The Radical (Unity Vol.1)
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I started thinking about the future a lot more seriously after having my first child. Then Seraph appeared in my mind. She and I fought… a lot. In the beginning I was a new mummy at odds with her. But she was Seraph, she was such a complicated character to nail down and in the end, I had to let her run free, in all her tough, complex gloriousness. Hers was a story constantly biting at me, begging to be told. I am not sure any other book will ever match this one for me. I love all my characters, all my stories, but this one just represents so much. I wrote it while my daughter was very small and despite sleepless nights and all the usual family commitments I was contending with at the time, this story continued to manifest in those moments where I had a tiny window of time to type. This novel obsessed me and transformed me. I cannot express in words how seriously this book took me and shaped me; how it made me realize what a thirst I have for writing.
Last year, I decided to revise these books, having had time to separate myself from the plots and characters. That sounds so la-di-dah doesn’t it but it is true – when you are so involved in the creation of a book, sometimes you cannot see the bigger picture. I started writing this when I had never written before, never creatively anyway, and as aforementioned my girl was only a newborn at the time. Yet this story begged me to tell it, begged me to keep telling it…
What I wanted to do with these stories was create a world to escape into, yet not so far removed from our own. I truly love reading and writing. I truly want people to enjoy these books. I relish any chance I get to read and escape, let a different world wash over me during a small window of time. It’s a luxury.
The enemy will continue to manifest itself in the other volumes. Why else do we read other than to have our pulses raised, our hearts pierced and our minds challenged…?
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Acknowledgments
My early readers are partly responsible for this even being written. Yeah, you have that on your heads now! They are mostly responsible for me writing more novels afterwards! Firstly my husband Andrew, you gave me faith. When I saw the reaction on your face after reading my very first drafts… I needed you like I needed air sometimes. Self-critique is essential for a writer and can also be a killer of them too! To Mum, Gemma, Nina, Rachel, Sarah J (for that beach picture with you holding the book), Peter, Matthew, Steve W, Steve C, Blake, Andrew C, Angie (my incredible “non-reader” who got into this so fervently), you all helped in ways you don’t even know how. Just being interested in someone’s writing makes you all heroes! There are others and they know who they are. To my fellow writer Mandy who “always believed” I will always believe in you too. Unconditional belief is rare and beautiful. Thank you.
The story is not over yet… far from it.
Other Books by Sarah Lynch
Romance and erotica:
A Fine Profession
A Fine Pursuit
Bedtime Confessions
One True Lover
Angel Avenue
UNITY Reading Order
VOL1. THE RADICAL
VOL2. THE INFORMANT (coming soon)
VOL3. TBC
VOL4. TBC