{"id":5918,"date":"2025-02-17T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/?p=5918"},"modified":"2025-02-16T13:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T18:35:43","slug":"episode-398-holly-davis-talks-a-diamond-bright-broken-and-her-work-as-an-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/talesfromthefandom.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/episode-398-holly-davis-talks-a-diamond-bright-broken-and-her-work-as-an-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 398: Holly Davis talks A Diamond Bright &amp; Broken, and her work as an Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Continuing the goal to have more authors on the podcast, author Holly Davis joins me to talk about her journey as an author and her first published book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-libsyn wp-block-embed-libsyn\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/oembed.libsyn.com\/embed?item_id=35302050\">Episode 398: Holly Davis talks A Diamond Bright &amp; Broken, and her work as an Author<\/a><\/h4><p>Continuing the goal to have more authors on the podcast, author Holly Davis joins me to talk about her journey as an author and her first published book. We kick things off by going back in time. To a time where Disney and video games collided to form the Kingdom Hearts franchise.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We kick things off by going back in time. To a time where Disney and video games collided to form the Kingdom Hearts franchise. This is where Holly first started her journey, writing fan fiction based in the Kingdom Hearts setting. Holly talks about why fanfic is a great place to start your author journey. From there, she talks about the in-between times, from fanfic, to her real world work, and making time to get her ideas out of her head and into written form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we talk about her first published book, &#8220;A Diamond Bright &amp; Broken&#8221;. This book released November of 2024. Holly talks about how she came up with the ideas and story, her characters, and how she based some real world items into the fantasy realm that this book takes place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested in the book? Holly&#8217;s elevator pitch includes it being a Tangled retelling with a female Flynn Rider, has a ride or die sister relationship, LGBT representation, and mages with unique magic, to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly wraps it up by talking about her advice to those who wish to also start their author journey, and what is to come from her in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find Holly at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/writehollydavis\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/writehollydavis\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-threads wp-block-embed-threads\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@writehollydavis\">Holly Davis \ud83d\udcda YA Fantasy Author (@writehollydavis) * Threads, Say more<\/a><\/h4><p>839 Followers * 1.2K Threads * \u2606A DIAMOND BRIGHT AND BROKEN (out now!) debut YA Epic Fantasy w\/ @inimitablebooksllc \u2606@diversityislit Book Club Host\ud83d\udcda \u2606Fur Mom\ud83d\udc31 Biracial\u2764\ufe0f LGBT\ud83c\udf08. See the latest&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-hollydavisbooks-com wp-block-embed-hollydavisbooks-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollydavisbooks.com\/links\">Author Holly Davis &#8211; Links<\/a><\/h4><p>How to reach Author Holly Davis across all social media platforms.<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can buy &#8220;A Diamond Bright &amp; Broken&#8221; at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-amazon wp-block-embed-amazon\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3EFXlsq\">A Diamond Bright and Broken (The Gifted Mage)<\/a><\/h4><p>Sixteen-year-old Cadence was born with the ability to cry tears of diamonds-a secret talent her parents have abused to climb the royal ranks thanks to the infinite source of wealth. At their command, she cries diamonds to pay for the pricey treatments for her sister&#8217;s neuromuscular disorder. 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