I am a writer, artist and sound technician, originally from the South East of England and now living North West in beautiful Cheshire. I live with my wonderful fiance John and our beautiful baby daughter Freya.
I have always been very fey and love faeries, unicorns, mermaids, angels and all things magical. I have always felt 'different' from others - you can read more about this in my Incarnated Elementals group here on EF. I adore the ocean as well as the faerie places of woods, gardens, flowers and so on.
I adore spending time in our lovely big garden, where I am starting to grow culinary and medicinal plants, wildflowers, and a lovely cottage garden out the front. I follow the ways of organic and wildlife gardening, and am learning about biodynamic gardening.
I am a spiritual person who believes in God and angels but I'm also a hedge/kitchen witch with interest in druidry and faerie magic. I am training to become a certified Angel Reader.
I'm a freedom-loving Sagittarian and am very typical of my sign in most respects!
I love writing, in particular fantasy novels, and have almost finished my first (my trouble is I like starting new ones before I finish the others!). I especially love writing about Faerie and write regularly for various websites including Suite101, Associated Content, Squidoo and Helium.
I used to work as a school Library Manager and have written a book called Booked In, about running successful school libraries (I think it is very important to encourage a love of books in young people). I also love writing poetry.
Since joining this site I have also been inspired to explore art & crafts. I paint with acrylics, sculpt with polymer clay and adore papercrafting. I am also learning to sew and knit! This year I created Realm of MerFaery: The Enchanted Art of Louise Heyden and have an official website coming soon!.
I LOVE trees - the first time I truly encountered Faerie was with the tree spirit of a willow. I also adore crystals and the natural world, and enjoy crystal and chakra healing.
I am also completely nutty about Xena Warrior Princess!!!
I'm so pleased to have found this site so that I can 'meet' other like-minded spirits! :o)
You can also find me at www.myspace.com/merfaery
Music:My all-time favourite artist is Sarah McLachlan.
I also LOVE: David Gray, Michael Buble, Evanescence, Bliss, Pia, Llewellyn, Juliana, Blackmore's Night, Loreena McKennitt, Snow Patrol, Amy MacDonald, Daniel Merriweather, Jason Mraz, Westlife, Enya, Death Cab for Cutie, Poloroid, Elbow, Celtic music, KT Tunstall, The Feeling, The Fray, The Fratellis, Bellefire, Mediaeval Baebes, Damien Rice, Belinda Carlisle, Nerina Pallot, Sandi Thom, Kate Walsh, OneRepublic, Embrace, Alanis Morissette, Tina Dico, The Alice Band, Nelly Furtado, Jem, Lene Marlin, Bryan Adams, Ross Copperman, REM, Take That (new stuff), classic eighties power ballads (eg Starship, REO Speedwagon, Berlin etc!)
Movies:All fantasy movies, especially Legend, The Last Unicorn, The Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Labyrinth, Stardust, Mirrormask, Pan's Labyrinth, Flight of Dragons, Ever After, Sleepy Hollow, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & The Beast etc!
I also love Serendipity, Serenity, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Audrey Hepburn movies, The Holiday, High Fidelity, The Notebook, Laputa, Elizabeth, Walk the Line, Pirates of the Caribbean, Con Air, The Ring I&II, The Village, Constantine, King Arthur, Underworld I&II, Blade I-III, Van Helsing, Shawshank Redemption, and many others - especially anything with John Cusack in!
TV:I adore Xena Warrior Princess, Firefly, The Tudors, Lost (sooo addicted!) and Doctor Who (David Tennant - hurrah!). Also like Hustle, Blackadder, any great kids shows from the 80's like She-Ra!
Other than that I don't watch telly except for good documentaries and some comedy shows. I love anything on nature/history. All wildlife, Michael Palin, Tony Robinson sort of stuff. And Gardener's World! Love Michael McIntyre, Ed Byrne and all the comedians off Mock the Week.
Books:My absolute favourite books are The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place, both by Peter Beagle. Utterly enchanting.
I also love Juliet Marillier (especially the Sevenwaters trilogy), Sarah Zettell (Isavalta and Camelot trilogies), anything by Peter Beagle, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, Stardust and the wonderful stories in Smoke & Mirrors by Neil Gaiman, absolutely everything by Caiseal Mor (WONDERFUL Celtic/Druid stories), Shannara books by Terry Brooks, Sabriel series by Garth Nix, Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, anything by Alice Hoffman, O.R. Melling, Holly Black. Harry Potter, Narnia & Middle Earth, naturally! Also adoring a lot of the new fantasy such as Joe Abercrombie and Scott Lynch. And of course all the wonderful old fairytales like The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Blue/Yellow etc Fairy Books, Peter Pan. I also love the likes of Homer, Dante, Milton, Shakespeare etc.
