A coming-of-age story is not unusual. But who says that story has to concern only a certain expected age? In this Big Idea for A Dagger of Lightning, author Meredith R. Lyons stretches some definitions, in no small part due to her own life experience.
MEREDITH R. LYONS:
New Year’s Day 2021 found me nursing my first major injury of my forties—and the first injury that I realized might be with me in some iteration for the rest of my mortal life—buried in fantasy books trying desperately to escape. When I surfaced to see to corporeal needs, I inevitably found myself irritated that: 1. I did not possess any magical powers and 2. I could not simply be turned immortal and subsequently be gifted accelerated healing abilities.
“Why can’t I get kidnapped by the fae?” I asked myself. “You’re too old, for one,” I responded…
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