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Tribal Affairs by Matt Dallmann Genre: Ya Fantasy Release Date: July 31st 2017 Summary from Goodreads: Dahlia, a centuries old genie, lies hopelessly trapped in a damaged golden locket charm attached to an ankle bracelet. Its owner, sixteen-year-old Liana, wears it for the first time during her father Jamison’s opening night illusion spectacular. Not only does its presence cause Jamison to folly his performance, but it also starts a chain of bizarre events that lead to a showdown with Dahlia’s mortal enemy, Stefan, and an unsuspecting romance between Liana and his son. Add to Goodreads Inspiration for the NovelIt is hard these days to find something original to write about. I was recently told that about 4,000 new books are published or self-published every day. I was immediately depressed. How could anything I write possibly penetrate through this sea of books? Luckily, I started writing years before I heard this news, when I was still full of vim, vigor and vodka. Back then, when I was sporting a Y2K doomsday shirt and an analog Nokia cell phone, I, and everyone else apparently, racked my brain to come up with something original, or at least a different take on an old story. Due to the success of Harry Potter, Star Wars, vampires, etc., etc., I started my search in the world of fantasy. Of course, there are a lot of these stories, but what was it about the Harry Potter’s and the Luke Skywalker’s that made people so willing to follow them? What drew people into their foreign worlds? How did they provide access to something most knew nothing about and/or had no interest in learning? More often that not, when I looked at the similarities in all of these characters, it was the fact that they were all half-in and half-out that made them intriguing. They kept one foot in reality, or the familiar, and let the other take a step into the unknown. We gained access to foreign lands and foreign concepts as they did. I picked the genie or djinn/jinn mythology mostly because I felt that it was never really welcome in the western mainstream beyond a wacky cartoon or a two-dimensional sitcom character. As I researched the djinn and learned about the different tribes, I started to draw a correlation in my mind to the different regions/countries/tribes of the Middle East. “Humans,” then, became “western civilization,” which is why the essential romantic conflict is between a djinn and one of the original American colonists. All of this, of course, exists only in my mind as an allegory, and is not spelled out in the book. But my hope is that this story, like the half-human half-genie in it, gives people access to a foreign culture that they might not otherwise even look for. And, like the romance that unfolds in the book, I hope that through that access, people will discover something new and worthy of breaking boundaries. About the Author Matt Dallmann has a background in acting and holds a BFA from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. His films and screenplays have been featured at film festivals across the United States including Cinequest, Big Apple Film Festival, Seattle’s True Independent Film Festival, DragonCon and Zero Independent Film Festival. His piano compositions have been published for commercial use and he is a member of ASCAP. Matt is also the Co-Founder and Vice President of the boutique medical billing firm VGA Billing Services, Inc. in New York City. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two daughters. Author Links: Facebook | Pinterest |
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