Isabel Murray's Blog - Posts Tagged "fantasy-romance"
My new fantasy romance novella is out!
It's release day, and
The Naiad's Lover
is available now on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited! 🥳
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This is the fourth Erik and Sayan story I've written (three are on Amazon and one is a newsletter short) so clearly there's something about these two that keeps drawing me back for another peek into their lives.
I remember writing The Naiad's Gift back in 2023 (😱). Like the majority of my stories, it started out as a writing practice piece.
Writing practice is something I do every morning and have done for years now. I'll talk about it more in a blog some time, but basically it's the first creative writing session of the day, in which I free-write to a prompt as a warm-up.
Want to know the prompt that became The Naiad's Gift ?
It was this:
REFLECTION
Yeah, no. I have no idea how that ended up as a fantasy romance about an immortal naiad and a sad, middle-aged widower, either.
Looking back at my story spreadsheet (another thing I'll talk about another time!*) I can see that The Naiad's Wish came from this prompt:
YEARNING
Okay, this one tracks--the story begins with Erik leaving for the city and Sayan absolutely pining for him, in his own special, dramatic way. (He sulks.)
As for The Love Gift (the newsletter short) and The Naiad's Lover , these are both stories that I just started writing because I felt like it, no prompts.
I wonder if I'll ever write another one for these guys? 🤔
Maybe, maybe not. I think I like where I left them at the end of this book.
If you read it, I hope you like where I left them, too.
Isabel
xxx
*Guaranteed way to clear a room: "Let me tell you about my spreadsheets!"
Goodreads
Amazon.com
Books2Read
This is the fourth Erik and Sayan story I've written (three are on Amazon and one is a newsletter short) so clearly there's something about these two that keeps drawing me back for another peek into their lives.
I remember writing The Naiad's Gift back in 2023 (😱). Like the majority of my stories, it started out as a writing practice piece.
Writing practice is something I do every morning and have done for years now. I'll talk about it more in a blog some time, but basically it's the first creative writing session of the day, in which I free-write to a prompt as a warm-up.
Want to know the prompt that became The Naiad's Gift ?
It was this:
REFLECTION
Yeah, no. I have no idea how that ended up as a fantasy romance about an immortal naiad and a sad, middle-aged widower, either.
Looking back at my story spreadsheet (another thing I'll talk about another time!*) I can see that The Naiad's Wish came from this prompt:
YEARNING
Okay, this one tracks--the story begins with Erik leaving for the city and Sayan absolutely pining for him, in his own special, dramatic way. (He sulks.)
As for The Love Gift (the newsletter short) and The Naiad's Lover , these are both stories that I just started writing because I felt like it, no prompts.
I wonder if I'll ever write another one for these guys? 🤔
Maybe, maybe not. I think I like where I left them at the end of this book.
If you read it, I hope you like where I left them, too.
Isabel
xxx
*Guaranteed way to clear a room: "Let me tell you about my spreadsheets!"
