My love of fantasy and mythology started with my father reading the Narnia series to me at a young age and continued to grow as I read Greek myths. From there I have added to my knowledge the Norse myths, a few Celtic ballads, Arthurian legends,...Read more
When do you read the most books during the year? I think this year I read more books in the Summer, mostly in thanks to the Indie Fantasy Addicts Summer Reading Challenge!
I love reading competitions and the best part was sharing what we...Read more
The novelette Questions started out as a short story written in the spur of the moment.
I had come upon an article talking about the chemical, emotional and social reasons for kissing. I ran with the idea and wanted to create a backdrop that provided a good juxtaposition. So the short story was about a child who wanted to know why people kissed. I added three mothers for the child and left the child's gender mostly unknown. As the story progressed, you learned that this was a female humanoid child who was supposed to be emotionless and the mothers were Grays.
Later I took this short story and began to develop it into the novelette it is now. I did research on the Grays and the most common characteristic. I wondered what would hypothetically cause an alien to evolve in this manner and how could it survive?Read more
