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35 year old first-time novelist, living by the Welsh Border, UK.

"Isis In Crisis" started off as a little joke, but at one point grew into a 100,000+ word comic novel. It was mostly written during my lunchbreaks on and off over about 2 years. Completed chapters were taken home to be pored over by wife and husband and a few drinks. My ambition is to have "Isis" published as the first in a series; I've got outlines for at least two more stories based on the same premise/characters (I've tentatively started work on the second, where Isis goes head-to-head with a blonde gorgon Health & Safety Inspector whilst helping acclimatise Thor and Freya to life on earth).

Honest, useful feedback on "Isis" is always welcome so that I can make it into a polished piece of work that'll convince a kindly agent/publisher that Ancient Goddesses are the New Big Thing... and if that's you then I'd be delighted to talk:
liseljones (at) h o t m a i l (dot) co (dot) uk

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I love stuff with supernatural elements: from the fairly subtle (e.g. John Connolly, Phil Rickman) to more conventional-ish horror (e.g. Edward Lee, wretched Victorian ghost stories; Lovecraft, Ligotti) and paranormal rom-coms. Grittier stuff (e.g. Iain ("no M") Banks, Irvine Welsh, Niall Griffiths) also appeals...

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Isis In Crisis

Lisel J

Divinely irreverent comedy. Redundancy can be so tough for an ancient goddess...


Isis is a single mum with a secret. She was once the Ancient Egyptian goddess of motherhood.

But times change and redundancy forced her to become a human... of all things. Little inconveniences such as having to earn a living running an up-and-coming Cheshire beauty salon and caring for her all-too-human baby do tend to get in the way of limitless self-indulgence. Being a beautiful ex-divinity does have its benefits, of course, not least the power to enchant men. There’s also the re-kindling of romance with ex-god-ex-husband Osiris, or TV heart-throb Oz Cyrus as he’s now better known.

Unfortunately, Oz’s epically-jealous brother seems to be set on stealing away her baby. And when Isis’s late husband, Dermot, the only mortal she’s ever truly loved, suddenly returns from the dead to be reunited with her, does this Mummy find she’s a bit too yummy for her own good?


[COMPLETED MS at approx 75,000 words - first few chapters only uploaded]

 

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Ian Walkley wrote 237 days ago

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I wrote 989 days ago

Saw you comment on a forum that you had an original/non-vampire urban fantasy type novel and decided to have a look. Yep - the adventures of a winged human sub-species definitely sounds like an original concept to me! Vivid and action-packed opening - love it. Your dialogue is great too. On an e... view book

I wrote 989 days ago

Your opening grabbed my attention much like Marigold grabs body parts. Very funny. I read the first couple of chapters and then jumped to later ones - disorientating in a good way, but I think I need to read it in sequence! Have you read "Spiggot" on this site - your novel reminds me of that - un... view book

I wrote 989 days ago

This dazzles with attitude and wit. Fast-moving, but packed with fun details and neat turns-of-phrase too, like the character names and even the chapter headings. I've no editorial suggestions - I suppose some might question whether your MC is likeable enough to sustain an entire novel (in my opin... view book

I wrote 992 days ago

An emotionally-engaging opening. Great sense of time/place. You build c haracter well using dialogue. I've no editorial suggestions. This deserves to do well and I'm backing. Lisel Isis In Crisis view book

I wrote 1004 days ago

This sounds very authentic - which is a bit disturbing considering the psychology of the character ;) The horrific incidents are described in unsettling detail, but still leave out enough to let my imagination to do its worst - very well-judged writing. Dialogue, pace, characterisation - all bri... view book

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