In this book, I leaned into the freedom that feeling can bring: inspiration for food, styles of puppetry, and language are taken from a broad cross-section of places and times. I must admit, as a biracial person, I have sometimes felt like a man without a country, as it were. I am half Chinese, but raised in a rainy valley in Hawaii down the road from a taro farm where a water buffalo grazed. There is a hedonism to mania as well, which is so often reviled in young women (unfortunately, I was no exception), so the cast of Le Perl gives me especial joy.Īnd of course, my heritage and upbringing creeps in. I was obsessed with death and spirits for a while, those thoughts meshing with my maudlin lows. (view spoiler) But I also wanted to create a magical second world out of my obsessions, which are in turn informed by my own malheur: I spent a long time in theatre in my youth, where my manic highs let me shine in the limelight. When I set out to write FOR A MUSE OF FIRE, I wanted to write about a main character who shares my mental illness, and seeks a real life treatment for it.
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These flying leaps from topic to topic are one of my favorite things about my own bipolar disorder, and they inform my world building in unexpected ways. a Shakespeare play sandwiched between a history of French colonialism and a book about shadow puppetry. A well-worn high fantasy beside an account of the lives of party girls in Bohemian New York.
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Sometimes, the inside of my head seems like the pile of returned books on a library cart.
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A well-worn high fantasy beside an account of the lives of party girls i Okay I'm going to paste my preliminary author's note here, because it includes content notes at the bottom and I want to get those in front of people now because ARCs will become available soonish and I don't want anyone to be taken by surprise! I will format with spoiler tags as well, to keep anyone from being spoiled. So! Here goes: Sometimes, the inside of my head seems like the pile of returned books on a library cart. Okay I'm going to paste my preliminary author's note here, because it includes content notes at the bottom and I want to get those in front of people now because ARCs will become available soonish and I don't want anyone to be taken by surprise! I will format with spoiler tags as well, to keep anyone from being spoiled. Heidi Heilig creates a world inspired by Asian cultures and French colonialism.more But as rebellion seethes and as Jetta meets a young smuggler, she will face truths and decisions that she never imagined-and safety will never seem so far away. Because seeing spirits is not the only thing that plagues Jetta. Her skill and fame are her family’s way to earn a spot aboard the royal ship to Aquitan, where shadow plays are the latest rage, and where rumor has it the Mad King has a spring that cures his ills. But the old ways are forbidden ever since the colonial army conquered their country, so Jetta must never show never tell. In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to the puppets with her blood. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick a trade secret, they say. Jetta’s family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. The first book in a new trilogy from Heidi Heilig.
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A country torn between a merciless colonial army, a terrifying tyrant, and a feared rebel leader. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem A young woman with a dangerous power she barely understands. A young woman with a dangerous power she barely understands.