Author Interview - Hywela Lyn on Dancing with Fate

Emma: Today, I am featuring an interview with author Hywela Lyn on her Song of the Muse story Dancing With Fate currently available from The Wild Rose Press.

Blurb:

Terpsichore's task, to restore a love of dancing to the folk of Wales, seems simple. However, all is not as it seems. Danger follows. Legends are threatened. She had not meant to lose her heart or to have to save the man she loves by dancing with Fate.

To view the trailer go to http://www.blazingtrailers.com/show.php?title=371.

Welcome Hywela Lyn!

Hywela Lyn: Hello Emma. Thank you so much for having me here today, it’s wonderful to be here sandwiched between two of my ‘muse sisters’. I do mean that in the nicest possible way, it’s been wonderful being part of the muse series and I feel very privileged to be in the company of such talented authors.

Emma: The blurb tantalizes the reader without giving any of the story away. However, in the interest of teasing readers even more, would you care to reveal where you got the inspiration for the story?

Hywela Lyn: Well of course, like most of the muse authors, I think, I began doing a lot of research into Greek mythology, which I have to admit, although I have always been interested in, I didn’t at the time, know an awful lot about. Being a muse, with a mission to inspire, I wondered where her next assignment would be and of course my beloved native Wales was the obvious choice. When I began sifting through some of the myths and legends I’d grown up with, I realized how much influence a certain Myrddyn ab Morfryn (No I won’t give away his English name to those of you who aren’t familiar with him, but his identity is revealed at the end of the story) had on mediaeval legends and I realised he was the perfect soulmate for my muse.

Emma: Dancing, like writing, is an art form and can be used to communicate. What do you think Terpsichore communicates with her dancing?

Hywela Lyn: Above all, I think she communicates the joy of living, and the expression of happiness through music and movement. When the story begins, Celtic Wales is suffering from the aftermath of years of war and its people are sorely in need of someone to lift their spirits and teach them to sing and dance again. After all, Wales is known as ‘the land of song’! However that is only the beginning. By her dancing she communicates to Myrddin that she is a wild and beautiful spirit and that they share an affinity with the natural, as well as the unnatural, world.

Emma: The scenery in the story is beautifully described. I read in your bio that you’re from Wales, which would explain how you lovingly detail the Welsh countryside. Have you found any other place as beautiful?

Hywela Lyn: Thank you so much Emma. Wales, with her craggy, mountainous countryside, much of it unspoilt and sparsely populated, is very dear to me. I love her lakes and waterfalls as well as the miles of beautiful coastline. The only place that for me, comes close to it is the Highlands of Scotland, where if anything, the mountains are even taller and the countryside is just as wild and untamed. (Sadly, I’ve never visited the US, and I’m sure I would love the Western States and the prairies.) However, Wales will always be my first love.

Emma: Hywela has other works to include Starquest and A Bargain with Death, a free read, available through The Wild Rose Press. Did I miss anything, Lyn?

Hywela Lyn: No, these are the three stories I have available with TWRP at the moment, although I have a sequel to ‘Starquest’, coming in June.

Emma: Well, I don’t want to keep you too much longer, but I have to ask what we get to look forward to next.

Hywela Lyn: Well, Emma, as I say, the sequel to ‘Starquest’ is due for release on the 19^th June. It’s set on one of the planets featured in Starquest and has some new characters as well as several from the first book. I’m currently working on another ‘muse’ story and have some ideas brewing for a possible third story in the ‘Starquest’ saga and and, getting away from fantasy, an historical Western romance.

Emma: Thanks so much for dropping by. Good luck on your future works!

Hywela Lyn: Thank you very much for having me here today Emma, I’ve really enjoyed it.