Four Questions for Amalphia Treadwell: The Third Question.

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Question 3 – For Fouetté Amalphia

Hello, well things have certainly taken off for you – new film out, married…with one, two, four kids – strange, that one doesn’t really look like you – and one more on the way. Tell me, because my readers would really like to know – yes I have real readers now – what’s new in the life of Amalphia Treadwell?

Amalphia: What’s new? Well, yes, this baby. And yes, the father is my best friend Justin. It’s not a secret. There’s also going to be a new Steampunk ballet at Christmas. A few of us are in that. Then there’s my growing family, as you noted. My deepening relationships… *A dreamy look passes across Amalphia’s face, and then she glares at the Wee Lassie* Do you see that chocolate cake out there in the garden?

Wee Lassie looks out the, still open, door.

Amalphia: Go closer, that’s it, right out the door.

And the door is locked behind the Wee Lassie.

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Also, if you’d like to start from the beginning check out Tendu – which is made free for Christmas – on Amazon.

Four Questions for Amalphia Treadwell: The Second Question.

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Question 2 – For Cabriole Amalphia

Hello again, it’s me I’m back – I’m with a real newspaper this time. So how do you feel about doing a follow up interview…great…that’s great.

(One soft ball interview later to lull her into a false sense of security)

So, we’ve all seen the photos of you and Will Hearst, would it be fair to call him the new man in your life? Tell me how does he differ, if at all, from your former lover Aleksandr Zolotov?

Amalphia: Oh, you want to know about Will’s new company? That’s great.It’s great. I have LOTS of info to give you.

Wee Lassie: No, actually, I—

Amalphia: There’s these promo leaflets, and these photos, and this is the tour schedule… *Amalphia looks momentarily horrified before continuing* Come and see us soon. I’m sure you’ll love it.

And the Wee Lassie is pushed out the door again.

Check out Fouetté on Amazon today.

Also, if you’d like to start from the beginning check out Tendu – which is made free for Christmas – on Amazon.

Four Questions for Amalphia Treadwell : Question the First

Hello wee readers, I hope you’re having a very happy holiday season. I know I am, because the final book of Ailish Sinclair’s Dancer Series, Fouetté, is out today. I knew I wanted to do something to celebrate that but I was slightly stumped as to what. If you will recall for the first book in her Dancer Series, Tendu, I released 8 1/2 Overly pretentious Questions for Ailish Sinclair. For her second book, the highly saucy Cabriole, I did the short blog series Ailish Sinclair’s Top Favourite Ballet Dancers of all time. But the question remained, what would I do for the new book?

I was pondering this exact question while speed reading through my brand new copy of Fouetté, and then very interesting thought occurred to me. In my previous blogs and or blog series I’ve always asked Ailish the questions, we’ll, obviously she’s the writer she would know. But wouldn’t it be interesting to ask the characters; now I’m not insane I know they’re not real people.

That’s why I’ve built my very own dimension jumping machine. I’ll just hop on in, pop on over to Amalphia Tredwell’s place of residence and ask her a question or two, I’m thinking four. And since the machine can also jump through time I’ll ask each question in four different stages of her life. What? Why are you looking at me like that, I’m not insane. I have a note from my doctor, even saying as much. Best not ask why I needed it in the first place.

Question 1 -For Tendu Amalphia.

Don’t scream, I’m from the local newspaper; your roommate let me in. I’m here to ask you a few questions. Cool? Cool.

Amalphia: No, not cool, actually.

(Several standered stock Questions later)

So, latest gossip has you linked to Aleksandr Zolotov, would you care to comment on that? What would you describe as the nature of your relationship?

Amalphia: What? How do you know about that? Nobody’s supposed to know about that. Not that there’s anything to know. And don’t go believing all that rubbish about Aleks on the internet. He’s a good man. You know… an amazing teacher. That’s how I know him, and that’s what our relationship is. But I’m going to have to ask you to leave now. You shouldn’t be in here anyway.

Amalphia closes the door over the Wee Lassie, but the following is overheard:

Amalphia: Justin, did you let that person in?”

Justin: Yes, Phi, I did. You’ll need to get used to being hounded by the press. We all know you’re going to be a star, darling…”

Check out Fouetté on Amazon today.

Also, if you’d like to start from the beginning check out Tendu – which is made free for Christmas – on Amazon.

Ailish Sinclair’s 2nd top Ballet Dancer of All Time

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Misha and his 11 pirouettes from White Nights.

Do I really need to give an introduction to Mikhail Baryshnikov? I think we all know who he is by now. I mean why else did we watch Sex and the City?

If you’ve enjoyed this small glimpse into the mind of my good friend Ailish Sinclair why not check out her blog here, along with her Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, TikTok, Goodreads, Facebook , YouTube, and Kofi. If you’ve enjoyed this very mildly pretentious question of mine, follow the wee blog if you haven’t already, and don’t forget to check me out on Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, TikTok, Goodreads, YouTube, Facebook and Kofi.

Ailish Sinclair’s 4th top Ballet Dancer of All Time

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Denis Matvienko in The Great Gatsby.

Born in Ukraine, studied at Kiev state choreographic school, and made his first stage appearance at the National opera and ballet theatre of Ukraine. ince March 2001 to March 2002 worked at Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg) as the leading ballet-dancer.

Ailish Sinclair’s Cabriole is out now, where all good books are sold.

Ailish Sinclair’s 5th favourite Ballet Dancer

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Alessia Lugoboni of Lazy Dancer Tips.

