If you’re curious about The Strandlock, here are answers to 12 frequently asked questions (FAQs): What age group is The Strandlock intended for? Tima is a young woman of around seventeen, making the book a Young Adult fantasy. Adults will certainly enjoy it as well. Is this a romantasy? The…
From the first line of the book, you’ll meet Tima, the unexpected main character of The Strandlock. Her full name is Tima-Rein, and The Strandlock is her story. From the very early handwritten pages I drafted more than three decades ago, this was Tima’s coming-of-age story. Who is Tima? Tima…
Writing a novel tests an author, but crafting a back-cover blurb may be the greater challenge. For The Strandlock, I wrote over 92,000 words to tell a fantasy story and had fun doing it. Creating the blurb took more revisions and rewrites than I expected, and was worth it. What…
The map is always one of my favorite parts of a fantasy novel. Having majored in geography in college, I love seeing the terrain and place names of the world the author has created. For The Strandlock, that world is a place called Spira, and it has its own map,…
The old saying is that you can’t judge a book by its cover. But you can’t sell a book without a great cover. That meant having a strong cover for The Strandlock was one of my priorities. Experience with Cover Designers/Illustrators I’ve been fortunate to work with talented cover artists…