The Return of King Lillian by Suzie Plakson

So I decided to read every single everything I’d ever written about the tale, the world, the characters, every version, every note, every scene - there was a lot to read, believe me. It felt sometimes like I was on some sort of archaeological dig in my psyche, carefully brush-brush-brushing away, with this situation or that character revealing itself more dimensionally each time.įast forward a few decades, and I felt it was time to once again turn to this creature growing inside me, and either bring the thing into the world already or be done with it forever. On the other hand, every time I returned to the idea after being gone a while, I’d realize that I somehow now knew much more than I did the time before, that in those interims the thing had taken root in my subconscious and had been growing while I was looking the other way. But every go round, I’d dive in again, and each time, I’d come up feeling failed and frustrated and inadequate, because it felt like the story had chosen such a completely unqualified person for the job. The first dream was a flash of Lillian in scarlet cape and Musketeer hat riding horseback uphill on a mountain trail it was enthralling! The dream images were almost all literally flashes, single moments so sparkling with light and color, so enchanting - I couldn’t possibly forget them.Įventually, I began to try to capture this world, just immerse myself in it - play with characters, dialogue, trying to find the form it most organically wanted to take - knowing all the while that it would have its own style, its own sound that I would recognize once I hit on it. What turns a successful, talented actor and singer songwriter into an obsessed novelist/writer?Īh, now there’s an epic question! Forgive me, Marianne, but I’m afraid there’s an epic answer forthcoming…įor about 25 years now, I’ve had very sporadic dreams about the world of King Lillian. Most of the story is told by Lillian, in a sort of spoken word storyteller fashion, so I have also recorded the story and it’s available as an AudioBook, as well as an eBook. “The Return of King Lillian” is a mythic journey, an allegorical fantasy, a tale of self-discovery.

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The Return of King Lillian by Suzie Plakson