Here's a delightful all-woman Celtic folk and trad band called "The Shee." I found them on youtube when I was googling "Shee" as the antiquarian spelling for the "Sidhe" or fairy folk. I'm thinking of using this spelling in The Celtic Princess because, let's face it, the average non-Irish-language-speaking person would not in a million years know that you pronounce "Sidhe" as "Shee." And don't be annoyin' me, ye purists. J.M. Synge himself used that spelling.
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I vote for using 'sidhe'! Maybe in dialogue you could tell the reader the correct pronunciation?
Loved the music!
I don't know, Kiki. It's a real problem because it LOOKS so complicated and I think readers will stumble over it every time and get pulled out of the story, which is very fast-paced action adventure. How's your own writing going? Are you on the second or third book in the series yet or still editing?
Hi Orla,
Sidhe does look complicated, I agree - it took me a while to remember the correct pronunciation. I'm sure you'll make it work for the reader whatever you decide to do. (I had the same issue in my 2nd book.)
I just finished copy edits on the first book (thanks for asking!) - expecting ARCs in March! The second is written and going to my editor at the end of the month (keep your fingers crossed!!) and just completed a first draft of book three. Much work yet to be done but I'm looking forward to it.
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