Monthly Archives: March 2017

The Mountain Shadows novels and The Black Spirit‘s story have always been a visual writing experience for me. I see Akira Muro and her world very clearly in my head. As the time drew closer to completion and the need to send the second book, Beyond the Veil, out for publication, I had a very defined—if not specific—idea for the cover graphic. One night, after months of debating with myself over what to create, how to make—whatever—the cover image, my husband (Who…..

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Some readers have commented upon, been distracted by, and generally put off by the similarity of names in my characters. I cannot dispute that, nor can I change it. Akira, Aiden, Asura, Arla, and all the other A’s, appeared in my writer’s brain with their own names. It was the same with Eron, Celina, Gralla, and all the other non-A citizens of Caldala. And then there’s Kilronan, Osharon, Corcoran, Maronan … well you get the picture. As with many people, short…..

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