Camelot News - Morgan and Sir Lancelot?

Here's the headline going around this week for Camelot! As for news on my end, I'm preparing the HENGE audiobook for release, GRAIL paperback, and getting Le Fay 4 ready to edit. Plus... a couple Le Fay related projects are brewing. 

Circulating around Camelot is news of scandal!

Want details? Read GRAIL (Le Fay 3) to learn more.


--Realm

Le Fay Series - Meet Elaine!

Today I am sharing a new Le Fay character portrait. One of the new characters introduced in GRAIL: 

Meet Elaine Pelles!

In the old Arthurian legends, there are a few versions of Elaine--two which are particularly well known: one that is associated with the Grail, and one that is the tragic figure that falls in love with Sir Lancelot. For my version of Elaine, I chose to combine both aspects in different ways to create her. In the Le Fay series, she is the Grail Guardian, wise, strong, radiant. In HENGE you may remember that Lancelot had a photo of a blonde woman in his wallet... Well now you know who it is! Though she doesn't appear as much as the other female characters in Le Fay, I still view her as one of the core characters.  

Here's a scene with Elaine:

 “Don’t harm her,” Merlin says, pulling his Maven badge out of his pocket. “We’ve the legal right to be here.”

“What is that?” the lady demands.

“It’s the Maven badge.”

“I mean, why do you have it? You don’t look like Mordred to me.”

“Mordred is no longer Maven. King Uther is dead.”

The gun barrel slowly moves away from my head.

“Let me see that,” the lady says.

She walks forward, away from me.

Her head is a shock of golden curls cascading down to just below the shoulder blades. She wears torn-up jeans and a sweat-stained tank top. Her demeanor is mature though she appears young—perhaps around five years older than me.

Merlin hands her his badge. As she inspects it, Merlin explains to her the events that led up to King Uther’s accidental death. The lady pales as he finishes the story.

“Is everyone else all right?” the lady asks.

“Yes,” Merlin assures. “I understand your shock. After all, you’ve been isolated from the world for years, isn’t that right, Elaine?”

So it is her. The statue of the fountain lady swims through my mind.

“You’re the Grail Guardian?” I ask her.

Elaine turns to face me and nods. I see then that there is a glow about her. Her eyes are otherworldly, deerlike and amber-colored.

___

I hope you enjoyed meeting Elaine!


--Realm

Camelot News - Morgan's Freedom

Camelot News will be starting up again! This time featuring events from GRAIL. The newspaper series gives a taste of what kind of news are circulating in Camelot during the book's timeline. 

Here's the first one:

What will become of Morgan? What happens when Arthur is finally King? Find out by reading GRAIL!


--Realm

News Week - 4/11/17

After a hectic March, I am now catching up with my posts. 

Good news: HENGE audio book is almost ready. I estimate it to be out in a month. 

GRAIL paperback: I hope to have this out in May once I've completed all the artwork for it. 

New review for GRAIL by Florentine:

"The suspense of the story had its classic and traditional build up, which true fans Ms. Lovejoy know very well of. I was hooked by page one (I literally read this book in 2 days, within 4 hours!!), dying to know what would happen to the characters next." 

--Florentine (Readiculously Peachy)

New audiobook review for CLAN:

"Jeff Hays once again does a fantastic job with the narration. Nice voice easy to listen to for long periods of time. Clearly spoken with a smooth even pace. Even though this is a society based on clones, each individual Clan has a distinct voice. You can always tell which character is speaking, through his tone, inflection, cadence or character voice. I don't think many narrators would have been able to pull this off. He was the perfect narrator for the story. The sound effects just added to the overall enjoyment of the story." 

--Lori

GRAIL art posts will continue this month!


--Realm