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Emma Raveling

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Hi there.

I’m a fantasy writer who lives a slightly eccentric life with my accommodating husband and our charming, neurotic dog. My debut book, Whirl, is coming out in September 2011 and is the first book in the Ondine Quartet, a new young adult urban fantasy/paranormal romance series.

I have a weird love of spreadsheets and organizational tools because they give me the illusion that I am somehow in control of the chaos that is my life. I'm a dedicated practitioner of vipassana meditation and I adore beautiful art such as painting and sculpture, classical music, lyrical writing, and great graphic design.

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As of 3:42 AM last night, I finally finished the first draft of Billow. It's been a crazy two months which included a death in the family around Christmas, a brutal holiday schedule, husband and I both coming down with a very bad case of the flu (including a hospital visit for hubs because of severe bronchitis), and ridiculous amounts of work from my day job.


Through it all, I squeezed in writin...

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Published on January 30, 2012 08:52 • 156 views
Average rating: 4.29 · 365 ratings · 58 reviews · 2 distinct works
Whirl (Ondine Quartet, #1)
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Billow (Ondine Quartet, #2)
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Whirl by Emma Raveling
" Awesome!!!!!!

There were some areas that seemed slow but they didn't last long...I can't wait for what is to come...

Kendra has been on the move all her life..her mother Nadia constantly pushing and traing her to fight harder press for more. She has... "
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Whirl by Emma Raveling
" I know, I know. I’ve exclaimed once before in a review that I was on strike from all paranormal books.

The saying, “Read one, read all.” Is that a saying? I don’t know. Maybe I just made that up... Was really starting to make headway in my mind wi... "
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Whirl by Emma Raveling
" It's been a long time since I've read a book in one night. "Whirl" has that pull that makes you want to turn the page to find out what happens next. Don't go by the description-- read a sample and you'll see what I mean.
I can't wait for the next... "
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The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
The Awakening (Darkest Powers, #2)
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The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)
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Dark, intelligent, with genuinely frightening and creepy moments.
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“Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.”
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“The pen will never be able to move fast enough to write down every word discovered in the space of memory. Some things have been lost forever, other things will perhaps be remembered again, and still other things have been lost and found and lost again. There is no way to be sure of any this.”
Paul Auster, The Invention of Solitude

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Harriet Hey Emma, any updates on Billow?


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