Non-fantasy wise I particularly like Nick Hornby, Sophie Kinsella, Paul Coehlo, well-written historical, and anything soul-stirring about love, life and journeys of the soul.
Non-fiction: anything about faeries, angels, the folk, unicorns, magical beings, crystals. Have nearly all of Doreen Virtue's fabulous books! Also love Brian Froud books. History, mythology, natural history, gardening, cookery, poetry (WB Yeats being a favourite, also John Keats). Horace Dobbs' fascinating dolphin healing books. I belong to the Folio Society and adore their gorgeous books, particularly those on myths and history.
Likes:Writing, reading, all things Fey, unicorns, mermaids, the sea, trees, crystals, gardening, arts and crafts, making and creating pretty things, cooking, wolves, nature, Xena & Gabrielle, clouds, birds (especially blackbirds and robins, crows and ravens), dogs, dolphins, whales, the countryside, helping the environment, crystals, fossils, shopping, pretty things, jewellery, art, music, rain, the air after a thunderstorm, strawberries, animals, plants (esp foxgloves, clematis, cranesbill, love in a mist, snapdragons, sea holly, wild poppies, any wildflowers!), travel, culture, ghost-hunting, feeling the soil in my fingers when gardening, feeling the sand in my toes and the sea lapping my at my knees, adventures, great stories, mysteries, books that carry you away, films that make you think, poems that make you cry, snow, icicles, snowflakes, autumn leaves, sunsets and sunrises, the cute little bat in my garden, baking yummy cupcakes and blackberry crumble, Little Apple Dolls, gothic art, faery art, dolls and figurines (I love work by Jessica Galbreth, Nene Thomas, Josephine Wall, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Selina Fenech, Sheila Wolk, Linda Ravenscroft, and the many others that I keep discovering through EF and beyond!), wings, horses (esp Andalusians), ponies, donkeys, all 'mythical' creatures, shopping in Lush and B Never Too Busy To B Beautiful (in Carnaby Street, London), laughter, life, love, my fiance! I could go on forever..! I love to live life, I love to be by the ocean, I love to write and paint and sculpt and be creative.
Dislikes:Violence, rudeness, ignorance, cruelty, smoking, 'corporatey' people, huge corporate industries (Shell, Tesco etc), people who harm the environment, commercialism, disregard for the fellow human spirit, politicians, being stuck indoors, porridge (the food not the show!), sweets, curry, motorways (I spend FAR too much time on them!), pollution, rap music, R&B music, most of the rubbish on TV these days! Shallow people, narrow-minded people, swearing, cruelty to nature, litter, crowds, being too hot
Hobbies:Writing, reading, sculpting, doodling, painting, card-making, scrapbooking, jewellery-making, learning how to use my sewing machine(!), creating, collecting (Xena photos. Faeries and unicorns. Crystals & fossils. Oh, and books!), cooking, organic wildlife gardening, interiors, crystal healing, psychic & spiritual development, walking in nature, exploring life, bird watching, getting involved in conservation & charities, creative projects!
Vices:Cashew nuts, Mr Kipling's Cherry Bakewells, a good South African pinotage, buying books, shopping, eBay, trawling the net, silliness (such fun!), John Cusack, David Tennant, Nathan Fillion, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (lol!). Oh, and this site!!
I also have an annoying habit of procrastination sometimes.
Virtues:Caring, creative, good listener, calm, try my best to help the environment, hard-working, loving, happy, positive, fun, always try to help people do/be the best they can. Most of the time!!!! ;o)
Heroes:People who dedicate their time and effort to charities and the greater good. My fiance John for being such an amazing person and for being so wonderfully supportive of everything I do.
People/beings I admire: Jesus, Archangel Michael, Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn, Lucy Lawless, Renee O'Connor, Joan of Arc, Angelina Jolie, Doreen Virtue, Sarah McLachlan, Louise L Hay, Mother Theresa, my parents. My fellow Xenites and Enchanted Folk who do so much for charity and for each other! :o)
Hello everyone! Gosh I feel so bad that I haven't been in Enchanted Folk for so long. Have been immersed in a world of Freya!! When I'm not taking care of the little one I am busy trying to build my online writing, as I want to be able to stay at home and work from home!
