Scif-Fi & Fantasy writer, exploring the depths of insanity and traveling the alternate universes.
Adria. We’ve been discussing this woman. Disorganized serial killer—what my characters in my Steampunk/Fantasy novel “Journey To The Black City” from my new “After: Earth” series call a ‘repeat killer’, leaves her tribe, after committing several murders. She stows away aboard a zeppelin run by the Cathedral. In the Black…
Since we’re discussing characters, another comes to mind who I also thought would also play a small role in my Steampunk/Fantasy novel, “Journey To The Black City”. But, like Dan Hendricks, it was not to be. I am speaking of a young woman from Lyria and Kel’s tribe by the…
Another character that appeared quite suddenly, and unexpectedly, in my first novel, “Journey To The Black City” from my new “After: Earth” series, is a man named Daniel. Dan lives in one of the tribes, but he’s a man with a haunted past. As he leads my two main characters…
Another character we meet in the first novel of my Steampunk/Fantasy series “After: Earth”, called “Journey Into The Black City”, is a child named Noria. Bandits kidnap Noria after killing her family and then selling her into slavery to the Cathedral. In the hands of the priests, she is forced…
Okay, I’ve discussed the theme of domination and abuse as personified by the Bishop and his followers. What about some of the other characters in this Steampunk/Fantasy series? Where did they come from? Well, to be honest, some of them sort of ‘appeared’ as the story was progressing! My main…
I’ve been discussing the concept of the ‘divine right of men’ to dominant and enslave women. We see much of that in our world, even now in the 21st century. In my story, I wanted to talk about this, but without raising the hackles of any religion in our world.…
So what about story motifs, or themes? Yes, I know I’ve already stated the style of this series may be called Steampunk/Fantasy, even perhaps science fiction. But that really says very little, doesn’t it? I think so. Behind all the characters and the contrivances of the genre, there must be…
My characters. My story. In a way, it feels like I’m a journalist—I feel like I’m describing something that’s already actually happened. And that can be of help sometimes, when something bad is coming for one of my characters I rather like. I just tell myself that it’s already happened,…
When it comes to my characters, I can’t really say I have one ‘source of inspiration.’ because that isn’t true. Most of my characters are an amalgam of many people I’ve known through the years. The black priests of the Cathedral religion are, in away, one of those amalgams. I…
I joined the Air Force in 1971. After enlisting, they made me a small arms instructor. Anyway, I enjoyed the job immensely. I got to shoot with some of the finest pistol shooters in the world at that time on the Air Force Pistol Team at Lackland, and later as…