Illustration Friday: "Match"

Quite a match.

I write a lot. I enjoy it. And every once in a while, I've written something for someone else.

Sometime ago, shortly after I began dating my now wife, I wrote a story her younger sister, Julia.

In the story, I wrote of a young Queen (named Julia) her favorite Blue Goblet and of The Goblet Thieving Beast of the Mountain, who took the aforementioned Goblet. The story follows Julia's journey to reclaim her lost possesssion. What I didn't know, was that Julia (the real life one) really had a blue goblet, a blue cup that was her favorite cup. And in fact, a few other particulars I had mentioned in the story (a pocket accordian) she actually had as well.

The story has since developed into an elaborate history, four more books (above is an image from the history, but the Mountain figure returns in book III) and even it's own musical theme that a friend of mine has written.

Strange, strange thing. Quite a match.

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For a little more...

Anatolia: The Legend of The Blue Goblet
The Blue Goblet, book I: The Travels of Queen Julia
The Blue Goblet, book II: The Many Troubles of Paul
The Blue Goblet, book III: The King in the Mountain
The Blue Goblet, book IV: (TBA)
The Blue Goblet, book V: (TBA)