Six Sentence Sunday – The Best Laid Plans

Today’s six is a little bit before most of what I’ve posted. I wanted to show Tyris’s life before things all began to go crazy. (Sorry it’s a little late today, it’s been one of those weeks.) ***** Tyris’s phone buzzed on his bedside...

Six Sentence Sunday – I Volunteered

Marlee and Tyris have made plans to try to repair his ship the next day, and only now, as they are settling down for the night, does Tyris think to voice his questions. ***** “Why am I here, in your house I mean? Not that I mind, but isn’t there somewhere, well, more...

Six Sentence Sunday: Is it a Meteor?

Today’s six sentences are from Marlee’s POV. She’s out collecting firewood, when she realises something is wrong. ***** Far off in the distance, she heard it again. Screams. Something was horribly wrong. Abandoning the wheelbarrow, she turned to run...

Why I Write Fantasy and Science Fiction

I’ve loved fantasy since I discovered Anne McCaffrey’s Dragons of Pern series in high school.  So in some ways, it’s no surprise that when I started to write, I choose fantasy.  But the more I tried to write fantasy, the more it became focused on the...