an impulsive Eurasian wyvern and last of the race of dragons, receive a disturbing message from an old friend. Travelling to the ice city of Ïssätun, high within the Arctic Circle, they find themselves embroiled in a series of sinister disappearances.

Attacked by an ancient evil 'wizard thief' and changeling of incredible strength named Morreck, a mortally wounded Mr. Agyk escapes the ice dungeons and his captor, and embarks on a race against time to reclaim his powers before it is too late...as Morreck continues to awaken demons and gathers an army...

Deep in the Russian Urals, the friends enlist the help of a reclusive witch, Wendya Undokki...however, something is tracking them.

Fleeing for their lives, the three travellers seek out the 'Oracle of the West' and begin a perilous journey which will leave their lives irrevocably changed.

Darkness spreads as friendships, betrayals and horrifying truths await...

 

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revteapot wrote 5 days ago

Hello Sophie, congrats on the publishing deal. Fancy a read-swap? ....

Casimir Greenfield wrote 27 days ago

Well done you! You'll be soaring through the weekend now...use that e....

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I write with greetings and invitation to read a chapter or more of my....

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Congratulations! My son is getting published too. You show that it c....

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I wrote 479 days ago

Hi Adam, Will watchlist your book and see if I can squeeze it onto my shelf next month. To be honest, I'm normally put off by any book with a 'Christian' tag/genre but I love the reverse premise though, very original!!! I see plenty of opportunities for dark humour! Just a little thing - in yo... view book

I wrote 481 days ago

Cheers Eveleen!!!! Thank you so much for the backing, really appreciate it!!! Tolly:) view book

I wrote 482 days ago

Wow!! Thank you soooo much Katrina!!! You are a sweetie!! So glad my profile resonated with you. I think all too often fantasy can be written off as infantile and therefore undeserving of any recognition for it's storytelling, the quality of it's writing etc. It is often a criticism levelled ... view book

I wrote 485 days ago

Cheers Cat!!!! Glad you liked it!!! Thanks for the backing and star rating!! Cheers again, Tolly :) view book

I wrote 495 days ago

Thanks Lucy!! I really appreciate all feedback. It's the only way to improve the writer and the work, right? It's also great to get fresh eyes on it, which mine certainly are not!! Cheers for your comments. Yes, I think the quality of the writing is basically good but if there are moments w... view book

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