Sela Narian

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Sela Narian
Real Name Suzie/Suzanne
Location Karmiel, Israel
Birthday February 15, 1982
TarValon.Net Information
Affiliation Brown Ajah
Rank Aes Sedai
Title Head of the Brown Ajah
Join Date April 23, 2004
Bonded to Darim Pelegro
Link to Forum Profile


Sela Narian is an Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah with nine years of Tower membership and several staff, admin and executive administration contributions. She currently serves as Head of the Brown Ajah. IRL, she is a freelance copywriter and editor who writes fiction in her spare time. She performs at conventions in the Wheel of Time group, The Flaming Sisters, with Eleyan Teyal Al'Landerin, singing songs they co-wrote. Sela is the creator, writer and director of The Wheel of Time Interpretive Dance: The Eye of the World, an insane show which has performed multiple times at Dragon*Con and JordanCon.

Sela is first-sister to Ne'mireth Simoua and sister-in-law to Toral Delvar. She exists as one half of the HinJew, a supernatural synthesis of Zashara Da'sainne's and Sela's souls which makes them both terrifying and magnificent. She is Bonded to Darim Pelegro of Mahdi'in d'ma Dieb and consequently to Pylar al'Stnap of the Brown Ajah, Darim's other excellent bondmate. Pylar and Sela schemed this double bonding on their own and fortunately, Darim was amenable. They support him in all unholy campaigns he pursues and have no doubt that he will rule a moderate portion of the world when the Breaking comes again.

Tower History

Tower Involvement

Current

Previous

Awards

Merits

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Gold

Membership Merit Gold 300.png Senior Membership Merit Gold 300.png Staff Merit Gold 300.png Copywriting Merit Gold 300.png

Silver

Executive Merit Silver 300.png Members Choice Award 300.png Members Choice Award 300.png Members Choice Award 300.png Members Choice Award 300.png Members Choice Award 300.png


Tower Relationships

Bonding

Mentoring

Mentor
Mentees

Other Tower Relationships

Official Event Attendance

Who Am I

I'm a writer of many genres, especially fantasy and romance. My current work is a young adult novel about a teenage girl who belongs to a secret time traveling guild. I'm in revision stages with it.

I am Customer Success Manager at a software company that provides solutions for appointments and scheduling. I talk to customers about prospective accounts, I troubleshoot their support issues, I reach out through social media, I write software documentation and blog posts. I comb the software with my editor's hat on, looking for ways to improve the text and make things clearer and more usable. It is a pretty awesome job and I love it.

I am obsessed with words in numerous forms and disciplines: languages, historical linguistics, etymology, history of the alphabets, fiction writing, essay writing, journaling, technical writing, graphic design of text, acting through expression of words...I could go on and on. I love studying the stories of words and letters.

I studied ancient languages and civilizations at the University of Iowa. I enjoy singing, acting, guitar and piano. I taught a theater workshop for elementary school kids.

I also started a Wheel of Time singing group with Eleyan al'Landerin called the Flaming Sisters. We dress up as a Brown and Green Aes Sedai and sing WoT-themed bawdy pub songs (during which we are incredibly dignified) and ballads. We write our own lyrics and most of our own music.

I've written and directed Wheel of Time Interpretive Dance: The Eye of the World, which was performed at Dragon*Con twice and JordanCon once so far. I hope to find time to adapt more of the books.

Suzanne Day was named in my honor to celebrate my birthday for weeks on end. My birthday is February 15. It's no better or worse than anyone else's birthday, so it's only called Suzanne Day and takes place around my birthday because I established it, rather like claiming the Latin name of a new species of rattlesnake when you stumble across it upon being cast into the desert like Moses and you just kicked a rock because you're pissed and hungry. THIS IS MY RATTLESNAKE. It is loud and showy and less deadly than it wishes.

Senior Member Interview

Why did you choose Brown?
I've certainly matched my share of Brown stereotypes (absent-minded, selective focus, ignoring the world when it suits me), but I am Brown because I love knowledge and I love reading. I never stop learning and I never stop wishing to share my favorite parts of what I've learned with others. I get so excited by books and by information.

How was your time as Citizen/Novice/Accepted?
It was nice. I was about 97% certain I was joining Brown (White was the other 3%) but I also loved being a Junior Member. I taught a class on WoT Prophecies as an Accepted and that was awesome.

How did you get to read the Series?
In 2003, I worked at a bookstore; I ended up working there four years. One of my friends and coworkers used to tease me about loving romance books so much. I made a deal with him: if I read That Series With Which He's So Obsessed, and I finished it in two weeks total, he had to read a romance of my choice.

That series was, of course, The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. When I started it, I didn't like the fantasy genre. When I finished, I was in love and now it's my favorite genre.

I read all nine books at the time in 12 days (I was a student and it was summer), so I won the bet. He never read the romance book and he has Toh to me for this.

Have you ever attended any Real Life Functions? Did you like them if you did, and why? (Why do you think people should come to any future functions?)
I've attended 3 Dragon*Cons and two anniversary parties. They are awesome and everyone should do it. I've also attended many, many local events, mostly in the Michigan area. They have three or four main parties every year, plus smaller ones.

Real Life Events are a great way to truly get to know people and put faces to the posts. Then you can bond even more online!

Do you have a pet?
Not at the moment, no. I like animals of most varieties but the apartment doesn't allow it.

Coke or Pepsi?
Neither. I don't really like soda. I usually just drink water.

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