Mercedes Lackey

Dear Mercedes Lackey,



You probably get letters from people everyday who say what I’m gonna say, but oh well.   See, I am a huge fan of your work, and just recently got told to write a LAL (Letters about Literature) for one of my favorite books, and since I didn’t feel like writing to the judges on your Dragons Bane Trilogy, I decided I would write my letter as if talking to you.

As I said before, we have to write a letter explaining our favorite book, so, to explain the Dragons Bane book , I guess I should tell what made it the best.   First, of course, it was written by you, my all time favorite author, and also it’s fantasy, which is my favorite genre, but it goes deeper than that, too.   It deals with the characters, all of them.   I can relate to them so well it’s amazing.

I mean with the main girl, let’s say Lila’s her name , godz, we could be twins, except my ears don’t point in the slightest and I don’t have green eyes, but that’s besides the point.   In mind, we are practically one in the same.   We both are extremely determined and rebellious at times and quite curious all the time.   We also both hold a love for animals that is almost second to nothing else.   And we’re both tremendously loyal to most of our family.   Now, she can mindspeak which I can’t, and she also has magic abilities, which of course I don’t, and I’m real, and she’s not, but you get the point.   In essence we are related I guess is what I’m saying.

There’s also her “older brother”, ( I’ll call him Jeff since I can’t remember his name either) the dragon who raised her.   It seems as if I’m related to him, too.   He’s definitely got a knack with animals, which I’ve already said I have.   He also is kind, to everyone, and amazingly enough, that’s another trait I try (key word here; try) to possess since reading this book.   But he’s not as close to me as the girl, I have no idea why, except maybe because he’s a he, or he’s a dragon, or he’s not the main...