Mapping New Worlds
A large group of high fantasy authors create their own geographic spaces and fictional worlds. Some write a kingdom, others a continent...
Can you hear the music?
I’ve discovered when I am in a writing mode that I prefer total silence. This allows me to concentrate 100% on the piece that I am...
So...Who's who?
“So…who’s who?” a friend asked about my first book. I blinked then honestly replied, “None of my characters are based on my friends.”...
Just Why?
Here I go again. Staring at the same lines of text that I have written and edited and edited and edited and… I feel as if I cannot take...
Breaking the Trope
I have always been one to list towards strong female characters in movies and books. For me, these women fall into two main categories....
A Life of Its Own
When I first started working on Issaura’s Claws, I had a very good idea of who my main players were going to be—which were heroes and...
Fact in Fantasy?
As an author of high fantasy, you can write whatever you want with no rules. Right? Wrong! One key aspect for becoming a great fantasy...
When do You Say Enough?
For the past several years, my life, thoughts, daydreams, and even conversations have been revolving around my first book series, The...
Animal Behavior
Before beginning my career as an author, I studied animal behavior, a subsection of psychology, in college. When I was a youngster, I was...
Where did Theriomorphs come from?
An Author’s Creation My passion for mythology has always been strong. I am a proud collector of a respectable personal library of...
