FEATURE and GIVEAWAY: Enchanted No More by Robin D. Owens

Book Interview on February 2011

Hi Robin, welcome to The Romance Reviews and thank you for this insight into ENCHANTED NO MORE.

Q: Fairies aren't really anything new in Urban Fantasy, but YOUR fairies aren't like any I've seen before. What made you think about linking your world so closely to the elements?

LOL. I'm not sure how to answer that question, except in magic and myths certain beings are considered elementals -- like fire salamanders, water mermaids, etc. So I used that. Also, I read a fair amount of Urban Fantasy, and it seems to me that there are a slew of magical beings out there and you don't really know what might pop up next in the same world -- a selkie, a dragon, etc.

So I decided that I would only have eight magical races, four major and four minor and all elementals. Dwarves/Brownies, Earth. Djinns/Firesprites, Fire. Merfolk/Naiads(ers), Water. Elves/Airsprites, Air. These magical beings would have lived a long time on Earth but not be native. Native magical beings are Treefolk, i.e. Dryads and their offspring.

There are mixtures, of course, but any human who has magic will have a touch of this heredity somewhere in their family line.

Q: What kind of research went into building your world?

Well, first of all, this was not the story I envisioned or sold. After editor input and much gnashing of my teeth, I realized the story that I wanted to tell simply wouldn't work. It wouldn't work because the magic I wanted Jenni to have was a "timeshifter", able to go back in time...

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Robin is offering an awesome giveaway! Winner's Choice: Choice of any backlist book, Heart Series or Luna, e-book or print, OR choice of an ARC of one of the "Heart" stories coming in December 2011 or Heart Search.

Mechanics of the contest:

You can do either or both of the following to enter the drawing:

1. Write a comment or question to Robin in the comment box on the review site (3 chances to win) from now to February 28; [Click here to comment]

AND/OR

2. Check out our contest page from February 7 to 9 to enter your email address (1 chance to win). [Click here to enter]

The winner will be announced in the comment box on the review site and this blog in March.