Little Known Fact #31 – Serenity: Her Name Why did I name her Serenity? I came up with the plot and characters for SERENITY a few years before I was published (like back when I was in college). At that time, I had decided I wanted a character named Serenity …
Little Known Fact #30 – SERENITY: Delusions I cannot say why the below scene is my favorite. Well I could but it would give away the toy surprise for those who haven’t read SERENITY yet. This scene is a pivotal one in the book and shows a lot about Melchior …
Little Known Fact #29 – SERENITY: Sequels Anyone who has emailed me asking about this recently knows that I have promised to write the direct sequel (we’ll call it GS2) to SERENITY this year. In fact, I should start working on it in the next month or two. Depends on …
Little Known Facts #28 – SERENITY: All Smiles As mentioned in LKF #7 and LKF #13, I like to put pieces of myself into my heroines and books. Serenity smiles constantly. For the most part, I do as well. It’s the first thing people notice about me. Everyone kept mentioning …
Little Known Fact #27 – SERENITY: Soundtrack Actually this post is a misnomer. SERENITY didn’t have a soundtrack while I was writing. It had a movie. I was writing it around the time 300 came out in the theaters and then on DVD. I went to see 300 three times …
Little Known Fact #26 – ADRIENNE: Best of Them Below is my favorite scene out of ADRIENNE. I was pissed off right along with Adrienne while writing this scene (can you tell?). I love this scene, and it’s always the first scene to come to mind when thinking about ADRIENNE, …
Little Known Fact #25 – ADRIENNE: Malik’s Temper While writing ADRIENNE, I ran across a phenomenon that I would later bump into again and again — temperamental hero syndrome. I usually don’t develop this issue with my heroines, but my heroes sometimes like to cop an attitude sometimes. I had …
Little Known Fact #24 – ADRIENNE: Sequels? Yes there are sequels to ADRIENNE. Yes, plural. There are two sequels to be specific. One is a direct sequel, timeline-wise, that gives info about Malik’s absence from the palace and also enlightens the reader about more of Bron Universe. The second sequel …
Little Known Fact #23 – ADRIENNE: Feyr ADRIENNE features a big black, panther-like kitty named Feyr. He is my ultimate big black kitty. He is also my wish for a cat of my own. When I was writing ADRIENNE, I didn’t have any pets. I had never had any pets. …
Little Known Fact #22 – ADRIENNE: College The college campus at the start of ADRIENNE is patterned after my alma mater: Elon University. It seemed only fitting since I was matriculating there whilst writing the first draft, so the setting was fresh in my mind. Elon is known for it’s …
