The Weight of a Wing (The Stolen Wings Book 1) (24 page)

This was the first novel I wrote in English with the vague
intent of publication at the time. Being a so-called debut novel, I knew it
needed a lot of work, so I kept rewriting it in between writing and even
publishing other things. At one point, I started working on the second book in
the series, but I couldn’t finish it because the first wasn’t officially
completed.

Finally, after four years, I told myself enough was enough.
The story was there and getting it through a dozen more drafts was not going to
make it any better, so I contacted my editor. Now I could finish the second
book, then write the third and final, and figure out how the story ended
because, you see, I was curious, too. You’re welcome!

As usual, many thanks go to my critique partners, Aheila,
Ardyth, Boringname, Cabreeden, Cam, Darrylb, Ek89027, Kelleyanne, Pranabow,
Skipperz, Skywoman, Spaceysund, Sprites, and Themedi8or, my editor, Kim Young,
and my illustrator, Vega Mandalika.

Thank you to my readers and reviewers, too. If you got this
far, please take the time to leave a review on Amazon and Goodreads to show
your support. I will be forever grateful.

And let’s not forget Mom, Dad, little brother, Grandma, and
the cat.

See you in the next book!

Award-winning writer Ioana Visan has always dreamed about
reaching the stars, but since she can’t, she writes about it.

After fighting the apocalypse aftermath in
Human
Instincts
, she played with shapeshifters in
Blue Moon Café Series: Where
Shifters Meet for Drinks
,
she dealt with vampires in
The Impaler Legacy
series, and she designed prosthetics in
Broken
People
before tackling longer works like a fantasy trilogy and a science
fiction series.

Aside from publishing short stories in various Romanian
magazines and anthologies, she published a Romanian short story collection,
Efectul
de nautil,
and the Romanian edition of
Human Instincts
.

She received the Encouragement Award from The European
Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 2013.

For more information, go to

http://www.ioanavisan.tk

Connect with Ioana online

Blog:

http://weirdvision2001.blogspot.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorIoanaVisan

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/weirdvision

ENGLISH
BOOKS

Human
Instincts

Blue
Moon Café Series:

Where
Shifters Meet for Drinks

The
Impaler Legacy Series:

The
Impaler’s Revenge

Sweet
Surrender

A
Victory that Counts

Casualties
of War

Order
Restored

The
Third Wheel

The
Impaler Legacy Omnibus

Broken
People Series:

The
Nightingale Circus

Broken
People

The
Stolen Wings Series:

The
Weight of a Wing

ROMANIAN
BOOKS

Efectul
de nautil

Instincte
umane

ROMANIAN
ANTHOLOGIES

Dansînd
pe Marte şi alte povestiri fantastice

Steampunk:
A doua revoluţie

Venus
– povestiri erotice science fiction

Cele
1001 de scorneli ale Moşului SF

Zombii:
Cartea morţilor vii

Călătorii
în timp. Antologie de povestiri SF

Ferestrele
timpului. Antologie de ficţiuni speculative

Bumerangul
lui Zeeler. Antologie Gazeta SF 2014

Best
of Mystery & Horror #1 - Revista de suspans

Xenox.
Contact între civilizaţii

www.ioanavisan.tk