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Interact with Rachel A. Marks
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Last On: Oct 1, 2009 - 10:17 PM
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Member Since:
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March 27, 2007
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Location:
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Winchestertonfieldville, CA
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ShoutLife Address:
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shoutlife.com/pixydust
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Website:
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http://www.shadowofthewood.com/
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Genre:
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Primary Publishers:
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Double Edged Publishing
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Influences:
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Mark Twain, Lois Lowry, Juliet Marillier, Robin Hobb, Orson Scott Card
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Similar To:
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Suzan Collins (HUNGER GAMES, or CATCING FIRE) or Holly Black (TITHE) for my novel-length works. My short work is more in the style of Juliet Marillier (SON OF SHADOWS).
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Distant Passages Volume 2 (2007)
A collection of the best specualtive short stories and poetry put out in 2006 by Double-Edged Publishing's, The Sword Review and Dragons, Knights, and Angels. From the cold dark mountian of Sorrow's Shroud to the city streets. Angels lose their wings and love is found.
Travel into the mind of tomorrow's best writers...
Buy Distant Passages Volume 2 Online
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Sarah's Flight (2007)
Excerpt: "Bran grasped Sarah's hand to help her from the carriage. He watched the road for other travelers; other eyes that might see his treasure. He was glad for the darkness.
"Please, Sarah," he said, "keep the hood tight, and look away if anyone comes near." He helped her down and tugged her hood forward. Her face lay in shadow. He hoped she would obey and keep it thus. She was like a child in her innocence, this daughter of the sea.
"How far away is it?" she asked. Urgency filled her voice, her hand quivered in his. "I can smell it. Are we really so near?"
Bran pulled her to him as he began to walk towards the inn. Yes, the sea was near. Too near."
Appeared in AlienSkin Magazine, Spring Issue 2007
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Servant of the Manthycore (written by Michael Ehart) (2007)
Michael Moorcock, creator of Elric, says this about The Servant of the Manthycore: "Michael Ehart has given us an outstanding story of the ancient world? It resonates with the authenticity of genuine myth, bringing a deep, true sense of the past; a conviction which does not borrow from genre but mines our profoundest dreams and memories; the kind which give birth to myths."
The book is enhanced by seven stunning interior illustrations by artist Rachel Marks. "Rachel has captured the essence of both the characters and the times," says Ehart. "She has that rare ability to capture in pen and ink the visual sense of the words on the page." Marks also did the cover art.
Buy Servant of the Manthycore (written by Michael Ehart) Online
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Absolution (2006)
A piece of flash fiction in issue #16 of The Sword Review; a sci-fi/fantasy magazine.
*artwork by Maria William, also titled "Absolution".
Excerpt:
"Marcus awoke to the screams of those he had killed. They reverberated in his head, and made him sweat..."
You can buy a copy of the issue below, or click here to read it free.
Buy Absolution Online
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Sorrow's Shroud (2006)
A short story. Published in Dragons, Knights, and Angels; a Christian Fantasy Magazine.
Blurb:
"Eli has never known what it is to be free. He was born to the chain and so he will die. But on the turn of Eli's sixteenth summer, his master brands him for use in the Queen's mines. And now he will travel to where the greatest terror in the land resides."
This story is also set to appear in "Distant Passages V2", the best of 2006 anthology by Double Edged Publishing.
Read it for free! Just click on the link.
Buy Sorrow's Shroud Online
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The Waters Stir (2006)
A short story released in issue #33 of Dragons, Knights, and Angels, winning honorable mention in the fiction contest.
Excerpt:
"In one swift rise of water and wind, a wave hovered high above them. It grew wings and a snout. Red eyes appeared, large and vibrant; a water sculpture in the sky. A dragon, so large the sky disappeared behind it."
Read it free by clicking on the link below!
Buy The Waters Stir Online
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Rachel Marks (a.k.a. Pixydust to all her author and artist friends) is the mother of four wonderful children, wife to the most amazing guy on the planet, and a recent cancer survivor. She loves to ride dirt bikes with her family and owns a quilting art business called, Pixy's Garden, designing bags and other fun crazy accoutrements. Being a native SoCal girl, she grew up at the beach, playing in tide pools and reveling in the ocean--she even fancied herself a mermaid at one time. In her spare time her favorite thing to do is nestle in the corner of a bookstore with her laptop or sketchbook, creating new worlds with words and images.
She's a member of SCBWI, a graduate of Orson Scott Card's literary boot camp, and is working to publish her first novel. She has contributed to three columns in the past and had the privilage of being managing editor for the Christian Literary mag Haruah for the year of it's launch. She's also working to publish her first novel. You can learn more about her and order prints of her artwork on her webpage, Shadow of the Wood
---> Read an excerpt from her novel The Willow Door here.<---
---> Read a teaser from her daring new WIP, Golden, here<---
  
