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Owlsight (Valdemar: The Owl Mage Trilogy #2)

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It has been four years since Darian saw his village sacked and burned by barbarians. Taking refuge with the Hawkbrothers, he soon finds his life's calling--as a Healing Adept. But even as he learns the mystical ways of this ancient race, Darian cannot escape the dangers threatening his future. Another tribe of barbarians is approaching. The time has come...to stand up and...more

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Published October 1st 1999 by DAW (first published 1998)

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Orphaned when his trapper parents failed to come back from the forest one day, young Darian is resentful when apprenticed to the damaged magician Justyn. He sees little point in the few tricks he manages to learn, and what has magic done for Justyn save leave him under-employed, sick and despised in a remote village? Then half-human invaders take the town and Justyn dies heroically helping people escape while Darian looks on in horror. Lost in the forest, Darian is rescued and recruited by the mysterious corps of Hawkbrothers... This is both a decent account of a difficult and disturbed boy coming to terms with his past and his future and a glance at new aspects of the world of the Heralds of Valdemar Mercedes Lackey has created in her other fantasy novels. Too often epic fantasy neglects the consequences of magical warfare for the peasants on the ground--the villagers' bad treatment of Darian and Justyn is a result of the necessary shattering of magic in earlier books, and Justyn is a brain-damaged veteran of those wars:

> "But, like a lover scorned, his magic has left him as well. Much of what he had learned, the blow to the head had driven from his memory; he had trouble seeing mage-energies with any reliability, and the mind-magic he had was so seriously weakened he could no longer lift anything larger than a needle for more than a few moments".

This is a chastening and perceptive book about growing up and coming to realise that the people around you have reasons for being wrong. --_Roz Kaveney_

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OWLSIGHT is the companion volume to Lackey & Dixon's most recent Valdemar novel, Owlflight, and follows the fortunes of Darian, who watched his mentor die as his own life was saved, and of the village he left, Errold's Grove - now safe from the barbarians under the watchful eyes of the Hawkbrothers - and of Keisha, a natural born healer, though not yet officially recognised for her gift. Though he fought long and hard to avoid his destiny, Darian is now gaining new skills as a mage, but a very particular mage with an affinity for the Hawk Owls which have become his closest companions. An imaginatively realised fantasy that brings to life a world rich in natural magic and wonder, beautifully illustrated with Larry Dixon's character portraits.

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Mar 10, 2010 Chuck rated it 3 of 5 stars

Number 25 in the quest to read 100 books in a year. This is the second book in the "Owl" trilogy, which has also been rebranded as "Darain's Tale.'

The middle book in the trilogy is always the toughest. Darian is now a young adult and has been fully adopted into the Tayledras or Hawkbrother clan; he has been undergoing training both as a warrior and as a mage. He has found a home . . .

More interesting is the introduction of Keisha, who, following the death of Justyn (in the first book in the tri...more Number 25 in the quest to read 100 books in a year. This is the second book in the "Owl" trilogy, which has also been rebranded as "Darain's Tale.'

The middle book in the trilogy is always the toughest. Darian is now a young adult and has been fully adopted into the Tayledras or Hawkbrother clan; he has been undergoing training both as a warrior and as a mage. He has found a home . . .

More interesting is the introduction of Keisha, who, following the death of Justyn (in the first book in the trilogy) has reluctantly taken on the duties of Healer of Errold's Grove. She is the older sister of the beautiful Shandi, whom every young man in the village desires. She is in many ways in this novel a more interesting character than Darian; it is she who is struggling with how to make her way in the world.

Her tale is what, I think, makes Lackey most worth reading. She is a relatively ordinary young woman living in a rather ordinary world. Her family is niether distinguished nor bad--they are simply doing the best they can to lead the life they have been given and to do right by their children. And yet to Keisha, the life is both stifling and confining--she has a strong sense of duty both to Errold's Grove and to her calling as a Healer, and yet she feels a bit confined both by a family that can't see her as an adult and a village that has "typed" her as "the Healer" or as "Shandi's Sister."

The struggles faced by Lackey's protagonist--and I would include in these some of the best of Lackey, such as Lavan in 'Burning Brightly'--are the struggles faced by many of us growing up (or currently being faced by younger readers. And these struggles give Lackey's work the immediacy of believable, well written "contemporary" fiction.

It's also nice to stay in her "World" of Valdemar while at the same time taking a break from the Collegium, from Haven (the capital city), and the Heralds. Like reading a nicely written regional novel after having read a bunch of urban fiction.

