I’m currently working on various projects, to include putting together and editing Athena’s Daughters vol 2 with Maggie Allen, and writing a couple graphic novels (a first for me, and I’m super nervous and excited). One is about a space girl & a cowboy, and the other is superhero themed – it’s actually going to be the graphic novel version of my Anarchy stories, the first of which you can find in the currently running Kickstarter for HEROES! so be sure to check it out. As far as novels, I have a couple 1/2 finished ones I really need to just get off my butt and do, and several others tumbling around the back of my mind (full disclosure, I’m actively working on a Military Sci-fi retelling of Pride and Prejudice).

Weeeeell… I write in many different genres (aside from my fantasy novels, my last two accepted submissions were horror stories, and before that, military sci-fi). But, based on what reviews of my YA novels have said though, it seems that people are surprised/happy to see that my War of the Seasons trilogy deals with the reality of losing loved ones/the grieving process, and a romance that is gradual and “realistic” (not “love at first sight”), and not central to the plot of the story. Ultimately it seems the reoccuring theme in comments is that readers care less about the actual story I’ve written, and more about the charcaters and their relationships/entanglements (which, obviously, need a story). Guess I should work on making my actual stories better.

For War of the Seasons I had some grief and loss that I needed to work through. For most of my short fiction it’s either because a “what if” popped in my head or, again, I have some strong feelings about something I need to address (ie, my last mil sci-fi story was about PTSD, and the after effects of returning home from war – something I feel is infrequently seen in speculative fiction). And honestly, sometimes I write a story simply because someone asked me to.