Would you believe Freya is almost 6 months old? We began weaning a couple of days ago, so far she has had two days of baby rice and today, her first puree of carrot!
We are enjoying the warmer weather here up north, and were delighted to spot a fox wandering along our road on a couple of nights. Hoping to get a snap of him one day!
My maternity comes to an end this month so I will be back in the swing of things soon hopefully, with a few bits and bobs for Realm of MerFaery and more faerie writings, when Freya allows!
I'm also very excited to be in the newest issue of Fae Magazine! You can find my article on working with garden faeries in issue 11 (Summer 2010) along with illustrations from the very talented Kate Monkman!
Very cool! I ordered my first one of those some time back, but it's still not here. Wrote that lady who heads it on Facebook, but absolutely no response.
Oh well, I tried. I certainly wont be buying any more.
Hi Louise,
It's great to hear things are going well with you and little Freya!
Congratulations on the piece in FAE magazine. They are now carried here in the US at certain bookstores so I will certainly look for that issue!
Lots of love,
Susan
Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 08:08 PM GMT
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Little Freya Fae is growing! She is giggling, smiling and enjoying playing with her toys and books. She is showing a liking for mythical creatures... she loves her Walter Dragon, hurrah!
Here she is in her party dress ready to see her cousins, aunts and uncles at a family gathering!
Not had much time for anything other than my little Faerie, but wanted to check in and say hi! Have started writing again and will be back on here more really soon! Love to you all xxx
John and I welcomed Freya Louise Brooks into the world at 11.35pm on Wednesday 18th November 2009!
I would have posted here sooner but we had a lengthy hospital stay. After a long labour at home in the birthing pool, it was decided that Freya was not going to come out alone, and so off we went in the ambulance to hospital!
Freya was delivered by forceps about an hour and a half later - and no wonder she wasn't coming out - she weighed a healthy 10lb 3oz!
She developed a little infection so we had to stay in hospital for a course of 5 day antibiotics, and arrived home late Tuesday 24th. As you can imagine it has been non-stop ever since!
We are overjoyed with our beautiful Freya, and here are some pics to share with our enchanted friends! Thank you so much to all of you for your kind messages!
Hey Louise, Congrats on your little bundle of joy, she is perfect! Just beautiful.x Hope you don't mind the friend request and that you aren't too tired.x x All the best.x
Dear Louise - Dear Faery Momma!
I am so late to offer my congratulations, but oh my goodness, what a lovely little angel! Her eyes are so bright and happy. Those are smiling eyes, I recognise them as my youngest son also has smiling eyes. A happy soul.
Congratulations again! Lots of love to your dear family.
xxx
Oh - and she shares my birthday!!!!
Hey Momma, Dear Louise, Not been able to get back sooner been laid up with a yuck viral .. but what a lovely surprise lay waiting .. dear little Freya, said before a beautiful name for an adorable little girl .. what gorgeous pics, wish I could give her a lovely cuddle but I know she will be getting loads .. showering many faery special wishes to you all, welcome to the world little one hugs and kisses Lib x x
also belated birthday wishes x x what a lovely Christmas for you all x x
Wishing you a truly magical birthday dear friend (congratulations on this special one ;o) also your first as a mummy, with the best gift ever *huge grin* May you be much spoiled ~ even if just with some extra sleep, ah yes, I remember it well... Sending much love from our family to yours on this most blessed of days ((hugs)) and kisses to your darling daughter Freya Louise too! xxxxx
Welcome to Baby Freya, another reflection of the Goddess of Faery. I rec'd an email from Be that SOMEONE had arrived and that the Glastonbury water got to you in time. She had sent me some, too, as I am running low. I had not been well, but felt good in the knowledge that two friends were about to embark on precious parenthood. My other friend Becca delivered FORREST DAVID.
Welcome to our enchanted world precious baby Freya (and well done hugs to your beautiful mummy and daddy =) We can't wait to see you *beams* Wishing darling you and your wonderful family many magical moments together ~ sending heartfelt blessings and love always from All the Montys. We just walked up the lane wondering at the marvel of it all ~ I gave thanks, eternal thanks,
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Hi Louise,
MarianneYour article is wonderful!
04:04 PM GMT