Here's a slide show of some of my artwork:
 
A sucker for love...
 
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A new piece of art
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10/19/2008 - 2:48 AM
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I finally got to draw again since I'm in between projects.
My Sin
Prints will be available in my shop. Just let me know if you don't see one and I'll put another one up.
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OSC Literary Boot Camp
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9/22/2008 - 11:09 PM
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I finally wrote the post for my boot camp experiance. Anyone interested in knowing how it went, you can check it out on my main blog:
Toad-House Happenings
And here's my newest piece, a commissioned work for John Olson to go along with his new ...
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I'm back...
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8/14/2008 - 2:22 PM
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And I'm exhausted. Uhg!
It's been two weeks since my return to the real world and I still feel completely drained.
I have the tools now. Orson Scott Card says I have the ability. And I think I've never been this terrified.
What if I can't d...
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- Most Recent Reply: 09/06/08 - 9:45 PM
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I'm Off...
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7/26/2008 - 11:00 AM
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Well, the time has come. I leave tomorrow for Orson Scott Card's boot camp.
I covet your prayers!
Rachel
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- Most Recent Reply: 07/27/08 - 3:24 AM
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Amazing News!!!
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5/31/2008 - 1:03 PM
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I haven't told very many people because I was fairly sure I had no chance, BUT....
I submitted to Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp last month. He chooses fifteen people and works with them for a week on their work. It only happens once a year...
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- Most Recent Reply: 09/01/09 - 1:16 AM
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Recent Guestbook Comments (5)
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Thank you for the message mamm. I see that you're also an artist. I have an idea for the cover of my first book UnLocked Secrets: The Beginning which another author friend of mine and I are currently editing. By the way how did you get contracted with Double Edged Publishing?
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Heck yes I'm right about Falling Up!! :) They are my most favorite of all time!! I love Jessy Ribordy's voice. My friends and I are trying to figure out how to get them here before the end of the year. It'd be amazing.
I haven't heard the new Decyfer Down or the new Muse... Darn. Lol! But I did listen to the new Skillet. I just have no iTunes monies to buy it.. :(
I didn't even have enough for the all the new BarlowGirl, which is pretty epic by the way...
Lol! Yeah... I'm really tired of it. But my friends and I are still gonna go see New Moon, prolly just to sit and have a good laugh. But it might be good... Dakota Fanning is so pretty in the previews!
I shall try to read it.
First I must finish Fragile Eternity. Then on the sixth The Van Alen Legacy is coming out (same day as Relient K's new album!) and I must read that! I love Oliver Hazard-Perry!
I'm doing ok... I guess... Just trying to figure out all the college stuff, keeping my grades up, and staying away from the creepy guy that's following me... LOL!
How are you?
I'm really wanting to read The Willow Door again. But the computer I have it saved on is ancient and slow. Haha!! I took a picture on my phone of the poster thing you sent me of Laney and Falcon, and it's my screen saver. So all my friends get to see your amazingness and I get the chance to brag about what an awesome person I know. :)
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Hey Miss Rachel!! :)
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Thanks! I appreciate it.
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