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:: About Cindy Brandner

I live in the interior of British Columbia with a menagerie that includes: one husband, three children, two dogs, one cat and an assortment of impermanent lodgers otherwise known as ‘neighbourhood children.’ The two great passions of my life are writing and Irish history, in writing Exit Unicorns I have, I hope, fused these two elements together. Much of the fiction I read today has left me feeling that, while the writing was technically good, there wasn’t enough story to sink my teeth into. I believe myself to be a storyteller before all else. Thousands of years ago I’d of sat by the tribal fire and woven tales for my shaggy-haired listeners. Very simply, it’s what I was meant to do. I’ve traveled extensively in Ireland, particularly in the North where my story takes place. I walked the streets where history was made and smelled the smoke and blood of those times. I spoke with people on both sides of the political and religious divide about their beliefs and their struggles- this included a particularly memorable evening in an IRA pub. I drew from my own family history as well, the stories told by my great-grandmother who was a native of Belfast and left the country she loved because of political upheaval. Currently I’m hard at work on the continuing story of Jamie, Pamela and Casey that began with Exit Unicorns.

:: January 2008- A letter from Cindy

A very belated Happy New Year to you all!
 Wow- 2007 went by so quickly! The big event for me last year was that ‘Mermaid in a Bowl of Tears’ finally came out and is doing nicely in the world at large. I was also lucky enough to spend some time in a wee cottage in Tipperary- I always rely on Ireland to refill my creative well and She never fails me.

The question of the hour seems to be ‘how far along are you on the third book?’ or ‘please tell me there is a third book?’ The answers to those questions are (respectively) about a third of the way into it, I think and, obviously, yes there most certainly is and will be a third book. The working title is ‘Flights of Angels’ from the line in ‘Hamlet’.

"Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"

I’m trying to stay with the mystical creature theme I have going in the titles- but it’s getting harder as I go along- my friend and I joke that by the last book I’ll be down to ‘Leprechauns in a Barrel of Whiskey’. J  In the coming weeks I will (with the help of my web master) be posting a couple of excerpts from the work in progress.

Thanks to all of you who have taken a minute to let me know what my work means to you, I appreciate it!

Slainte,
Cindy


:: Contacting  Cindy 
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