S Legend
Some of you know her as Mock, others as S. Legend, or Miss S. She welcomes all names but will often go by Mock, a name given to her by her readers.
Mock is an ambitious creative, weaving the most precious aspects of her soul into stories. She is an architect, building fascinating worlds, designed from inquiry, rooted in worldly wonderings. Her process is intuitive; she is the scribe, the translator, the conduit.
It helped that storytelling was the language spoken at home. One simply didn’t say, “We have an ant infestation.” In Mock’s family it was, “I was on my way to the living room, when a peculiar ant crossed my path. I looked to my right, a suspicious line of them marched straight for the pantry. In that moment I knew; my kitchen was under siege.” The natural flow of conversation always took this form.
And so.
When Mock wrote her first novel, she didn’t plan it chapter by chapter, there was no outline, no “plotting” to speak of. But she didn’t “pants” it either, she didn’t make it up as she went along. She knew how the story felt, where it curved in places and hollowed in others; she knew the destination it rushed toward. Instead of orchestrating, she let the world inspire her while she held space for the words to come, trusting the characters knew what they were doing. All she had to do was tell a story, as she always had done; like breathing.
This is her peace, her healing and solace: Gifts that are better shared.
Mock’s works are the comfort you seek when you need to come home. Her unique writing style will take you, wayfaring reader, to unexpected destinations.
She always says, “I’m not in the business of making up stories, I couldn’t if I tried. I’m lucky enough to get picked to share someone else’s story when I ask a question to the universe. Someone answers; I write it down.”
When you're not writing, how do you spend your time?
There are things to do other than write?! No one told me.
How do you discover the ebooks you read?
This may sound strange, but this is the series of events that takes place, leading me to an ebook purchase: A story will pop into my head. If I don't have time to write it down, but I want to see what happens, I will type keywords into Amazon trying to find a book close to what I'm imagining. When I see something close, I buy the ebook.
Read more of this interview.
Everleigh's Ring
by S Legend
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Loving him isn't sane or safe. Was there life before Ocean Radley? If there was, it hasn’t been on Everleigh’s mind for a long time.
The Story of You: The Lost Brothers Series
by S Legend
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Oliver didn’t have parents, he had me, his fifteen-year-old brother who had never held a baby before let alone looked after one. Leaving was the only way to save Oliver. But I left something behind. Something so forbidden, all it’s done is burn me from the inside for twenty-one years. “Nothing will ever hurt you again, Eaglet. I’m not much, but I’ll become something for you.”
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Christmas At Leo's - Memoirs Of A Houseboy
on Dec. 01, 2014
I have read ALL of Gillibran's books and this one is every bit as good as all the others. He made me laugh, cry, cringe (with fear for his arse) and I felt connected to him from across the water.
He's got a real talent for writing. I like that I can hear his accent straight through his words, I feel like he's talking to me and I feel like I've got to know him over his biography series.
I hope you'll keep writing Gilli. What a fascinating look into a life! I love every word of your books. Thank-you!
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Pet
on Sep. 22, 2022
This was fantastic! I enjoyed it so much and would not be opposed to seeing more of these two 💖