In some ways, this "believablity" of characters and situation gives her work immediacy that . . . and it pains me to say this, especially when I think of how hard I was on Lackey's early work . . .she is at least the equal of Marion Zimmer Bradley . . . I have to meditate on that.

She also brings back one of her great characters, Kerowyn . .. who figures prominently in this book.

Good read . . . but the Keisha stuff is more interesting than the Darian stuff . . . even though this is "Book Two of Darian's Tale."

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Jan 16, 2011 Jen A. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, re-read

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Owlsight is the middle book of my beloved Hawkbrothers trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, and within it is the Tayledras wedding ceremony that I have remembered all these years since I first read it. I'm not one to moon over lovey-dovey stuff, but this ceremony spoke to me:

(p 108) "This bond, this joining, is not meant to be a fetter. A joining is a partnership, not two people becoming one. Two minds cannot fuse, two souls cannot merge, two hearts cannot keep to the same time. If two are foolish enough...more Owlsight is the middle book of my beloved Hawkbrothers trilogy by Mercedes Lackey, and within it is the Tayledras wedding ceremony that I have remembered all these years since I first read it. I'm not one to moon over lovey-dovey stuff, but this ceremony spoke to me:

(p 108) "This bond, this joining, is not meant to be a fetter. A joining is a partnership, not two people becoming one. Two minds cannot fuse, two souls cannot merge, two hearts cannot keep to the same time. If two are foolish enough to try this, one must overwhelm the other, and that is not love, nor is it compassion, nor responsibility. You are two who choose to walk the same path, to bridge the differences between you with love. You must remember and respect those differences and learn to understand them, for they are part of what made you come to love in the first place. Love is patient, love is willing to compromise--love is willing to admit it is wrong. There will be hard times; you must face them as bound warriors do, side by side, not using the weapon of your knowledge to tear at each other. There will be sadness as well as joy, and you must support one another through the grief and sorrow. There will be pain--but pain shared is pain halved, as joy shared is joy doubled, and you each must sacrifice your own comfort to share the pain of the other. And yet, you must do all this and manage to keep each other from wrong actions, for a joining means that you also pledge to help one another at all times. You must lead each other by example. Guide and be willing to be guided. Being joined does not mean that you accept what is truly wrong; being joined means that you must strive that you both remain in the light and the right. You must not pledge yourselves thinking that you can change each other. That is rankest folly, and disrespectful, for no one has the right to change another. You must not pledge yourselves thinking that there will be no strife between you. That is fantasy, for you are two and not one, and there will inevitably come conflict that it will be up to you to resolve. You must not pledge yourselves thinking that all will be well from this moment on. That is a dream, and dreamers must eventually wake. You8 must come to this joining fully ready, fully committed, and fully respectful of each other."

"Now you will no longer fear the storm, for you find shelter in each other. Now the winter cannot harm you, for you warm each other with love. Now when strength fails, you will be the wind to each other's wings. Now the darkness holds no danger, for you will be the light to each other's path. Now you will defy despair, for you will bring hope to each other's heart. Now there will be no more lonliness, for there will always be a hand reaching out to aid you when all seems darkest. Where there were two paths, now there is one. May your days together be long upon the earth, and each day blessed with joy in each other."

(p 195) "It isn't what you call me, it's what I answer to that counts." [proverb]

(p 201, concerning civilized fighting) "It's what they don't do. They don't call names or make personal accusations. They get what's making them angry out first thing, and you'd swear that they're a short step away from killing each other! But then, they get into why it made them angry, they actually take turns and try not to interrupt, and then--and I think this must be the important part--go into exactly how bad this made them feel. And at that point, the fire just goes out of the fight! They get things sorted out, then apologize, get things more sorted out--then things are actually better than they were before the fight, I think, because they've made another compromise with each other."

This book also introduces Keisha, a local village Healer, who I find I readily identify with. She's very practical and self-aware, honest (if a bit blunt), and prone to worry. I enjoy the fact that the authors Lackey and Dixon allow their characters to be introspective, and to talk things out both internally and with friends. (less)

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Sep 04, 2010 Annikka rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This isn't my first time reading through this. In fact, Darian's stories are actually among my favorite out of the Valdemar books.

That being said, it's not Darian who fascinates me in this book - though his magic lessons are interesting to read. It's Keisha Alder, the rather ascerbic, slightly bitter, but still warmly compassionate and very bright young Healer in Errold's Grove that draws me in and keeps me reading. She's a bit whiny, but then again, she's 18 and has been carrying the weight of...more

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Sep 28, 2010 Lisa (Harmonybites) rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Valdemar Fans

Shelves: fantasy, novels, fiction

This is the second book in the Owl Mage series, that began with Owlflight, so you should read that first.

