Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The WOVEN A to Z Challenge: M is for Mylan!

I dedicate this A to Z Challenge to Tina Downey, one of the A to Z Challenge founders and one of the brightest bloggers who sadly left us last year. Harder still, she was in a secret support group that I'm part of. The best way I can honor Tina, who was excited about and never had the opportunity to read my debut, I've teamed up with Father Dragon to present short bios and character portraits from Woven. I'll write the bios and all art is created by Al Diaz. I hope you enjoy this visual tribute to our friend, Tina.

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M is for Mylan

The precocious young leader of the Vaga people, Mylan is a girl with dark hair and silvery eyes who has mastered the art of diviner magic. There is wisdom and healing in her list of gifts, but she is especially gifted in the visions that she receives through dreams. She holds life with great respect, and it is said that she can commune with spirits when the circumstances are right.

Tomorrow: N is for Nels


To learn more about Woven, please visit Wovenbook.com

I'm David, and "in this, we share a likeness."

35 comments:

  1. Loving your tribute to Tina. Al is a really good artist!

    Stephen Tremp
    A to Z Cohost
    M is for Movies

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  2. Beautiful job, Al!
    I really liked Mylan.

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  3. It would be cool to have visions of the future in your dreams.

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  4. How beautiful that you are dedicating your challenge to Tina :) The short bios are great...a lot of info packed into a concise package! And kudos to your artist!
    Katie @TheCyborgMom

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  5. With silver eyes how can she not be gifted with visions.

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  6. I love the fact she is dancing in the illustration :) Are the silvery eyes an indication of her race or her gifts, or just her?
    Tasha
    Tasha's Thinkings | Wittegen Press | FB3X (AC)

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  7. She's pretty. I like the detail in her costume and the fact that she's shown dancing. It really adds to her character image. :)

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  8. Mylan is a lovely character. I'm glad I stopped by.

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  9. She is a great character and love the drawing of her. Very mystical indeed

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  10. Yes, oh look how beautiful FD made her. Captured her lightness in such a nice way. Didn't have much of chance to see her like this in the book. But can see we might see more of it with her change in "situation!" Lisa, co-host AtoZ 2015, @ http://www.lisabuiecollard.com

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  11. I expect we'll see more of her and her special talents.

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  12. Love this pic. Looks like a gypsy!

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  13. Wow, that one was awesomely done, as were the rest, but she really stands out.

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  14. She is quite multi-talented for such a young person. So many interesting characters in your book.

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  15. She's a character I already like.

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  16. I bet Mylan can cast spells with her bewitching diviner magic

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  17. Sounds like a gypsy. Love gypsies!

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  18. A beautiful tribute to Tina. I wish I had known her....I can see her impact everywhere I go online. If she could, I'm sure she would send her thanks. Thank you for visiting my blog!
    Inventions by Women A-Z
    Shells–Tales–Sails

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  19. Mylan sounds like a wonderful person.

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
    Member of C. Lee's Muffin Commando Squad
    Story Dam
    Patricia Lynne, Indie Author

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  20. Dear David,

    Beautiful girl, Mylan.

    Thank you for visiting my M is for MAT-post.

    Kind regards,
    Anna

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  21. Seeing visions in dreams sounds like a great skill to have!

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  22. Someone i'd certainly want on my side.

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  23. What an enchanting character! sounds really interesting.

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  24. She sounds cool. I love the skirt and the sleeves :)

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  25. Mylan sounds like she would be fun in a yoga class. ;) Also, I love that she has silvery eyes!

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  26. Another great character and another great drawing. Tina would have loved this.

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  27. Mylan sounds like an interesting character! And I love the drawing—another great one!

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  28. What I'd like to know - and you can share via DF, haha:) - is did you and Al pose the characters... or did Al come up with each pose?

    Brilliant!

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    1. I just gave Al my character notes and Al did what an illustrating dragon does best. These poses are a pleasant surprise. :)

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  29. Lovely drawing! She sounds intriguingly wise and mystical.

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  30. Beautiful stuff, great post and keep up the great posts!

    Jeremy [Retro]
    AtoZ Challenge Co-Host [2015]

    There's no earthly way of knowing.
    Which direction we are going!

    HOLLYWOOD NUTS!
    Come Visit: You know you want to know if me or Hollywood... is Nuts?

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