Soulwoven
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No one betrayed Soren Goldguard and lived.
He would find the Duennin, and he would make them pay.
It was only a matter of time.
AFTERWORD
It feels very strange to be writing this.
Soulwoven has been a part of my life, in one way or another, since I was fourteen years old. I’ve known it longer than I’ve known my wife-to-be and one of my best friends. I’ve known it longer than I’ve known even the basics of the craft of writing.
To put the first section of it to bed, finally, and say that here is the finished text of the story and it shall not alter, is to close a very long chapter of my life.
Luckily, that chapter has had a happy ending.
I owe immense debts of gratitude to numerous people for helping me make this book a reality. There are the Wattpadders, who gave me the confidence to publish it. There are the Kickstarter backers, who paid its production costs. There are the writers to whom it is dedicated, without whose inspiration it would have been a shadow of what it is. There are the members of my family, who have encouraged me endlessly and who have read the book more times than anyone but me.
I owe special thanks to Rose Fox, whose editing was a great guide to me, and to Michael Valsted, whose eyes are sharper than mine and whose knowledge of grammar is encyclopedic. Abby Howard deserves special recognition for her map, as does Kendall Roderick for designing an amazing cover (if you’ve only read the ebook, you’re missing out—the print book is a thing of beauty).
And I owe my greatest thanks to Cass, the rock behind whom I pass the storms and the first to dance with me when the sun comes out.
Many other people have been indispensable to me as I became a writer, but it feels too early to thank them yet. I suspect you, dear reader, are more interested in what’s going to happen next.
I promise you’ll find out soon.
The second volume of Soulwoven should be out in late 2014. The third will be out sometime after that. I can write many things quickly—I’ve done that for a living, actually—but Soulwoven isn’t one of them.
I hope you’ll bear with me.
Many thanks. I hope your time in this world has been time well spent and that if it has, you’ll leave a review somewhere and share the book with others.
Jeff Seymour
1/30/14
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A Special Thank You
Eighty people backed the Kickstarter for Soulwoven. Eighty people made this book happen. Some of them deserve special mention, and, as promised, here are their names:
The Founder’s Circle
Cass
Best friend extraordinaire, his royal inspiration, Ryan Haywood
David Hdanger Goldberg
Eilish O’Loughlin
Mary and Justin Haas
Ian Caldwell
Anna Seymour
Jenny
Robert “Ducky” Hansen
Robin Jay
Emily Gerston
Dani Forshay
Inara the Warlock
Nicole Villacres
Adam Moeller
Roland Downing
Adam Kowalski
The Gladus
Hannah Jay
Wesley
Mishelle Prouty
Angnor
Beth Galatis
b.newbey
Christopher D. Eldridge
Members of the Aleani Assembly
Bob Haywood
John and Barbie Dickey
Richard and Melissa Whittaker (Rorkin, Yalara, and The Applesauce Gang!)
Matt Koerber
Necromancers of the Eye
Peggy Weber Everhart
Erin Galloway
Born Duennin
Ashley Parks
Fred H. Seymour
Ty
Jacob Kleinrock
Mike and Vicki Johnson
Marggi Everhart Seymour
Defender of the Heart Dragons
Bill
Keep an eye out for Soulwoven: Exile, in which the story continues.
Coming late 2014!
Author, writer, and editor Jeff Seymour has been creating speculative fiction since he was a teenager. He is the author of the magical realist short story collection Three Dances and the epic fantasy novel Soulwoven, which has netted him over half a million reads and 14,000 followers online. Jeff has also edited sci-fi and fantasy on a freelance basis for clients including Harlequin’s digital-first imprint Carina Press and the Nelson Literary Agency Digital Liaison Platform. In his free time, he blogs about his writing and editing, pretends he knows anything about raising an energetic kitten, and dreams.
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