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I have a huge imagination. A suspicious nature, a dirty mouth, an absolutely filthy mind... and a heart of pure gold. I'm a contradiction of multiple personalities, all fighting for dominance. I'm Ecko, with nothing but good, pure intentions. I'm Samara, who lives for her pleasures and lashes out in anger. I'm a childish, ugly little gremgoyle, who hurls curses and childish insults and adores movie quotes. I even have a bit of the evil Lokskell lurking in there. Come inside for a glimpse into the worlds that live in my head, but enter at your own risk.
The Mirror Walker Series
Introduction to the story
With the arrival of her eighteenth birthday, Ecko does not receive typical material gifts, all wrapped up in boxes and gift bags and tied with pretty ribbons and bows. Instead, she receives the gift of knowledge. But along with that knowledge comes the inevitable questions, self-doubt, and fear. She learns that she's not human and that she comes from a world called Irredarr. Presumably, she is the Wandelaar heiress, the only Mirror Walker in existence, and with that title comes a wealth of suppressed magic. That explains why she's always been able to see things in the mirrors- the magical worlds, fairy tale creatures, and otherworldly, mystical people that no one else could ever see. She learns that the girl in the mirror that has stared back at her since she was a small child is not merely her reflection but is, in fact, her evil twin... and she is determined to come through the mirror to destroy all that Ecko holds dear. She discovers that she has a powerful, diabolical father who will stop at nothing to capture her and steal her magic for his own selfish desires, and that she must somehow find a way to stop them both. The fate of entire worlds depends on it.When her magic awakens and she inadvertently opens a mirror, her twin wastes no time in yanking her through it and exchanging places with her. Now, stranded in a hostile, vampiric world, Ecko must not only find a way to get back home and stop her sister from destroying her own world, but she must also put an end to her father's villainous reign and save the lands that his evil has irreverently tainted. Though she travels through this new dark and hostile land, fraught with danger, and terror stalks her every step, Ecko meets an unlikely friend. This quirky, grumpy...ugly little creature helps her out of the numerous, nearly disastrous predicaments she lands herself in.Follow along as Ecko stumbles across an endless beach along a forbidding, nightmare-inducing ocean, through dark forests, and a terrifying, dismal swamp where predators lurk around every dead and blackened tree. But don't get too close. Don't you dare. Even the trees will eat you, if you let your guard down. Trust nothing. Fear everything. Pray that you survive.
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A.C. Mooney
I was born and raised in Houston Texas, but as an adult, I quickly came to the conclusion that I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life in such a big, fast paced city. I moved away when my first child was born, but I didn’t go very far. I settled down one hundred or so miles north, in the small, quiet town of Onalaska. It was the perfect place to raise a family and I’ve called it home for more than twenty years now. And that was it. That was the extent of my dreams.
All I ever really wanted out of life was to have a family of my own, to raise a houseful of sweet, cuddly babies and giggling children. I wanted to grow old with the man I loved and spend my senior years in a rocking chair on the back porch with my beautiful grandbabies on my lap. It was a beautiful dream, but it was a foolish plan, childishly thought out and poorly implemented. Children eventually grow up. They move thousands of miles away to start families of their own and you’re left alone in an empty house with too much time on your hands and too many thoughts in your head. What do you do when the job that you threw yourself headlong into and spent your entire adult life working at has come to a close? What do you do when the babies you adored raising are no longer babies? What do you do when you realize that time has marched on, as it always does, and yet you are stuck in some sort of dissatisfied limbo? What do you do now? You find something that you enjoy to help you while away the time until there is a use for that rocking chair on the back porch, of course.
Like Ecko, I love nature and magic and all things fantastical and otherworldly, but it’s the enchanting world of the Fae that truly lives within my heart of hearts. While I sadly remain confined to the mundane, mortal realm, I have nevertheless found ways to surround myself with fantasy worlds and magical creatures of my own making. I have always been a creative, artsy kind of person and my love of the fantastical realms is the main focus of every type of art I have ever produced. I can, at least for a short while, immerse myself so completely within those fictitious realms that I completely forget about my own too-quiet world.