I generally like Lackey's Valdemar books, and if you're new to them I'd start with the first published, Arrows of the Queen. They almost all deal with Heralds, a police/military force bonded to and partnered with "Companions," magical creatures in horse guise.

Heralds don't factor much in this particular trilogy though, but the Tayledras, featured in other stories, do, and for me that more t...more

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Oct 19, 2010 Kathleen rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, fiction, read-in-2010

One of the things I love best about these Valdemar books is that they often focus on a sense of duty, but usually that comes with the faint taint of nationalism. Yes, Valdemar is the best country ever--one founded by immigrants with the principles of religious freedom and cultural tolerance--but it can seem a little, well, nationalist on occasion. So centering this book on a young Healer whose oath of treating the sick transcends race and boarder as well as a young man growning up in two culture...more

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Apr 26, 2011 Vicki G rated it 1 of 5 stars

This book, along w/ another reason I won't get into here, turned me off this author forever.
Besides my more personal reason for abandoning her books, this one had a gigantic error in it. One so obvious even I as a nonprofessional writer, could see it.
Then there was the part that was included for what seemed personal as opposed to professional reasoning. Sort of like when Ayn Rand, in Atlas Shrugged, has her character make a 70-page speech, which seems unrealistic to me; and that unrealism ruins...more

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May 17, 2011 Kris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, mercedes-lackey

I remember really liking the first book in this trilogy so I was pleased as punch to pick up this second book.

However.

I found myself bored more often than not, sad to say. There was so much internal talking and descriptions of surroundings and people that I found myself skimming pages to finally get to any interesting action scenes. Alas, it felt like far too much skimming and far too little action. It was ultimately a forgettable book.

I'm going to give the third a try and hope for better result...more

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Mar 13, 2012 Mary rated it 2 of 5 stars

So, the writing style was much like the first book, which didn't really help how I felt about the book, but I thought it felt a bit less repetitive. Now whether that was just getting used to the style or actuality I'm not sure. Really, I plowed through just because I was curious enough about where the characters were going, and well truth be told I am just stubborn like that.

If I hadn't checked out this book along with the 3rd from the library at the same time, I probably would have passed on t...more

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Nov 06, 2012 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-in-a-series, fantasy-science-fiction

Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar series provides one of the cornerstones of my reading history. After discovering her when quite young, I still follow new additions to the series - nearly twenty years later! I read and re-read these books over and over again throughout my youth, but I haven't re-read this series in its entirety in a long time - and never as an adult. There are some new books added to the series since the last time I read them, so this re-reading project is pretty exciting for me since...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Bibliotropic rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: valdemar

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. While the previous book in this trilogy, Owlflight, centered almost completely around Darian and his adoption by the Tayledras, this book splits its time evenly between Darian (now a few years older and a good bit more mature than we last saw him) and Keisha, the resident Healer of Errold's Grove. While both viewpoints are interesting and allow us to get a much more complete feel of the situation than before (maturity can do that to a person), it was Keisha'sections of the story that primarily i...more While the previous book in this trilogy, Owlflight, centered almost completely around Darian and his adoption by the Tayledras, this book splits its time evenly between Darian (now a few years older and a good bit more mature than we last saw him) and Keisha, the resident Healer of Errold's Grove. While both viewpoints are interesting and allow us to get a much more complete feel of the situation than before (maturity can do that to a person), it was Keisha'sections of the story that primarily interested me. Darian's stuff was interesting, to be certain, but until Darian actually meets Keisha and the two stories start to twine together, his point of view mostly consisted of life in the Vale.

Keisha's sections of the story, however, were told from the perspective of somebody who is increasingly self-reliant, talented, and trying to find her place in the world, all while being hampered by an overprotective family and only a sketchy idea of a big part of her own vocation. Being empathic, she's removing herself little by little from society while still trying to be nearby to help tend the hurts and illnesses of an entire village. It's easy to feel both empathy and sympathy for her. Let's face it; how many outcasts feel like they've been in a very smilar situation? Keisha was clearly meant to be this book's misfit. Previously it was Darian, but since he went off with the Hawkbrothers and grew up some, he could no longer fill that role.

