Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on September 12, 2018 by Colleen M. Chesebro
Title: Tales from the Realm of the Green Elf
Amazon Author Page: Wendy Anne Darling
Publication Date: August 25, 2018
Formats: Paperback & Kindle
Genres: Anthologies, Magical Realism, Anthologies and Literature Collections
Magic Takes Many Forms!
Wendy Anne Darling’s latest anthology includes a large number of brand-new, never-seen-before poetry and stories that have never appeared in print until now.
The author enjoys writing fresh takes on traditional ideas and following her heart where her creativity leads. For instance; what WOULD happen to Wendy and the Lost Boys if something horrible happened to Peter Pan? How DOES one unpopular and very plain boy find a way to make a place for himself in his world? Does poetry rhyme? Sometimes, and sometimes NOT, but it always flows and dances to its own unique rhythm.
Finding a balance between life and magic can be a challenge, but Ms. Darling’s prose attempts to prove that life and magic are one and the same thing.
Spend a happy few hours discovering if she succeeded. 🙂
Tales From the Realm of the Green Elf is Wendy Anne Darling’s first published poetry and short story collection. In this inviting anthology, she shares her poetry and short stories written as if each selection erupted from her heart, surrounding the reader with the magic of her words.
I find anthologies and poetry collections to be some of the most satisfying reads, and this book falls into that category. Between these pages, you will encounter a unicorn with a sense of humor, experience a new sequel to Peter Pan, and read an enchanting story of a teen who learns how to make a friend out of an enemy. And, this is just a small amount of the magic that explodes from this tome.
This is the kind of book you will want to curl up with on an autumn afternoon, as you relish the last rays of the summer sun. In fact, I read this book one evening, not even realizing the passage of time. The captivating prose and poetry will cast a spell over you.
Character Believability: 5
Flow and Pace: 5
Reader Engagement: 5
Reader Enrichment: 5
Reader Enjoyment: 5
Overall Rate: 5 out of 5 Fairies
*I follow the Amazon Rating System*
Author, Wendy Anne Darling
Once upon a time in soggy, wet England…
Long before Wendy Anne Darling started writing poetry (age 9), and even before she began reading everything she could lay her pudgy, little hands on (age 6); she picked up a pencil and started drawing.
Stick figures made way for portraits, fashion designs, and oil paintings (using all the left-over colors from paint-by-numbers kits), and Wendy decided she was going to be an artist.
The desire to write stories came to the forefront, thanks to the encouragement of her family and her English teacher; Miss Buss, but still Wendy stuck to her plans and got a degree in Graphic Design. Her first ever job was drawing advertisements for drive-in movie screens with a company called Cine Media in South Africa. She later had a fabulous time working in graphic design for Out Front Colorado; Denver’s most well-loved, gay newspaper.
She also loved to read aloud, and became a narrator and audiobook producer for Amazon Audible and currently has 15 audiobooks in her portfolio.
If it involved creativity, Wendy was into it.
While her number 1 goal now is to write fantasy and sci-fi fiction, she could never let go of her love for drawing. Trying to decide what she was going to be when she ‘grew up;’ which she never succeeded in doing, Wendy, sensibly, came to the conclusion that she was simply going to do ALL OF IT.
Author Blog – Wendy Anne Darling.com
Twitter: @AuthorWDarling
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Amazon Author Pages
Amazon.com Author’s Page: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00OG3B91G
Amazon.co.uk Author’s Page: https://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00OG3B91G
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
Sounds cute!
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I loved her stories and poetry. The Peter Pan sequel is quite imaginative. ❤️
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I can imagine 😍
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Thanks, Ritu!
There is certainly some cuteness in the book, plus a good helping of the magic of reality that can give a big tug on your heartstrings. 😁
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I visited Wendy this last weekend and learned so much about her blog, her book, and her love to help the fellow blogger with the book cover designs. We have had a delightful conversation already.
Thank you for this book review, Collen! ❤
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You’re welcome. I’m sorry Miriam, but I keep finding your comments in spam! How frustrating. ❤
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No worry. Colleen. I have checked my spam for days. Now you got me thinking. ❤
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LOL! ❤
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I was busy preparing a presentation on creating a blog using WordPress. The presentation was yesterday. I listed some blogging help and participation, and list your site as one of them.
Maybe I’ll post a short write up. Now I can focus on catching up with my blog. ❤
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Oh, how nice. Thank you for the compliment. ❤
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You’re welcome. They write poetry, if their have a blog, they could participate. ❤
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“Finding a balance between life and magic…” I like that. All the best to the author.
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Hi Staci. A great way to look at the world. ❤️
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Thank you, Staci! I think any life lived without magic is out of balance!
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Couldn’t agree more!
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Thanks so much for your wonderful review Colleen, it thrills my heart!.
This book was long time coming, and is an outpouring of many of the intense emotions and experiences of my life.
So glad you loved it!
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You’re so welcome. Your writing is easy to love. ❤
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Fabulous review and I concur while I read half of this book before it was published. And what’s better than 5 fairy stars!!! Congrats Wendy ❤
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Thanks, Sis. We did have fun beta reading. ❤
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I look forward to reading this. Lovely review. Well done Wendy. 🙂
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I miss you Marje… you work too much! ❤
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I agree! I miss you too. One day I will have more time for writing….
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Awww, I know. I’m here. Not going away. ❤️
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Awww good to know Colleen. It’s been more crazy busy than normal recently dye to Natasha coming home and getting Gina ready for university. Plus work has been manic. Need a holiday!
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You need a holiday just to blog and catch up with friends and sisters. LOL! ❤
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A wonderful review, sister. ❤
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Thanks, Sis. I love sharing all these new authors. Great fun. ❤
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I liked your review and the way you put a little extra research into it, like the different links to the author’s social networks and information about the author.
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Thanks. I try to share all I can. I love to read. This is a joy to do. ❤️
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Wendy’s book sounds great. I have it on my TBR.
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You will love it Robbie. ❤️
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