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…
The first words of The Strandlock were not typed on a computer. They were written by hand in a notebook thirty-three years ago. That notebook contains the earliest surviving pages of a story that began taking shape in 1993. I was working full-time and wrote on the weekends and in…