【推薦序一】
一位母親寫給女兒的推薦序
An immortal journey
One day, when Annemiek was only 13 years old, she casually mentioned in passing that she had been writing stories. I was surprised to hear this, so I asked for the why and how. She explained it all started with writing stories for her younger brother and sister so as to keep them occupied during travelling by car and plane, particularly during our 5-week holiday on Vancouver Island. She then went on to say that this had inspired her to start writing a book. I was amazed to learn Annemiek had been writing a fantasy book, and as an entrepreneur myself, I asked if I could read it. She let me… and we’ve never looked back. I got her in touch with a professional editor I had met a few years before, to get an idea of how viable this book was, and I was pleasantly surprised that she told us the book was definitely viable. When Annemiek heard this her jaw dropped. She could barely believe it. It took her a few weeks to really take this in and believe that her book could be published one day. Considering her age, it was important that Annemiek could progress her book project and her writing at her own pace. Which she did. Some weeks I heard nothing about her writing, her book, the fantasy world she was creating for her book series. Other weeks she would be crashing into my office – I ran a translation agency from home, so I had an office with two computers. She would be virtually out of breath, urging me to let her work on the computer. “I really MUST write now… or else I might forget important parts of the book.” I never saw her more excited about anything than during those moments. It was amazing to watch her work and following her passion. As time passed by and Annemiek developed her writing skills, the plot of the book, and the characters in her book, it was time to develop more skills. On the writing front, in terms of having a writing coach, who as I remember it, has helped her to write dynamic and powerful dialogues. On the business side, Annemiek embarked on a series of marketing and business seminars to find an effective way of finding a market for her books. When, at age 15, it was time to publish, another phase started. It was time to edit, proofread, do some more editing. This was a challenging time for Annemiek, as she discovered that her writing style had matured within the two years, and this required a lot of time, reflection, perseverance and meticulousness from her. I had a lot of respect for her drive and motivation to do all this. I was fully aware of her immense passion for the fantasy world she had created. Amazing drawings of dragons, the main character and country maps would appear. I admired the clarity she had that made her focus on various aspects of her life, as she studied hard to pass her grammar school, took up Chinese as an extracurricular language subject at school, played waterpolo at regional level and learning how to play the piano. So, whilst editing her first book, to get it ready for publication, book two appeared. At that time, Annemiek had mapped out blueprints for her books – her vision of an 11 part series had taken shape fairly early on – and she also discovered how essential it proved to write character outlines. Another special element Annemiek introduced in her books, is the language she constructed for her fantasy books. This is a highly personal and an impressive reflection of her own life journey, having studied, 8 different languages, including French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Chinese So, the proud moment arrived: publication of her first book, at age 15. She took a stack of her books, including matching bookmarks to fantasy fairs, first to a local one, but in subsequent years to fantasy fairs all over the country. She looked the part, too, in appropriate fantasy attire. Her public life as a fantasy author had started. A journey that she embarked on when she was only 10 years old and she has turned into an immortal journey that travels the world.
