Now it’s a case of plotting out a path to follow (or again in my case, to beat as I go). Genna is the chosen Sunrider, and under nightling protection, she must learn the acient magics so she may bring an end to the war between slaves and masters. I have my Octopus Map, which sets out the obstacles in my path. I have the ending I’m NOT going to write (what I call “the ending to beat”). How can some kids, a Cat, and a dragon save a dying world adults have lost the will to save? The Silver Door Holly Lisle 2010 When Genna is chosen as the Sunrider of prophecy, her destiny is to unite the magic of the sun and the moon for the good of.The single act from the past that is still destroying the present.The paths along the Moonroads, and what lives there.The forests that grow so quickly they can outrun fleeing humans.The abandoned ruins of a different civilization.The Audiomaerist, a woman who listens to what the roads tell her.

She has to date published more than thirty novels and more than twenty comprehensive writing courses. All from 2.13 Used Books from 2. Genna is the chosen Sunrider and, under nightling protection, she must learn the ancient magic to end the war between slaves and masters. Read 65 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Genna, Danrith, and their humanoid allies Holly Lisle has been writing fiction professionally since 1991, when she sold FIRE IN THE MIST, the novel that won the Compton Crook Award for best first novel. A master storyteller transports readers back to the night worlds, in this enchanting second tale in the Moon & Sun saga.Brainstorming requires your butt in the chair and your fingers on the keyboard with a sketchpad on the desk in front of you - at least if you’re me.)īecause, as I frequently did during my commercial career, I planned the series to run long - in this case, seven books - and because I have to finish the series now with Book 3, I find myself once again rethinking where I wanted to go with the story, and digging through the core principles of what I’d already built, and how these worked. (Reading and noting is done with the books and sticky notes.

Unless otherwise noted, books on this list are fantasy.Today is my first day of actual story brainstorming (a combination of plotting, doodling, and talking to myself) on The Emerald Sun. She is also known for her work in educating writers, including her e-book Mugging the Muse: Writing Fiction for Love And Money, starting the Forward Motion Writers' Community web site, and her novel-writing and revision courses How to Think Sideways.

Holly Lisle (born 1960) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels.

The Silver Door by Holly Lisle