Born in Verona, Italy and trained at New Zealand School of Dance and English National Ballet School. She offers ballet tutorials for all levels. It’s great fun; give it a try!

Ailish Sinclair’s Cabriole is out now, where all good books are sold.

Ailish Sinclair’s sixth favourite Ballet Dancer of All Time

What Ho Wee Readers, and welcome to the first post in my new blog series Ailish Sinclair’s Top Six Ballet Dancers of All time – I know it’s a bit of a mouthful but that’s the name I settled on so you’re just gonna have to lump it. Made in collaboration once again with my good friend Ailish Sinclair, to celebrate the next book in her Dancer Series, Cabriole. It’s out today, go check it out. Also siign up for The Wee Mailing List to find out Ailish’s top most Ballet dancer of all time.

Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel and Sascha Radetsky in Center Stage

Amanda Schull – American, a actress and former professional ballet dancer. You may know her from her work on One Tree Hill and Pretty Little Liars, as well as her recurring role on the show Suits. But her most memorable role, at least to Ailish, is Jody Sawyer struggling ballet student in the film Centre Stage. Also fun fact, she is also the daughter of the current president of Ballet Hawaii, not really relevant to this post but interesting none the less.

Ethan Stiefel – American, a ballet dancer, director and choreographer and former principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre and former artistic director of the royal New Zealand Ballet. Also his surname means boot in German, which isn’t relevant to anything but I thought was really interesting.

Sascha Radetsky – Another American, trained in the Moscow’s Bolshoi Academy under Pyotr Pestov. He performed as a soloist with American Ballet Theatre, and a principal with Dutch National Ballet. As of 2018 the Artistic Director for American Ballet Theatre. He also appeared on the show Flesh and Bone as someone called Ross.

Ailish Sinclair’s Cabriole is out now, where all good books are sold.

The 8 1/2 Overly Pretentious Questions for Ailish Sinclair : The Seventh Question

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1. And finally, Amalphia Tredwell – a high functioning Autistic dancer, just beginning her life in the world of ballet. She is a fascinating person from the get-go, and that’s before she heads off to the mysterious dance school in the North of Scotland. Even her name is wholly unique. I’d be fascinated to know if she was inspired by anyone real or if like Athena before her, she leapt fully formed from the creator’s mind and onto the page?

She pretty much appeared fully formed, not inspired by anyone. I’m not quite sure where the name Amalphia got plucked from. It had been in my head for a while before I started writing the book. I wanted her to have a specialsurname too and for it to have something that could be applied to dancing, hence Treadwell. She uses it here, in Fouetté, the third book in the Dancer’s Journey series:

I had to go back in. Tread carefully, Treadwell, I thought to myself. Eyes up. Toe in front of heel. I pressed the phone button to reactivate it as I reached the door and climbed through again, hoping to bring light to dark matters.

That third book sounds really fun 🤩

If you’ve enjoyed this small glimpse into the next publication of my good friend Ailish Sinclair why not check out her blog here, along with her Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, TikTok, Goodreads, Facebook , YouTube, and Kofi. If you’ve enjoyed this very mildly pretentious question of mine, follow the wee blog if you haven’t already, and don’t forget to check me out on Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, Threads, Pinterest, Tumblr, TikTok, Goodreads, YouTube, Facebook and Kofi.

Instead of my usual closing remarks I shall leave you with these words…

Tendu is out now, buy your copy today.

The 8 1/2 Overly Pretentious Questions for Ailish Sinclair : The Sixth Question

I love a good Byronic hero – remember to sign up for the wee blog if you haven’t already to find out. And also, don’t forget to sign up for the Wee Mailing List to find out what the Eighth question might be.

Aleks Zolotov is Amalphia’s primary Love interest within the pages of Tendu, the hero to her heroine – could you share with us some of the inspirations that helped form Aleks as a character?

Aleks, as he is in the beginning of the story (he will grow), is a type of man who is not uncommon in the theatrical world. He’s achieved great success; he’s handsome and admired. He’s also experienced the loss of his career, something that has left him with some insecurities. His ego and his behaviour can be out of control at times. Life is a bit of a performance, or even a game, to him, especially when he’s triggered or threatened. He will pay for his naughtiness, though. FOREVER…

Oh Alex’s, what have you brought upon you? 😆

Instead of my usual closing remarks I shall leave you with these words…

Tendu is out now, buy your copy today.

The 8 1/2 Overly Pretentious Questions for Ailish Sinclair : The Fifth Question

And now, my most pretentious question yet – remember to sign up for the wee blog if you haven’t already to find out. And also, don’t forget to sign up for the Wee Mailing List to find out what the Eighth question might be.

Through the decade long process of writing and editing this series, would you say that it’s changed a great deal since its original conception? That is, the story, the messages, the themes – are they still what you first imagined they would be? And if they have changed, what do you think influenced that, other than the passage of time of course?

The basic story has stayed the same, though many, many details got altered as I went along. Simone, another antagonist from TENDU, was really sweet and nice in that first draft. And Will, a dear friend to Amalphia and a good guy, was a bit of a disrespectful idiot. Amalphia, Aleks and Justin came through fully formed from the start; their characters really haven’t changed. And I love them. Did I mention that I love them?

They do have minds of their own, though. They deviated far away from my planned plot in CABRIOLE, the second book in the series. I have to admit that what they did has made the story more unusual and interesting. Writing it any other way, as one publisher tried to get me to do, proved utterly impossible.

I’m really looking forward to that next book 📖

Instead of my usual closing remarks I shall leave you with these words…

Tendu is out now, buy your copy today.