Saskia van de Riet
【推薦序二】
深具潛力的小說家，帶領穿梭時光之中！
從小看《魔戒》、《納尼亞傳奇》的安美，因科幻小說開啟了她自由的幻想。
七歲時，在飛機上第一次寫出自己的小小說，非常可愛，也非常具有創作的潛力。
《幻龍極境》是安美在台灣初試啼聲的作品，故事的第一章就帶領讀者進入了時空旅行。
讓我們跟著維特的那塊錶，穿梭在時光之中吧！
國立臺灣師範大學國語教學中心 胡睦苓
【推薦序三】
奔放不拘的想像空間，深具吸引力的魔法故事
第一次看到史安美時，炯炯有神的眼睛，令人印象深刻。
那雙深邃不見底的眼睛彷彿蘊藏著許多待人探索的事物，不可諱言也使我產生些許緊張。在我教學生涯三十多年中，學生如此的眼神不多見，我的第一反應是「不容易滿意」的學生，然從背景來看，荷蘭萊頓大學的學生又一向給我留下好印象。
學期開始後，我的第一印象很快就改變了。史安美在課堂上的表現，充分顯現出她是一位積極主動，且有思想的好學生。課堂上討論的主題，她都能侃侃而談，在獨特的見解中，兼具趣味及深度。讓身為老師的我，慶幸班上有個能發表自己，樂於互動的好學生。
探究史安美的優異表現，不難發現源自於她豐富的知識，以及極具國際觀的經歷。這些應該也是培養她豐富想像力的養分，在奔放不拘的想像空間，創造力應運而生。
她透過靈活的文字，將自己的想像力化為一篇篇引人入勝的故事，呈現在讀者面前，引領大家進入浩瀚的夢想世界。
當我聽到她已出版了好幾本書時，實在不太訝異，也很為台灣讀者高興，能如此親近地看到史安美具有吸引力的魔法故事。
台灣師範大學華語文教學系 孫懿芬
自序
歡迎光臨我的奇幻國境──寫給台灣的讀者
我的童年是在荷蘭一個小鄉村度過，當時還是一名孩子的我，就一直都很喜歡閱讀，每隔三週，就會從圖書館帶回十本以上的書本，直到十歲時，才搬到了一個小城市，就在那個時候，我開始探索了寫作，開啟了美好的契機。
▲從閱讀啟蒙，一頭栽進寫作奇幻時空
一趟前往加拿大的假期旅行中，不得不坐上九個小時的飛機，飛行過程實在相當漫長，因為覺得很無聊，所以決定寫下腦海中關於精靈的故事，一部奇幻小說於焉誕生。後來，我讓家人、朋友看了這本只有三十頁的小說，發現到他們對我所寫的內容產生極大的興趣，在此同時，我一頭栽進寫作的世界了！
小學畢業之後，我繼續就讀首府茲沃勒的中學。由於家裡距離學校很遠，每天得花上大約兩個小時通勤，於是這段上學的路上，正好給了我充足的時間來構思我的書。偷偷告訴你一個小秘密，我也曾利用數學課來寫下一點東西，因為打結的數字使我感到厭倦，比較之下，我更喜歡運用魔法語言。「Jonas Dubelaar」就是在每天上學途中醞釀出來的故事，這可能暗示了「語言」才是我的強項。
十五歲那一年，我完成了「Jonas Dubelaar」系列Grezhel和Vitya Malonti系列的第一本書，在荷蘭獲得了相當好評，也加深未來成為專職小說家的美好信念。
▲時空旅人，跨越九千多公里的成品
七歲的時候，我發生了一場車禍，因此曾經想過成為一名外科醫生，後來想為社會做出一點貢獻，於是選擇了文化和語言課程，自此與中文結下不解之緣。
依稀記得，第一次上中文課是在十六歲的時候，那時的我已經放棄了成為外科醫師的夢想，從而愛上了中文。
它與我曾經學習過的任何歐洲語言（荷蘭語、英語、德語、法語、西班牙語、古拉丁語以及古希臘語）完全不同，令我完全著迷，所以決定在中學畢業之後，前往（Universiteit Leiden）修習漢學系（China studies）。
現在，我已經取得學位，卻亟欲精進與練習中文，因緣之下，跨越九千多公里的旅程，來到台灣成為一名交換生，緣份實在太難以捉摸了，與此同時，我的父母在這期間飛來台灣探望我，提到何不在台灣出版我的奇幻小說呢？聽到的當下，真覺得這個主意太瘋狂了，然而這個想法卻在我的腦海中盤旋不去。
「不會有人這樣做？」我想，作為一個時空旅人，沒有什麼事是不可能的！
如今，《幻龍極境：維特將軍的時空旅行》（Vitya Malonti：Proloog van Jonas Dubelaar）果真就呈現在眼前，與心愛的讀者見面了！
在此，我相當興奮地邀請你閱讀我的故事，一起走進奇幻的大門。
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