{"id":63,"date":"2013-09-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestfantasynovel.com\/2013\/09\/15\/15-more-problems-with-blueberries\/"},"modified":"2013-09-15T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T14:00:00","slug":"15-more-problems-with-blueberries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taramayastales.com\/bestfantasynovel\/2013\/09\/15\/15-more-problems-with-blueberries\/","title":{"rendered":"15. More Problems With Blueberries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Unfinished Song: Initiate<\/i><\/a>\"\"<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026withouteither, thanks much. What would I want with babies and a husband? They just give you a lot of cooking and cleaning to do. I\u2019d rather dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cWell, you can\u2019t dance without magic,\u201d said Jensi.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI hope you\u2019re not as stupid as Mad Maba,\u201d said Tibi. \u201cSomeone told me that she wanted to be a Tavaedi so badly that when they told her she wasn\u2019t worthy, she–\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cKemla told you that,\u201d said Jensi. \u201cWhat if she did?\u201d Across the room, Hadi and the other boys were apparently having a similar conversation, and reached a similar conclusion, for he sud- denly burst out very loudly, his mouth still half full, \u201cIs that why Zavaedi Abiono is here? Is it time for the Initiation?\u201d<\/div>\n
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This overly loud question silenced the room, and Hadi turned bright red.<\/div>\n
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All the adults in the room found someplace else to look, except Great Aunt Sullana who withered Hadi where he sat with a hard stare.<\/div>\n
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\u201cNot my place to ask,\u201d he mumbled. \u201cMy apologies, Zavaedi.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Zavaedi Abiono nodded. He glanced again at Dindi, coughed again, and toyed with his pisha thoughtfully without taking a single bite. A small furry creature, Puddlepaws, noticed the undefended lunch and lowered himself into a crouch to sneak up on the pisha<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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That kitten loved cheese.<\/div>\n
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\u201cSo, Zavaedi Abiono,\u201d said Great Aunt Sullana, affecting a tone of innocent interest that fooled no one, \u201cIf an individual were not invited to join the Tavaedis, the best thing for her to do would be to marry a nice young man, give him her fields to plow, bear him children, all in all, settle down to a quiet, responsible life?\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cEr, yes, I suppose.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cYou have two nephews on the verge of manhood, don\u2019t you? Tamio is too handsome for the likes of Dindi, but sturdy Yodigo will make a fine farmer one day.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u201cWell…\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor mercy\u2019s sake, let the man eat, Sullana,\u201d Uncle Lubo said. \u201cHere, Zavaedi, would you like some blueberry juice? Dindi made it this morning.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhy, thank you…\u201d<\/div>\n
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Dindi looked up in horror. But before she could compose a proper warning, Abiono lifted the jug to his mouth.<\/div>\n
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She covered her face with her hands, but she could still see the disaster unfolding on the other side of her fingers as Abiono sipped from the jug of soap juice. His face scrunched up and his mouth opened into a rictus of gastronomic distress. He spit out a spray of sudsy liquid.<\/div>\n
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Great Aunt Sullana cleared her throat to warn him that not even a Zavaedi would be permitted to behave rudely while dining.<\/div>\n
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\u201cUrghrem,\u201d Abiono said, manfully wiping his chin. \u201cQuite delicious, I thank you. Er, Dindi made that, you say?\u201d He glanced at Dindi before he set down the jug and reached for his pisha<\/i>, now wrapped in kitten. He pried Puddlepaws off his food, which prompted the kitten to tackle his finger. \u201cI thank you so much for the wonderful meal, Dame Sullana. I fear I must\u2026<\/div>\n

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Download the complete book for\u00a0FREE<\/a><\/b><\/u>\u00a0or buy it on Amazon as an\u00a0ebook<\/a>\"\"\u00a0or paperback<\/a>\"\":<\/i><\/i><\/p>\n

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Author’s Note<\/i><\/i><\/center>
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Have you ever noticed that most heros \/ heroines are orphans? It seems like 99% of them are missing mothers, and about half of those are missing dads too. What’s up with that?\u00a0<\/i><\/i><\/center>
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So I decided to give my heroine the full extended family. Mom, dad, both alive and well, thank you, plus we have aunts, uncles and even a great-aunt.\u00a0<\/i><\/i><\/center>
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That’s when I discovered that family really gets in the way of plot. I began to be a little more sympathetic to all those writers of fairytales past who decided to make their protaganists family-free.<\/i><\/i><\/center>
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Another problem turns out to be that if everyone is alive, who can be the star in the heroine’s Tragic Family History? As you can see, having run out of other options, I was forced to go with a mere grandmother. My next hero will be an orphan, I tell you, an orphan!<\/i><\/i><\/center><\/center><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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