Like many Lackey novels, this book takes a long time to get going, with a great deal of build-up, character development, repetition, and characters just generally living life. Until the halfway point comes, and the big threat is introduced, and then there's more build-up until the final confrontation shortly before the end. I'm not saying this is good storytelling, as a general rule, but Lackey has this knack of making it work. You get so caught up in the characters that very often you don't realize that nothing exiting is happening, because one person's life is already interesting enough. I think this method works for her because she tends to write about extraordinary people. Doing a story this way when your main characters are farmhands would have people putting the book down very quickly. But when you've got stories about Heralds, Healers, Bards, mythical cultures coming out of the woods, then you can afford to get away with slow build-ups because even the every-day lives of these people are worth talking about.

As such, this isn't a book that's heavy on the action. Even less so than many of the Valdemar novels, really. The big threat at the end turns out not to be another invading army of barbarians but a disease. Certainly one that's threatning, and very dangerous if it spreads from the northern trbes into Valdemar, but the final conflict is between Keisha and the disease raging inside a young boy's body, with her sister (Chosen to be a Herald in the opening scenes of the novel, and quite amusingly so!) and Darian providing backup support. It was an interesting twist, because as much as he moment was tense and filled with energy and emotion, it was relatively action-free. No big physical battle, no death or blood or anything of the sort.

Also, I confess to a moment of fangirlish squee when Firesong is brought into the picture. I don't know what it is about him and Vanyel, but whenever either of those two are on the pages, it's like my ears perk up and I have to keep reading. They're both wonderful characters, and they add a wonderful touch of humour and depth to any story they're placed in, and so Firesong's appearance was definitely welcome.

This story is a fantastic continuation to the initial coming-of-age story told in the previous book of the trilogy. Seeing Darian's maturity and sense of self-worth and place in the world was a good follow-up to is earlier struggle, and Keisha's similar-but-different struggle was an echo of what so many of us have gone through in our lives that it was hard not to relate to them in some way. Between that aspect and the increasing exploration of Tayledras culture, this book is one that I, at least, really enjoyed reading and will probably always have a place on my bookshelves.(less)

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Dec 12, 2011 Jeremy Preacher rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Owlsight is definitely more solid than Owlflight - less drama, more interesting worldbuilding without the tedious flashback-driven backstory. We get a cameo by Kerowyn, and really awkwardly-placed references to the rest of the main Mage Storms characters, which is nice but clumsy, and otherwise it's just a fairly solid YA adventure.

My main gripe with this series is the bizarre-in-context patriarchal assumptions. In a country where there is no sexism at all in the ruling class, it's jarringly out...more

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Oct 31, 2012 Maria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction-fantasy

In the second of the owl series, we continue to find out more about the border towns of Valdemar and the Taleydras. In this one, the healing gift is also explored more than in previous books. Keisha grows into her powers without the help of the Healer's Collegium while Darian continues to train as a wizard. The Northern barbarians again appear but not in the same way as in the first book. You can't take anything for granted in Ms. Lackey's fantasy world as she continues to expand and populate it...more

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Feb 24, 2011 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars

The second volume of Darian's Tale is not quite as well paced as the first one. It is very much a set-up novel, with the climactic action happening in a few pages in the final chapter, leaving many threads still unraveled for the final volume. The writing isn't quite as lively and the parallelism between the two main characters often felt overly contrived.

A minor note: the second main character's name is Keisha, and I had a hard time taking her seriously because of that. Kept expecting her to br...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Denise rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, my-fav-authors

Book #2 of the Owl series (Darien's Tale). Book #1 was dull and boring. Book #2 is better (enough to get another star but just barely). Starting book#3 tomorrow so I hope it ramps up soon. Love Mercedes Lackey's books and wish she would write more but IMHO her best were the Heralds of Valdemar Series (Arrows of the Queen, etc), and the stories about Vanyel (the greatest mage of all time). We'll see how she does in OWLSKNIGHT (book #3 of Darien's Tale).

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Oct 12, 2011 Brandielle rated it 3 of 5 stars

Still not my favorite writing style, yet the story and characters are interesting enough to have gotten me through this second book in the series and ready to read the third.

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Jan 13, 2010 Anju rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, from-library

A re-read. Nice and quick and distracting. Good if you want book candy.

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Jun 16, 2011 Pat rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Better than the first of the trilogy.

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Jun 10, 2013 Nathan Pinno rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, magic, stories-about-valdemar

Another solid read in this trilogy!

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Apr 28, 2013 Connie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Love the series..want more

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Nov 06, 2011 Wanda Porter rated it 5 of 5 stars

Great story

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Sep 20, 2010 Katie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Not as great as the first one but still pretty interesting.

