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The Odd DUck Society
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Jessamy Aubertine is too much for her university classmates, too little for her overstressed mum, and nothing in between. Then a mysterious letter signed by Jane Austen brings her back to her family’s fading tea shop and a pair of unlikely comrades. Will they find the letter writer—and perhaps discover themselves along the way? Or will their friendship fade with The Muses?
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about rachel
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Rachel Leitch writes stories of self-discovery and exploration for young and new adults. In the past, this has taken the form of historical with a dash of adventure, but lately she's been experimenting with fantasy.
She lives her own adventure in northern Indiana, with her momma, three sisters, two brothers, and a dog who thinks he’s the hero of her story (and quite frankly, everyone's story). She teaches students to be as bookish as she is during the school year as a general paraprofessional and volunteers at an off-Broadway theater during the summer. When she’s not hidden away writing, she’s trying to fit all her reads on her shelf in a somewhat organized manner, consuming a level of chai that borders on hazardous, or nerding out over Disney. In all her adventures, she discovers more about the Father of Lights. |
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Welp. I'm Writing a Fantasy Novel.
March 25, 2025
I always said I wouldn’t write a fantasy novel.
I didn’t have the head for it, or so I thought. I couldn’t develop a whole new world and all the rules and laws that came with that—my imagination didn’t stretch that far.
I never got into the medieval scene, and that meant I didn’t read much fantasy either. But you know what I did read? Historical fiction.
So I wrote historical fiction. It still let me escape into another time, another world. I thought that settled it.
Until I read fantasy.
I didn’t have the head for it, or so I thought. I couldn’t develop a whole new world and all the rules and laws that came with that—my imagination didn’t stretch that far.
I never got into the medieval scene, and that meant I didn’t read much fantasy either. But you know what I did read? Historical fiction.
So I wrote historical fiction. It still let me escape into another time, another world. I thought that settled it.
Until I read fantasy.
