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tyswan
Novel: A Handful of Clouds
Genre: Fantasy
42,030 words so far  

About tyswan

Location: Blue Mountains, Australia

Home Region:
Australia & New Zealand :: Elsewhere in Australia

Age:39

Website: http://www.tyswan.com

Favorite novels: Dirt Music, Eucalyptus, Bliss, Oyster, The Riders, Tiger in the Tiger Pit, The Tenderness of Wolves

Favorite writers: Tim Winton, Murray Bail, Jeanette Turner Hospital, Jodie Picoult

Favorite music: Stephan Micus, Cafe del Mar, Cinematic Orchestra

Non-noveling interests: Spirituality, permaculture, fine arts

Joined: October 12, 2006

This Year: Official Participant

NaNoWriMo History:
'06 '07 '08

NaNoWriMo posts: 0

NaNoWriMo buddies: 11

 

Brief Author Bio:

Tyswan Slater lives in an unfashionable backwater in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. She has been shortlisted for the Varuna Awards for Manuscript Development, and the Penguin/Varuna Scholarship. Her Master of Creative Arts (Research) involves a novella, a graphic novel, hypertext, a vampire, a murder and a motley crew of backpackers.

Synopsis: A Handful of Clouds

A maverick monk goes missing.

His protégé, the naive and idealistic Ar-Shen, is the third son of a Warrior Lord. Thwarted by familial tradition in his ambition to be a warrior, Ar-Shen’s future lies in the priesthood. However, after nine months without word of his master, Hanzu Dao, Ar-Shen defies his Abbot and sets out on an adventure to find and rescue, Hanzu. Rumours leave a phosphorescent trail of doubt behind them. Can Ar-Shen trust the unlikely news that his master has uncovered the whereabouts of a fabled ruined city, and has set out alone to further his unorthodox studies? Accompanied by a disillusioned swordsman, a self-righteous warrior priestess, and a young brigand, Ar-Shen pursues Hanzu across the inhospitable Dragon Back Mountains into the lawless Wildlands.

Eventually Hanzu’s obsession will lead Ar-Shen into the trackless wilderness of the Deep Country, where he slowly accepts the failure of his quest, but is given the opportunity to realise his master’s goal and discover the ruined city himself. But what will this newfound ambition cost him?

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