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Oct 25, 2009 Bridget rated it 5 of 5 stars

great

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Jan 28, 2008 Andrea rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction-fantasy

Lackey is one of my favorite authors ever! I started reading her Valdemar series in 8th grade but I will still pull out her books to reread them. I also love her work so much that I never miss the chance to buy her new stuff. This series was her last full Valdemar series and I’m sad to say I almost wish she hadn’t written it. This whole series just fell flat for me and although, as always her characters were great, the whole work just felt a bit formulaic.

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Apr 08, 2008 Tori rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reread

Another reread. I like the first book in the series best and the last book least, but I enjoy them enough that I usually read them all. Not much happens until the very end of this book, but the first half details what life is now like in a village in Valdemar and a hawkbrother Vale. Wonderful if you enjoy description and tedious if you do not.

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Aug 28, 2010 Tani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, fantasy, female-author

Pretty formulaic, but exactly the formula that I was looking for, so I enjoyed it. I did think it was quite a bit better than the first book of the series. Darian's matured a lot, and I enjoyed the addition of Keisha as a main character very much. I'm kind of looking forward to reading Owlknight now.

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Jan 08, 2011 ♆ BookAddict ~ La Crimson Femme rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, magic, m-m

This book takes us back to Tayledras Hawkbrothers. I love the Hawkbrothers and their way of life. The magic, the healers, the living in the woods is all very mystical. Darian's grown a lot in this book. The Owl series of Valdemar is focused all from a boy's point of view which is enjoyable.

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Aug 29, 2008 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, middle-school

While this whole series was just a little lackluster, this was one of the most irritating books by far. Why? Because from what I remember, Darien and Keisha (the love interest) spent the entire book just sort of making eyes at each other and not really doing much of anything. Boring.

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Jan 10, 2010 Sharon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy

Darien learns more about the hawk brothers and develops his mage skills in the company of his hawk owl. Some great information about raptors.

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Jan 19, 2009 Sqyire21 rated it 5 of 5 stars

I managed to find a copy here in Iraq, and killed it in just over 24 hours. I love to read Mercedes Lacky! A great epic for any fantasy fan.

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About Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes entered this world on June 24, 1950, in Chicago, had a normal childhood and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. During the late 70's she worked as an artist's model and then went into the computer programming field, ending up with American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her fantasy writing, she has written lyrics for and recorded nearly fifty songs for Firebird Arts &...more Mercedes entered this world on June 24, 1950, in Chicago, had a normal childhood and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. During the late 70's she worked as an artist's model and then went into the computer programming field, ending up with American Airlines in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to her fantasy writing, she has written lyrics for and recorded nearly fifty songs for Firebird Arts & Music, a small recording company specializing in science fiction folk music.

"I'm a storyteller; that's what I see as `my job.' My stories come out of my characters; how those characters would react to the given situation. Maybe that's why I get letters from readers as young as thirteen and as old as sixty-odd. One of the reasons I write song lyrics is because I see songs as a kind of `story pill' -- they reduce a story to the barest essentials or encapsulate a particular crucial moment in time. I frequently will write a lyric when I am attempting to get to the heart of a crucial scene; I find that when I have done so, the scene has become absolutely clear in my mind, and I can write exactly what I wanted to say. Another reason is because of the kind of novels I am writing: that is, fantasy, set in an other-world semi-medieval atmosphere. Music is very important to medieval peoples; bards are the chief newsbringers. When I write the `folk music' of these peoples, I am enriching my whole world, whether I actually use the song in the text or not.

"I began writing out of boredom; I continue out of addiction. I can't `not' write, and as a result I have no social life! I began writing fantasy because I love it, but I try to construct my fantasy worlds with all the care of a `high-tech' science fiction writer. I apply the principle of TANSTAAFL [`There ain't no such thing as free lunch', credited to Robert Heinlein) to magic, for instance; in my worlds, magic is paid for, and the cost to the magician is frequently a high one. I try to keep my world as solid and real as possible; people deal with stubborn pumps, bugs in the porridge, and love-lives that refuse to become untangled, right along with invading armies and evil magicians. And I try to make all of my characters, even the `evil magicians,' something more than flat stereotypes. Even evil magicians get up in the night and look for cookies, sometimes.

"I suppose that in everything I write I try to expound the creed I gave my character Diana Tregarde in Burning Water:

"There's no such thing as `one, true way'; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good -- they're the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren't willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race."

Also known as Misty Lackey.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/merced...(less)

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