#ScribesAndMakers 23. Have fairy tales influenced any of your creative work?

Oh yes - in particular, the Grimm Brothers. I have a new PB coming out that was inspired by those dark, scary stories of olde. Think 1800's walking through the dark forest and enlisting the help of a witch - for a price.

#ScribesAndMakers 15 Apr: What's a smell that has featured in your work?

The smell of clean rain, vs. polluted water. I'm creating a water world, wasted by the humans and now taken over by the remnants of nature.

#WordWeavers April 12. Your MC has 2 1/2 days of spare time, time to...

She is a soon to be warrior princess. Find out all the forms water can take to use as a weapon. Fog? Floods? Torrential rains? Tsunamis? Whirlpools? Bring it on.

#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 12: How does being a writer influence your life outside of the work?

I don't appreciate it when people disturb my "flow". When I'm in the zone writing, I don't like being interrupted . Send me an email and I'll read it - eventually. And yes, I do sometimes live my life in fantasy. And why not? When the real world is so dark and evil.

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My #SciFi book “Lunar Seed” was chosen for inclusion in the Lunar Library to be delivered with Astrobotic’s historic #Artemis #Moon mission.

It will be part of two 1TB microSD cards that will be delivered and stored on the Moon!

https://useyourwords.me/books/lunar-seed/

#ScribesAndMakers ~ Our next featured creator writes Science Fiction. What's a feature of Science Fiction that you find interesting?

I write #SciFi that inspires and gives readers a modicum of hope about the future. Yes, there is conflict but together and with the aid of tech (yes, tech - and AI!) we can solve those problems.

#ScribesAndMakers 8. Victuals?

Food? Yes please? Every single one of my stories has what food the MC/SC eats...like this new one about Macaroni (see?) Penguins who own a hotel in Antarctica but go on an adventure to rescue their South African cousins - they throw a rave before they leave.

Just like Tolkien, my stories do have elements of moral choice - is the MC/SC "irredeemably bad"?

Their actions speak louder - we are all in the "gray" zone with good and evil in all of us. Actions can sometimes be misinterpreted.

It's the choices you make that determine what you are.

#writers #writersLife

#WritersCoffeeClub Mar. 25: What do you feel when a loved one reads your work?

Pride! And happiness as they are super supportive and have always enjoyed my work. I also appreciate it when they give me constructive criticism as I know they are doing it from a good place and a loving heart. But, I don't always concur!

#WordWeavers day 25: What do you feel thinking about the last scene you wrote?

How wow this was a very unusual take for a picture book - I gave my new kids picture book a kinda dark Grimm's Brother, goth feel - so, yeah. Hope y'all like it!